DISPLACE ME - Saturday April 28

www.invisiblechildren.com/displaceme on April 28th at magnuson park.
"this is a large-scale protest/simulation of the displacement camps in northern uganda. you may have heard of "global night commute" last year. that event protested situations in northern uganda that were causing thousands of children to commute into cities and sleep cramped into small places in unhealthy conditions. two months after "global night commute" things began to change and now there is virtualy no commuting!
also, we are looking to double or triple our volunteers. we need people to be parking attendants, first aid people, security, people to collect letters written to congress people, sign people in, sound engineers etc. VOLUNTEER - becky tucker (eyeheartseattle@gmail.com)

Joe isn't a Fair Trader?

What? No. It couldn't possibly be.

But, they are strangely deficient of Fair Trade coffees. Strange isn't it?

While trying to escape the U-District Trader Joes in Seattle without spending $100's, I went to grab some coffee beans and it took me literally 1.5 minutes to find the fair trade coffee down on the bottom shelf. There were about 3 or 4 varieties out of the 30+ they have. I looked closely at all the other kinds thinking that maybe ol' Joe has his own Fair Trade system. He doesn't. He simply doesn't stock many fair trade coffees at all and doesn't prioritize them in displays.

This should change.

I spoke with the manager and asked if Trader Joes does in fact care about Fair Trade (since I was pretty sure they did) and she gave the classic & seemingly sincere "oh we are trying to find more fairly traded coffees, yada yada". Granted, she did say they would move them up higher on the shelves, but still. If Trader Joes can't even do a good job of selling a good % of Fair Trade coffees... then what can we expect of Starbucks or other stores!

The good news is that the fair trade coffee was almost sold out tonight. And the other good news is - YOU CAN HELP CHANGE THIS. I think it would be a great statement to show how our voices can change corporate policies.

SEND AN EMAIL TO JOE

FILMS: Sierra Leone Refugee All-stars, Black Gold

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Black Gold were the highlights of the film forum i was at this weekend. Iraq in Fragments was pretty good too. check them out...

upcoming good events.

events I will be at and highly suggest:

hip hop film screening - tuesday, april 17 @ varsity theatre

benefit for clinics in africa - friday, april 20 @ fremont abbey arts center, 7pm

invisible children film screening - tuesday, april 24 @ fremont abbey arts center, 7pm
invisible children displace me event - saturday, april 27 @ magnuson park
international justice mission benefit - thursday, may 3 @ sheraton seattle hotel

FILMS YOU SHOULD SEE.

film faith and justice form is this weekend. started tonight @ UW, Kane Hall. i'll be tabling there some of the time... Saturday evening for sure... hope to see you! www.filmfaithandjustice.com

ROUNDfive is Monday, Oct 24th @ the beautiful new Yesler Community Center (just off I-5 up the hill from downtown Seattle). FREE PARKING in the garage... check out the flyer for more details and www.myspace.com/intheround

Bread for the World Conference - NOV 19 @ Seattle U

Check out this upcoming conference being organized by Bread For the World entitled, The Power of ONE: Faith and Global Justice Conference. It will be taking place at Seattle University on Nov. 19th from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm.

For more information on this event please visit: www.bread.org/MDG_events/Seattle/poster.htm