Dignity Fair Trade -- Contact and Links

 

  • Catholic Relief Services www.crs.org
  • Save Darfur Foundation www.savedarfur.org
  • Transfair USA is “a non-profit organization based in Oakland, California and is the only independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States.   Transfair verifies that Fair Trade principles are being adhered to by auditing U.S. companies and inspecting cooperatives in developing countries.”  www.transfairusa.org
  • Oxfam America is “a Boston-based international development and relief agency and an affiliate of Oxfam International.  Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty.”  www.oxfamamerica.org
  • Global Exchange is “an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting political, social and environmental justice globally.  Since its founding in 1988 in San Francisco, Global Exchange has been working to increase global awareness among the U.S. public while building partnerships around the world.”  www.globalexchange.org
  • Co-op America is “a national non-profit organization founded in 1982 to provide economic strategies, organizing power and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today’s social and environmental problems.”  www.coopamerica.org
  • Fair Trade Resource Network is based in Washington, DC and “works to raise consumer awareness about improving the lives of people in developing countries through the Fair Trade model.”  www.fairtraderesource.org
  • Amnesty International is “a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.  Amnesty’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys the human rights as set out in the United Nations document – the  Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”   www.amnesty.org
  • Coffee Kids was founded in 1988 as “an international non-profit organization to help men, women and children in the coffee producing regions of Mexico and Central America improve their lives and build more sustainable communities.”  www.coffeekids.org
  • The Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico “promotes the work of faith-based solidarity by informing people in the United States about the realities of life for the poor of Mexico and Central America.”  www.rtfcam.org
  • Pax Christi International is “a non-profit, Catholic peace movement working on a global scale on a wide variety of  issues in the fields of human rights, security and disarmament, economic justice and ecology.”  www.paxchristi.net
  • The Earth Charter Initiative is “the continuing effort to promote the Earth Charter, a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century.  It seeks to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world.”  www.earthcharter.org
  • The International Forum on Globalization is “a North-South research and educational institution that provides analyses and critiques on the cultural, social, political and environmental impacts of economic globalization.  The IFG was formed in 1994 in response to the shared concerns of many leading activists, economists, scholars and researchers that the world’s corporate and political leadership is rapidly restructuring global economic and politics with little public awareness or accountability.”  www.ifg.org
  • United Students for Fair Trade is “a collaboration of students working together toward economic justice through the promotion of Fair Trade products, principles and policies.  USFT develops student leadership for the global justice movement, mobilizing communities to support Fair Trade, and help build relationships across the North-South divide.”  www.usft.org
  • Oregon Tilth, Inc. is “a non-profit organization that supports and promotes biologically sound, culturally appropriate and socially equitable agriculture through consumer awareness, producer education, research, advocacy, and product verification.”  Many organic food products are certified by Oregon Tilth.   www.tilth.org
  • Organic Consumers Association is “a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with critical issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability and environmental sustainability.”  www.organicconsumers.org
  • CRS Fair Trade Fund is “a small grant mechanism that  helps low income farmers and artisans in developing countries form cooperatives and receive technical assistance to enter the Fair Trade market in the United States.”  Many religious organizations around the world are very supportive of the Fair Trade business model which advocates for economic justice and environmental stewardship.  www.crsfairtrade.org