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> >>From: QPIRG [SMTP:qpirg@ssmu.mcgill.ca]
> >>Sent: April 3, 2000 3:01 PM
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> >>Please pass this on to others who may want to participate in improving
> >>the health, education, environment, income, and development of millions
> >>of coffee farmers around the world.
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> >>GREETINGS!
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> >>I'm looking for folks who may be interested in participating in a
> >>Canada-wide FairTrade Day of Action on Thursday, 13 April 2000.
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> >>The Global Exchange Network is calling for a U.S.- wide day of protest
> >>against Starbucks Coffee on Thursday, April 13th, to demand that
> >>Starbucks offer their customers the choice to buy FairTrade coffee.
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> >>As there are more than 80 Starbucks locations in B.C.'s Lower Mainland,
> >>14+ on Vancouver Island, 70+ in Ontario, 26+ in Alberta, 2+ in Manitoba,
> >>1+ in Saskatchewan, etc., etc., I wondered if we in Canada could widen
> >>the U.S. protest into an INTERNATIONAL Day of Action?
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> >>I considered going to Washington, D.C., to join the activities there
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> >>the World Bank and the IMF, but wondered if I might achieve just as much
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> >>by staying here and working for global economic justice, especially for
> >>FairTrade coffee.
> >>I am sure there are others who work for international social justice who
> >>won't be going to D.C. but will want to join in the Mobilization for
> >>Global Justice. This is a way to do so in your own town - you could
> >>hand out flyers and/or postcards, as well as collect petition signatures
> >>at your local Starbucks! .
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> >>1) PLEASE consider participating in improving the health, education,
> >>environment, and development of millions of coffee farmers around the
> >>world by organizing an action on Thursday, April 13, 2000 at a Starbucks
> >>location near you.
> >>Contact me, Alleson Kase, for ideas, contacts, etc. <a_kase@stmarys.ca>
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> >>2) To locate the Starbucks closest to you check your phone book and/or
> >>see:
> >>http://locator.starbucks.com/starbucks/startprx.hm?CMD=FILL
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> >>note: The Starbucks 'locator' isn't completely up-to-date so check phone
> >>books, too.
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> >>3) For more info on the US action, including sample flyers, petitions,
> >>and postcards, see:
> >>http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/coffee/starbucks.html
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> >>4) To contact the Global Exchange Fair Trade Coffee Campaign in the U.S.
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> >>email<deborah@globalexchange.org> or (telephone) <415-255-7296>
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> >>5) To see how the Starbucks Action fits into the Mobilization for Social
> >>Justice
> >>(the April Days of Action) see: http://www.a16.org
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> >>6) PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO OTHERS WHO MAY
> >> BE WILLING TO MAKE THIS AN INTERNATIONAL PROTEST.
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