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Fair Trade Issues
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Planet Bean Coffee
Bill Barrett
Why work? Is it possible to make a living and still be true to your
values and ethics? What if those values include social justice and ecological
sustainability? For the past 18 years Bill has been an active global
educator and community activist in Guelph.
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He is a big fan of using
counterinstitutions to challenge injustice and ecological insanity. He has been involved in local initiatives including
a worker co-op fair trade coffee roastery, a social history archive,
a car co-op, community media, and a documentary production company.
His latest instigation is a 500 year project to grow an old growth forest
just north of Guelph.
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Environmental Action
and Simple Living at The Working Centre
Community
Joe Mancini
With his wife Stephanie, Joe Mancini founded The Working Centre of Kitchener.
The centre is a non-profit , community-based, volunteer inspired venture
that seeks to give individuals and groups access to tools and opportunities
to become involved in the building of community projects in Kitchener-Waterloo.
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Over 25 years, The Working Centre has been fortunate
to model the virtues of “building community, work as gift, community
tools, serving others, living simply so others may have more, and rejecting
status so all may be equal”. This work has lead to significant
environmental and community service projects in the areas of food, employment,
bikes, computers, education, bartering, housing, market gardening, and
building restoration.
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L’Arche: A Sign
of Hope
Jeff Gilbreath
In 1964, Canadian Jean Vanier invited two men with developmental disabilities
to come and live with him. Together they formed a small community in
which they intentionally chose to share life together. It was this simple
invitation that spawned the international movement of L’Arche.
Today there are over 130 L’Arche communities in the world.
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The Community Leader, Jeff Gilbreath, and a
few of the Core Members from the community share their daily
life as a faith community and as a sign of acceptance, peace, and celebration
in this time of fear of difference.
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Christian Peacemaker
Teams
Fr. Robert Holmes,
CSB
Bob is a Roman Catholic, Basilian priest/teacher, who has been active
in the peace & justice ministry for several years. He is currently
the Basilian Co-ordinator for Peace & Justice. Since January 2000,
Bob has also been a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and
has served in Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Mexico (Chiapas), Columbia,
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Canada (Burnt Church, Grassy Narrows) and the USA (Arizona/Mexico
borderlands) – most recently (January/February 2007) in Hebron
in the occupied Palestinian territories. Bob is the coordinator for
Pastoral Support for the Christian Peacemaker Teams. Fr. Bob speaks
of Christian Peacemaking in today’s conflict and war zones exploring the Biblical roots of non-violent peacemaking using stories,
accompanied by vivid photos, of peacemaking ministry in Iraq, Israel/Palestine,
Colombia, USA and Canada.
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Human Trafficking
in the World Today
Sr. Theresa Nagle, SSND
25 March 2007 marks the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade
in the British colonies. Even if we know nothing about the slave trade,
it is something we think of as part of our history rather than our present.
But the reality is slavery continues TODAY.
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Millions of men, women &
children around the world are forced to lead lives as slaves. Contemporary slavery takes various forms
and affects people of all ages, sex and race but it especially affects
women and children sold into the sex trade. Slavery is the third largest
global criminal activity.
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Development and Peace
Lori Ryan Youth Programs the Canadian
Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.
Lori Ryan has been active in “No Sweat” uniform campaigns,
close the School of Americas campaigns and refugee and housing advocacy
work. With friends, she’s founded the Rutilio Grande House in
Toronto welcoming refugees and providing a home for dreams to be shared
and lived out.
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Learn about how they can make a difference in
their school. Coordinated actions with Development and Peace mean you
can be a part of an international network all working together for a
better world. Together it’s possible.
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