Documentary challenges Fair Trade tea model - screening & discussion at UCLA, Wed. 6:30 PM
Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM ET
UCLA International Institute Human Rights Film Series
Katherine Stone is a leading expert in labor and employment law in the United States. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in 2008 and a Russell Sage Fellowship for 2008-2009 for her work on the changing nature of employment and the regulatory implications. Her forthcoming book, Globalization and Flexibilization: The Remaking of the Employment Relationship in the 21st Century, will examine the changing employment landscape in Japan, Australia, and Europe. Rodney North, "The Answer Man", Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange is the firm that introduced Fair Trade foods to the US market in the 1980’s and have imported and marketed Fair Trade tea since 1998. They advocate for a new approach to Fair Trade tea focused on small farmer co-operatives instead of plantations. They currently work with more than 40 co-operatives of small-scale, mostly organic, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar and banana farmers, in over 20 countries. Rodney North is one of the most senior members of Equal Exchange, serves on the Board of Directors and his primary role is as an all-purpose information resource for journalists, researchers, and the public. Rodney@equalexchange.coop. David Funkhouser, TransFair USA
TransFair USA is the non-profit third-party certifying organization, based in Oakland, that first certified Fair Trade foods for the US market, founded in 1998. TransFair is the US member of the international Fair Trade umbrella group Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International www.FairTrade.net. Moderated by Beatrice Hohenegger, author and guest curator of “Steeped in History: The Art of Tea,” a 2009 museum exhibition on the history and culture of tea at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Visit the filmmakers' website for more information about The Bitter Taste of Tea. Part of the UCLA International Institute Human Rights Film Series.
Rodney North The Answer Man - Information for the Public & Media 774-776-7398 www.EqualExchange.Coop & our blog www.SmallFarmersBigChange.Coop West Bridgewater, MA - St. Paul, MN - Portland, OR - Seattle, WA
The Bitter Taste of Tea: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade
A film by Tom Heinemann and Erling Borgen, Denmark, 2008
The film screening will be followed by a forum on tea and Fair Trade.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
6:30-8:00
James Bridges Theater, 1409
Melnitz Hall
UCLA
Free and open to the public. Parking available in Structure 3.
There will be an informal reception before the screening beginning at 6:00 pm.
Katherine Stone is a leading expert in labor and employment law in the United States. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in 2008 and a Russell Sage Fellowship for 2008-2009 for her work on the changing nature of employment and the regulatory implications. Her forthcoming book, Globalization and Flexibilization: The Remaking of the Employment Relationship in the 21st Century, will examine the changing employment landscape in Japan, Australia, and Europe. Rodney North, "The Answer Man", Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange is the firm that introduced Fair Trade foods to the US market in the 1980’s and have imported and marketed Fair Trade tea since 1998. They advocate for a new approach to Fair Trade tea focused on small farmer co-operatives instead of plantations. They currently work with more than 40 co-operatives of small-scale, mostly organic, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar and banana farmers, in over 20 countries. Rodney North is one of the most senior members of Equal Exchange, serves on the Board of Directors and his primary role is as an all-purpose information resource for journalists, researchers, and the public. Rodney@equalexchange.coop. David Funkhouser, TransFair USA
TransFair USA is the non-profit third-party certifying organization, based in Oakland, that first certified Fair Trade foods for the US market, founded in 1998. TransFair is the US member of the international Fair Trade umbrella group Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International www.FairTrade.net. Moderated by Beatrice Hohenegger, author and guest curator of “Steeped in History: The Art of Tea,” a 2009 museum exhibition on the history and culture of tea at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Visit the filmmakers' website for more information about The Bitter Taste of Tea. Part of the UCLA International Institute Human Rights Film Series.
Rodney North The Answer Man - Information for the Public & Media 774-776-7398 www.EqualExchange.Coop & our blog www.SmallFarmersBigChange.Coop West Bridgewater, MA - St. Paul, MN - Portland, OR - Seattle, WA
