DATE SPEAKERS
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TITLE/DESCRIPTION
September 16 Dionisia Ramos
Peruvian Artisan

Carrie Hawthorne
Executive Director, Partners for Just Trade
IS FAIR TRADE A JUST APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
First person perspective on how lives change with fair access to the global marketplace.
October 14 Dan Parris
Filmmaker, Speakup Productions
David Peterka
President of The Global Justice Project
WILL THE NEXT GENERATION FIGHT INJUSTICE?
How to turn young people’s apathy into activism.
November 22, 23, 28 and 29
9 a.m. -
4 p.m.
  6th ANNUAL FAIR TRADE MARKET
2,500 square feet of Fair Trade, sweatshop-free shopping for holiday gifts and everyday consumables. Click here for dates and times for live cultural Entertainment, Food, and Community Art Contest.
February 10 Sr. Mary Jean Ryan
Franciscan Sister of Mary, President and CEO of SSM Health Care
WHY IS ELIMINATING HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES A SOCIAL AND MORAL IMPERATIVE?
Views from the leader of the largest Catholic health care system in the United States.
April 14 Various green business leaders

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SUSTAINABLE, GREEN BUSINESS OPEN MIC NIGHT
Stepping up to the open mic, St. Louis metro area green businesses share what they do and how it affects the planet and economy.

meet the speakers

SUSTAINABLE, GREEN BUSINESS OPEN MIC NIGHT

Want to find out more about Green?  What is Green? Which business and organizations in the St. Louis metro area are using Green practices in their products or services?

Green, also described as sustainable practices, are those that strive to have little or no negative impact on the environment. Some Green practices even go as far as restoring an environment to a more natural state or improving the current environment.

How does this idea of being Green translate to goods and services?  How does being Green affect the economy?

Come to the Green Business Open Mic Night and meet the St. Louis businesses and organizations creating a positive impact on the environment and the economy.  Each participating organization will have two minutes at the microphone to tell you, the audience what they do, how it affects the planet, and the economy.

SIGN UP TO SPEAK!

Are you a green business that would like to participate in the Green Business Open Mic Night on April 14, 2009?  Submit your request to participate to the evening’s volunteer coordinator Kellee Sikes.

Include the following information:

  • Organization Name, Address, Telephone, and Email
  • Organizational Biography
  • What you would say in two minutes to describe your green value.  (How is your organization is green, how does it affect the environment, and the economy.)

The Justice Advocates will select a mix of 45 goods and service providing organizations to participate in the evening based on Green practices, ability to convey your green value message concisely, and of course originality counts!

Submission can be made by November 15, 2008
by e-mail ksikes@pioneer-technologies.com or snail mail:
Kellee Sikes
Manchester United Methodist Church, Justice Advocates
129 Woods Mill Road
Manchester, MO 63011

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