Thursday, September 4, 2008

Human Rights Awareness Tour Sept 15-19 Sponsored by the UAB

Black Gold
Sept 15 - 7pm 
Witherspoon Student Center Campus Cinema
In particular, It follows Tadesse Meskela as he tries to get a living wage
for the 70,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers he represents. In the process
Black Gold provides the most in-depth study of any commodity on film today
and offers a compelling introduction to the “fair trade” movement
galvanizing consumers around the globe.  (78 min)

Speaker Chie
Sept 17 - 7pm 
Stewart Theatre (Talley Student Center)
Carmencita "Chie" Abad speaks from personal experience about the hardships
endured by millions of workers in sweatshops around the world.

Fair Trade Coffee Night
Sept 18 - 6pm 
Talley Student Center Ballroom
This event offers free coffee and chocolate donated solely by farms with
strict labor rights policies

No Sweat Fashion Show
Sept 18 - 8pm 
Talley Student Center Ballroom
No Sweat Fashion Show features several sweatshop free clothing companies
that uphold strong worker ethics and comply with the twenty third article
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Festival - Sept 19, 6pm Harris Field
The goal of the festival is to fuse Human Rights education with world
class entertainment in an effort to unite every member of the university.
Blue Turtle Seduction will be headlining the festival.

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