Accomplishments

  • Organized a Fair Wares Market to promote fair-trade and sweat-free products
  • Worked with the administration to affiliate the College Bookstore with an independent monitoring agency to ensure that Dickinson apparel is made under fair conditions
  • Co-sponsored an event, Women Confronting Globalization, with the Clarke Forum
  • Lobbied for fair-trade coffee available in the Quarry and Underground
  • Participated in the Clean Energy Now campaign to raise awareness about alternative energy
  • Organized educational campaigns on FairTrade, Malaria prevention, Workers' Rights, homelessness, the death penalty, and Wal-Mart
  • Gathered supplies and money to assist migrant workers through Rural Opportunities and Migrant Head Start
  • Hosted speakers, panel discussions, and a social action costume party
  • Established a library of newsletters in the Quarry

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