Equal Exchange Blog ... "Extraordinary Coordinator: Linda Elliott"

Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.

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Extraordinary Coordinator: Linda Elliott

Linda Elliott of First Presbyterian in Charleston, West Virginia, first read about Equal Exchange 22 years ago at a meeting of Presbyterian Women (USA). She found the concept of fair trade, justice, equality, and fairness for farmers working in small organic co-ops in the global south to be extremely compelling. Earlier in her career, in the sixties, Linda had worked with Black students in Mississippi, and she had participated in the National Teachers Walkout. She had a belief that it was important to take direct social action in order to change the world.

So in October of 2000, when Linda retired as an early childhood specialist and elementary school teacher, she took the leap. She started to introduce Equal Exchange fairly traded products to her congregation. Linda felt that this might be the perfect outlet in which to pour her heart and energy ....

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We need consumer participation in our organization to build a deeply democratic trade system made up of farmers and their democratic organizations, workers and their democratic organization, and citizen-consumers who now have a democratic space in Equal Exchange as well as their own network. Join us in changing trade, together!

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Local Equal Exchange partners include Grace Presbyterian Chuch, Midland, TX.