HopeDance Films NEEDS some volunteers
HopeDance FiLMS NEEDS some volunteers
to educate people about fair-trade coffee.
We have the screening rights to show the new film
BLACK GOLD: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
see trailer at www.blackgoldmovie.com.
We will be screening the film in Ojai (Sat., Nov 18, 4:30pm) and in
SBarbara (Sun., Nov 19th, 4:30 and 6:30pm)
We need people to flyer COFFEE shops.
We need a list of fair trade coffee establishments to have at the film.
Did you know that there is NO roasters doing fair trade in either ventura, ojai or santa barbara?
SLO county has two roasters (according to the transfair website... please tell me Im wrong!).
Click continue for contact information:
We will have Joebella Roasters (from Atascadero) at all the film screenings with FREE fair trade coffee
(and mucho will be Ethiopian coffee, the coffee that is featured in the film.)
if you are serious in helping us out, please request our flyer.. or if people are way too busy,
perhaps jotting down an address of a coffee place (or fair trade tea, bananas, chocolate) and letting us know if they are fair trade or not would be most helpful.
In SLO we are mailing out letters and flyers to all coffee shops (along with a free pass to the film, one per coffee house).
If coffee is not your activist thing, we are also going to be screening the new film called
JESUS CAMP and want to advertise it in churches
and MILAREPA and WORDS OF MY PERFECT TEACHER (for the Buddhist centers in your area).
Let us know what you can do.
thanks
bob banner
544-9663
www.hopedance.org
info@hopedance.org
the flyers are already done for the coffee film and ready for you to post.
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Comments (4)
Thanks for the link Raymond. I am interested in seeing the film. As you may or may not know, my wife Kim and I developed a project that connects a single cooperative of coffee farmers directly with consumers, offering the farmers a way to have a real retail market and receive several times the "fair trade certified" price, and offering coffee lovers a way to get a true single source, unique terroir coffee that we believe is the best of its kind. Check it out if you have not already: www.remysol.com. Or come see us at the farmers market.
One correction: It is not true that there are no "fair trade" roasters in our area. Certified "Fair Trade" coffee can be sourced through numerous green coffee brokers, and is a pretty standard part of the selection that many roasters offer. As one example, I know Chris Shepherd of Cafe Altura (local roaster with facility in Santa Paula) offers fair trade certified Peruvian coffee.
Comment #1 Posted by: Jeff Furchtenicht | October 29, 2006 11:24 PM
I have been off coffee for about five months now. It's been better for my health, but I do very much miss a nice cup of joe with a little whole milk, no sugar. Yummm...
Thanks for the contribution, Jeff. If I ever fall off the wagon, I'm going straight to www.remysol.com
Comment #2 Posted by: Tyler | October 30, 2006 08:59 AM
Hi Bob,
I know Coffee Connection in Meiner's Oaks is certified fair trade; I've seen the logo. So, not sure why they didn't come up in the zip code search on the transfair web site, but I know John the owner is a great guy who's really into fair trade. I recommend giving him a call: (805) 646-7821. He's almost always there; a tireless champion of good brew.
Comment #3 Posted by: Robert | October 30, 2006 02:58 PM
I believe Bob is specifically referring to the lack of coffee roasters not coffee houses that serve Fair Trade.
Comment #4 Posted by: Raymond Powers | November 1, 2006 11:34 AM