For a Better World | Issue 11 | Building Just Supply Chains

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CRAFT POLITICS: Telling Important Stories through Handicrafts Contributing Writer Dana Geffner

I visited communities in the most impoverished areas in the world, sat in people’s living rooms and lugged boxes for nearly a decade to learn and tell the stories of the people that made fair trade handicrafts. I believed a high quality handicraft could tell the story of not only who made it and how, but also the heart wrenching unjust realities due to policies that undermine communities and will only be changed if people are knowledgeable and engaged.

FOR A BETTER WORLD

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FALL 2015


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