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 "This project links lifestyle and the Meeting with the world."
The AFSC COFFEE PROJECT offers an innovative link between your Friends Meeting, congregation or organization and farming communities in the
developing world. As Friends we can address a consumer dilemma by
buying fairly traded products such as coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate.
Through the project, farmers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia earn a
fairer share of income, have access to services that are otherwise
unavailable, and gain a trading partner they can trust, a Fair Trade
organization called Equal Exchange. At the same time, Friends Meetings
enjoy fellowship and learn more about the world, its economy and our
part in it.
As
a community, become involved in the AFSC Coffee Project. Peace and
Social Concerns Committees, Young Friends, Hospitality or other
committees might sponsor the project. Then, as your Meeting or congregation
enjoys this high-quality coffee, take time to learn more about its
impact on the people who grow it. Read about coffee farmers and the
ways in which AFSC is helping them. Learn more about AFSC's
programs for economic justice for these communities. Discuss issues of
social justice in the global marketplace and take action in the spirit
of love.
For many years AFSC has supported farmer
cooperatives in Central America and the rights of Central Americans
living in the US. The AFSC Coffee Project is a way for your meeting or
congregation to participate more fully in this work.
The AFSC
Coffee Project is sponsored by AFSC's New England Regional Office, 2161
Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. Website: http://www.afsc.org/newengland/default.htm.
For more information see:
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Interfaith Program 
