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Madison Ainaro Sister City Alliance (MASA) together with support of Just Coffee and Family Farm Defenders is hosting a 'reverse delegation' bringing two Timorese to Madison:

Father Evaristo Fernandes da Costa Soares is a Catholic priest and has a strong commitment to youth empowerment and education. He works with the local high school where he is from and is helping to organize a new training center for Ainaro primary school students.

This Friday…

Just Coffee together with the Madison Ainaro Sister City Alliance (MASA) invites you to attend an educational evening to learn more about current conditions in East Timor and meet two East Timorese delegates that are visiting Madison from Ainaro this month. Come to Just Coffee this Friday June 13th for a pot-luck dinner beginning at 6pm (bring something to throw on the grill) followed by presentations at 7pm. Just Coffee is located at: 1129 East Wilson Street on Madison’s near east side. For more information please call: 608-204-9011.

Padre Evaristo Soares and Hermenegildo Magno Gomes will make presentations about their country, the district they live in, its people, their work, and their daily lives. Father Evaristo Fernandes da Costa Soares is a Catholic priest and has a strong commitment to youth empowerment and education. He works with the local high school where he is from and is helping to organize a new training center for Ainaro primary school students. Hermenegildo ("Agio") Magno Gomes is a human rights and sustainable agriculture activist. He's a trainer with PERMATIL, a Timorese organization devoted to Permaculture and sustainable agriculture, and is beginning work with the Gardeners of Eden Seed Project, an agricultural and community empowerment project supported by several Madison groups, including Just Coffee, Family Farm Defenders and MASA/ETAN-Madison.

Last year Kileen Cleberg, owner of the Red Rooster Coffee House in Aberdeen, SD came along on the Just Coffee delegation to Guatemala. And, as she said last night, this trip changed her life.

Since that time Kileen and her brother Dan, who together own the Red Rooster, have sold more and more of Santa Anita's Guatemalan coffee as well as given presentations and shared stories and experiences to educate those in their community about the challenges and realities of fair trade.

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This Fair Trade Day you can find Jintzy, producer from La Fem cooperative in Nicaragua, together with Mike Miller and Colleen Coy of Just Coffee at Cafe Soleil from 8-11am during the large Farmers Market on the Capital Square. We hope that you will enjoy some of the best of what Madison has to offer by stopping by and visiting Cafe Soleil for an exquisite cup of coffee as well as the unique opportunity to meet one of the valued producers of the coffee we sell.

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On Wednesday May 7th from 6-8pm Mike Miller and Colleen Coy will be speaking about Just Coffee, fair trade, and JC's exciting travel delegations at the Washington Hotel Coffee Room. Please join us for a lively discussion, intriguing photos, and a cup of coffee or tea. We hope to see you there!

Washington Hotel Coffee Room: 608-441-7599.

Check out this article in the 3/11 edition of the Wall Street Journal about our delegations. Not normally known as a big booster of fair trade, they do a nice job outlining the basics of our trips to grower communities with our friends and partners.

For more info on our delegations, what they are, when they are, and how to get involved, please see the story below this one on our homepage. You can also click the delegations tab above for other info like pictures, stories on past delegations, and related projects like Fair Trade University.

Thanks and remember fair ain't free!!!

Greetings!

I write today to inform you of the Just Coffee delegations that I will be leading this 2008 year. If you are interested in joining one of these upcoming delegations or would like to customize one specifically for your group, please contact me directly at: colleen (AT) justcoffee (DOT) net. Don't wait long though as some trips fill up quickly. Thank you.

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Join Just Coffee as we travel to Nicaragua to visit La Fem coffee growing cooperative 25-30 July, 2008.

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Join Just Coffee as we travel to Chiapas, Mexico to visit the coffee growing cooperatives we work with there: 16-21 July, 2008.

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Join Just Coffee as we travel to Guatemala to visit Santa Anita la Union coffee growing cooperative 30 May - 04 June, 2008.