Find out more about how you can help start a Fair Trade Town in your community. The criteria include:

• Forming a steering committee that meets regularly
• Ensuring a range of Fair Trade products are available in local stores, cafes, and other venues
• Engaging local organizations, such as places of worship, schools, hospitals, and offices in serving Fair Trade products
• Working with your town or city council to pass a resolution supporting Fair Trade and the local campaign
• Attracting media attention and visible public support, including press and radio

Fair Trade Towns provides a way for people with similar visions, in the same community, to make a difference that they can see. It’s also a great way to meet like-minded people in your area, while feeling good about the changes you can make!

Find out more about Fair Trade Towns from their website, which includes a blog, and information about the eleven Fair Trade Towns that have already formed, as well as the campaigns they’re currently working on.

The Details:

To get started, go to www.fairtradetownsusa.org to learn more and download your Fair Trade Towns toolkit.

Register your interest in starting a campaign by contacting our Fair Trade Towns Coordinator, Billy Linstead Goldsmith, 510-844-1414, wlinsteadgoldsmith@transfairusa.org. We can help you find others in your community to get your campaign started.

Register your Fair Trade Month event with TransFair USA to order materials and resources for your event and Fair Trade Towns USA to have your group listed on our interactive map and website. To register, visit: http://getinvolved.transfairusa.org and www.fairtradetownsusa.org.

Participate in our 31 Days, 31 Ways online actions by reposting, retweeting, and commenting on Facebook and Twitter.

Watch the video put out by the first Fair Trade USA town, Media, PA!

If you already live in an AWESOME Fair Trade Town, tell us about it! What do you do to help the campaigns? What changes have you seen in your community? What has your experience been?