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 Bridging Fair Trade and Trade Justice Working Group

WORKING GROUP PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: The working group members will seek to create and implement a campaign to bridge the Fair Trade movement and the Trade Justice movement in thought, word, and action. Working directly with allied organizations like United Students for Fair Trade is strongly recommended. The first concrete goal is to research and write a Bridging Fair Trade and Trade Justice Campaigner. This campaigner should essentially be an organizing tool for students across the country to understand the links between fair trade and trade justice and why students need to get involved in promoting fair trade on a local level and advocating for trade justice practices and policies on a national and global level.

The potential of the Campaigner as an effective organizing tool on campuses and in communities will hinge on how well the WG is able to articulate the values of the movements and give the readers concrete advocacy steps they can take on where ever they are.

WORKING GROUP STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: The Coordinator will have the role of facilitating the working group. The coordinator will work with WG members to meet deadlines they set for themselves and to write the Bridging Fair Trade and Trade Justice Campaigner. Once the Campaigner is written and given to the public the WG will be open for feedback from STJC affiliates on further steps that could possibly be taken to improve the Campaigner. Primary focus will shift into what other mediums the WG can utilize to bridge the two movements such as documentary film making or interactive online trainings for campus organizers.

ROLE DESCRIPTIONS:

Campaign Coordinator
The coordinator must be imaginative in creating an interactive report and active dialogue between the Fair Trade and Trade Justice movements. Some preliminary work has already been done to format the Bridging Fair Trade and Trade Justice Campaigner, so the coordinator will be able to build upon that initial action plan for the working group. Responsibilities include:

1. Seriously engaging with and learning about selected issue area
2. Development and implementation of a strategic plan for the campaign
3. Day-to-day overseeing and guidance of working group
4. Ensure the working group is working in line with STJC's overall direction
5. Regular collaboration with the Directors of Advocacy and Outreach
6. Regularly communicating regularly with the rest of the National Team

Working Group Members' Responsibilities include:

1. Active and timely participation in all conference calls, forum discussions, and documentation creation
2. Contributing to the vision of the campaign both for the short-term objectives and the long term goals.
3. Contributing written sections to the Campaigner in collaboration with other working group members
4. Engaging in outreach and education activities to publicize and organize around the campaign

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