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Proud to Support: Bead for Life

For the third year Bead for Life will be a vendor at the sale.  Bead for Life creates sustainable opportunities for women to lift their families out of extreme poverty by connecting people worldwide in a circle of exchange that benefits everyone.

Be sure to check out their website and learn more about the program and the women and families involved.

Proud to Support: Partners for Just Trade

We are proud to welcome a new vendor this year to the St. Louis Fair Trade Sale, Partners for Just Trade.

Partners for Just Trade is a St. Louis based non-profit, faith-based organization that builds partnerships between producers living in extreme poverty and consumers in North America.

Be sure to check their website out and follow them on twitter and facebook.

Proud to Support: Amani Ya Juu

Another vendor at the St. Louis Fair Trade Event is Amani ya Juu 

Amani is a sewing and reconciliation project for marginalized women in Africa. Be sure to visit their site to learn more about the women, their mission and the products they make.

Also be sure to tune in to PBS tonight and tomorrow to see the documentary, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. 

From Amani's blog: 

This documentary, based on the best selling book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, tells the stories of women around the world who experience and challenge oppression. It honestly discusses the injustices faced by so many women: discrimination, unequal access to education, abuse, and sale into the sex trade, among other issues. While it tells heavy stories, “Half the Sky” gives a hopeful picture of the courageous individuals confronting systems of oppression and working to create a world in which women can flourish.