Here are our vendors for the bazaars!

Global Mamas:

Founded in 2003, the Global Mamas community is comprised of thousands of people from around the world working together with the mission of creating prosperity for African women and their families. The Mamas define prosperity as going beyond financial well-being to include happiness and good health. They achieve prosperity by creating and selling unique, handcrafted products of the highest quality. Being able to do the work they love and being empowered by financial independence leads to greater happiness. The Mamas realize their dreams of having the opportunity to support their families, send their children to school, improve their health, and save for the future. Our Global Community is made up of the Mamas who produce beautiful products using traditional methods; our employees who manage production, ensuring high quality and delivering personal customer service; our international volunteers and interns who contribute their time and talents to further the development of our Mamas’ expertise; our donors who support the expansion of our programs leading to more jobs, and customers who make everything we do possible by purchasing our products.

10,000 Villages:

We’re a global maker-to-market movement that addresses economic injustice. Because every handcrafted object has a life of meaning behind it. We’re a way for you to shop with intention for ethically-sourced handcrafted wares – and to share in the joy of empowering makers in ten thousand villages. As a pioneer of Fair Trade, we do business differently, putting people and planet first. That means you can trust that every purchase and donation you make directly impacts the life and community of its maker in an under-resourced community. Together we break the cycle of generational poverty and ignite social change. #LiveLifeFair

SERRV:

Since 1949 we have been fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. One of the first fair trade organizations in the world, SERRV International began its mission in 1949 by helping displaced European refugees trade their handcrafts for income after the Second World War. Since then, we’ve extended our reach to countries worldwide, working to support over 8,000 artisans and farmers every year by selling their beautiful handcrafts and delicious foods. Our mission is to empower small-scale global artisans and farmers through long-term trading partnerships, helping them build sustainable employment, resources, rights, and a vision of hope in their communities. SERRV works to provide employment opportunities to all artisans, regardless of gender, race, religion, or sexuality. We also work to prevent child labor, instead making sure artisans’ children stay in school and have brighter futures.

Equal Exchange:

Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative with democratic principles. Each worker-owner invests an equal share in the business and receives one vote, and all financials are completely transparent to all worker-owners. They have a top-to-bottom pay ratio that hovers around 4:1, and profits are distributed equally among them at the end of each year. They have written into their policy that 10% of pre-tax profits are donated to NGOs working within the space to transform food systems. The founders envisioned a different way of doing business, one where trade values each part of the supply chain. They have proven that business can be done by centering all people within the supply chain over the centering of only profits. They believe that by organizing a more democratic food system that puts power in the hands of small-scale farming communities, alternative traders, and Citizen Consumers, a more secure future can be created for us all. Equal Exchange’s mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.