As many of you know, yesterday was International Women's Day. To celebrate, Oxfam Action Corps around the country held action to ask people to urge Mars, Nestle, and Mondelez to treat their women cocoa farmers better- better pay, fairer treatment, opportunities for training, the chance to own the land they work, and more. Sweets with wrappers urging people to take action were given out, conversations were had, and signatures were gathered. The above-freezing and sunny weather made it a fun day for all involved.
Our re-vamped packages of Oreos were a big hit.
Read more and take action here.
Passerbys we also urged to check out what the Behind the Brands initiative (part of Oxfam’s GROW campaign) is about. Behind the Brand ranks the policies of big food companies on important issues like treatment of workers and farmers, equality for women, land, clean water, climate change, and transparency. The folks behind the scenes at Oxfam have spent over a year doing research on this information. We hope that consumer pressure can coerce the Big Brands (who control the supply chain) to adopt fairer expectations for the production of their products, such as in the case of women cocoa farmers.
We also had a successful Hunger Banquet with WUD on Thursday night. Thanks to all who attended and to the WUD Alternative Breaks Committee for their hard work helping to put the event together!
Have a beautiful day! Together, we can make a difference!
Best,
Kat De Losh
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