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Do We Have Compelled Speech Ideologies in the Fair Trade World?

Do We Have Compelled Speech Ideologies in the F...

The Empowerment Series deals with the deep-rooted issues within Fair Trade and serving artisans around the world. In the past several posts, we have looked at challenging issues surrounding poverty...

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Do We Have Compelled Speech Ideologies in the F...

The Empowerment Series deals with the deep-rooted issues within Fair Trade and serving artisans around the world. In the past several posts, we have looked at challenging issues surrounding poverty...

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Destroy, Erase, Cancel - The Culture and Climate of Cancelling a Life

Destroy, Erase, Cancel - The Culture and Climat...

The empowerment series deals with uncomfortable issues facing us today.  I started this series to deal with some of the negatives in the Fair Trade and "Do Good" industry.  I...

Destroy, Erase, Cancel - The Culture and Climat...

The empowerment series deals with uncomfortable issues facing us today.  I started this series to deal with some of the negatives in the Fair Trade and "Do Good" industry.  I...

Discover Baskets and Beads in these local So Cal Shops

Discover Baskets and Beads in these local So Ca...

Welcome to the online version of Baskets and Beads Kenya. We are so happy you are here and hope you find something amazing for yourself or for a gift. If...

Discover Baskets and Beads in these local So Ca...

Welcome to the online version of Baskets and Beads Kenya. We are so happy you are here and hope you find something amazing for yourself or for a gift. If...

Forced Child Labor in the Chocolate Industry

Forced Child Labor in the Chocolate Industry

The Empowerment Series looks at some of the complicated issues and situations that occur in the Fair Trade world and possible solutions.  I went to Kenya not having much more...

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Forced Child Labor in the Chocolate Industry

The Empowerment Series looks at some of the complicated issues and situations that occur in the Fair Trade world and possible solutions.  I went to Kenya not having much more...

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The empowerment series words overlayed on top of a world map with words like charity, slum, partnering, empowerment, racism, voluntourism, explitation, etc

The Poverty Industry - How Poverty is a Big Bus...

In the first post of this series, you learned about the negative side of “voluntourism” and the thing called the white savior complex. In Part 2 we are going to...

The Poverty Industry - How Poverty is a Big Bus...

In the first post of this series, you learned about the negative side of “voluntourism” and the thing called the white savior complex. In Part 2 we are going to...

What is Voluntouring and the White Savior Complex?

What is Voluntouring and the White Savior Complex?

The Empowerment Series will look at the various negative connotations out there regarding white people serving in other countries such as Africa, India, Mexico etc.  This is a multi part...

What is Voluntouring and the White Savior Complex?

The Empowerment Series will look at the various negative connotations out there regarding white people serving in other countries such as Africa, India, Mexico etc.  This is a multi part...