Calendar
Fair Trade Outreach/Sales: volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed at all of the following events to staff sales and outreach tables for IRTF. If you are interested please call 216.961.0003 or email Sarah@irtfcleveland.org.
- Saturday, August 28: Medina Cultural Heritage Day, 9am-8pm, Medina Town Square. www.mainstreetmedina.com
- Sat-Sun, September 18-19: Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival
- Sat-Sun, October 16-17: Resurrection
- Sat-Sun, October 23-24: St. Joseph Strongsville
- Sunday, November 7: St. Basil's
- Friday, November 12: Fairmount Presbyterian
- Sunday, November 14: St. Angela Merici
- Monday, December 6: Hathaway Brown
- Sat-Sun, December 11-12: St. Mary's Hudson
If you are aware of any other fair trade bazaars, please let us know. We'd love to be there!
Calendar Events:
- 2nd Tuesdays of Every Month: Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Coop
- Sat, Aug 28: Medina Cultural Heritage Day
- Mon, Sep 6: The Peace Show, a free festival downtown on Labor Day
- Tue, Sep 7: Dine Out for Peace at The Harp
- Tue, Sep 14: Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
- Sat-Sun, Sep 18-19: Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival
- Sat, Oct 2: Tropical Forests: Threats to Human Rights and Environment
- Sat, Oct 9: Ohio Fair Trade Expo
- Tue, Nov 7: IRTF’s annual Commemoration of the Martyrs
- Tue, Nov 9: Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
- Sat, Nov 13: Nonviolence Training
- Sat-Sun, Nov 20-22: Annual Vigil to Close the SOA
- Tue, Dec 14: Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
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Second Tuesday of Every Month Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
Cleveland Food Co-op - 11702 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
On the second Tuesday of each month you can benefit Cleveland Peace Action, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice and InterReligious Task Force, simply by doing something we all have to do. Grocery shopping. The Co-Op will generously donate a portion of your total to the three organizations. All you need to do is mention one of the organizations to the cashier when you check out.
Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9am-8pm
Sunday 10am-6pm.
Call the Co-op at (216) 791-3890 or go to www.clevelandfoodcoop.org for more information on the wonderful things the Food Co-op has to offer.
Equal Exchange coffee—fair trade, organic, and shade grown—is offered at the Co-op. Ask for it! -
Saturday, August 28 Medina Cultural Heritage Day
9am-8pm
Medina Town Square - www.mainstreetmedina.comVolunteers needed at IRTF fair trade table. Check with Sarah@irtfcleveland.org
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Monday, September 6 The Peace Show, a free festival downtown on Labor Day
Free Stamp at Willard Park, E. 9th and Lakeside
War is not entertainment.
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Tuesday, September 7 Dine Out for Peace at The Harp
The Harp - 4408 Detroit Ave., Cleveland 44113 - 216.939.0200
Sandwich plates $8-$10. Entrees $10-$17.
The Harp is a locally-owned, a friendly, neighborhood pub serving a great food, delicious drinks. Try the extensive selection of draught beer, including Guinness, Harp, Bass, Boddington's, and Cleveland's own Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager, as well as bottled beer, Irish whiskey, fine wine and creative cocktails.
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Tuesday, September 14 Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
Cleveland Food Co-op - 11702 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
9am-8pmOn the second Tuesday of each month you can benefit Cleveland Peace Action, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice and InterReligious Task Force, simply by doing something we all have to do. Grocery shopping. The Co-Op will generously donate a portion of your total to the three organizations. All you need to do is mention one of the organizations to the cashier when you check out.
Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9am-8pm
Sunday 10am-6pm.
Call the Co-op at (216) 791-3890 or go to www.clevelandfoodcoop.org for more information on the wonderful things the Food Co-op has to offer.
Equal Exchange coffee—fair trade, organic, and shade grown—is offered at the Co-op. Ask for it! -
Saturday-Sunday, September 18-19 Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival
Saturday 11am-6pm
Sunday 12-5pmSign up to help IRTF at our fair trade booth: Tilman@irtfcleveland.org
The Eleventh Annual Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival returns to Lincoln Park. The mission of the Festival is to celebrate the cultural and artistic diversity of Tremont and Greater Cleveland by encouraging the artistic and cultural endeavors of its visual and performing artists.
The weekend Festival is comprised of four categories or program areas which include: Children's-hands-on arts, historical, and educational projects; community-area non-profit organizations presenting material about their mission and services; cultural-food sales by Tremont churches, other non-profit organizations and Tremont restaurants reflecting the ethnic diversity of the neighborhood; and sales of paintings, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, and photographs created by Tremont and northeast Ohio artists.
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Saturday, October 2 Tropical Forests: Threats to Human Rights and Environment
An all day symposium at Cleveland Botanical Gardens.
Free with Cleveland Botanical Gardens admission.National experts and local activists will present some challenges (and some progress) to conserving the tropical forests of Colombia and other Andean nations:
Industrial agriculture
Extractive industries: oil, mining, logging
War on Drugs: aerial fumigation to eradicate drug plantationsConsequences:
Clear-cutting some of the most biodiverse regions in the world
Forced expulsion of human populations
Threats to indigenous cultures
Poisoning of land, waterways, food cropsOrganized by InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Rainforest Committee of the NE Ohio Sierra Club
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Saturday, October 9 Ohio Fair Trade Expo
Held at John Carroll University
www.OhioFairTrade.comOhio Fair Trade Expo goals include:
- to increase availability of fair trade certified food/beverages in Ohio groceries/retail stores
- to increase networking/support businesses selling fair trade apparel, crafts, and other items
- to get state-wide recognition of fair trade as an important and viable business model
- to increase advocacy around legislative initiatives to promote food and product safety, fair and safe working conditions and environmental protections—here in the US and across the globe
Start thinking about how your school or congregation might participate in this year’s Fair Trade Expo.
Questions? Email us at ohio.fair.trade.expo@gmail.com
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Tuesday, October 12 Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
Cleveland Food Co-op - 11702 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
9am-8pmOn the second Tuesday of each month you can benefit Cleveland Peace Action, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice and InterReligious Task Force, simply by doing something we all have to do. Grocery shopping. The Co-Op will generously donate a portion of your total to the three organizations. All you need to do is mention one of the organizations to the cashier when you check out.
Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9am-8pm
Sunday 10am-6pm.
Call the Co-op at (216) 791-3890 or go to www.clevelandfoodcoop.org for more information on the wonderful things the Food Co-op has to offer.
Equal Exchange coffee—fair trade, organic, and shade grown—is offered at the Co-op. Ask for it! -
Tuesday, November 7 IRTF’s annual Commemoration of the Martyrs
Held at Beaumont School, 3301 North Park Blvd. (near Lee and Fairmount), Cleveland Heights
Each year we gather to remember thousands who’ve lost their lives because of their witness against injustice, including Cleveland’s church women (Jean Donovan and Dorothy Kazel, OSU) who were martyred in El Salvador on December 2, 1980. Carrying out the legacy of the martyrs, we recommit ourselves to solidarity with the poor and marginalized throughout this hemisphere. It is an evening full of memories, inspiration, and fellowship as we remember those who’ve gone before us and look forward toward a more hopeful future.
More details to follow.
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Tuesday, November 9 Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
Cleveland Food Co-op - 11702 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
9am-8pmOn the second Tuesday of each month you can benefit Cleveland Peace Action, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice and InterReligious Task Force, simply by doing something we all have to do. Grocery shopping. The Co-Op will generously donate a portion of your total to the three organizations. All you need to do is mention one of the organizations to the cashier when you check out.
Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9am-8pm
Sunday 10am-6pm.
Call the Co-op at (216) 791-3890 or go to www.clevelandfoodcoop.org for more information on the wonderful things the Food Co-op has to offer.
Equal Exchange coffee—fair trade, organic, and shade grown—is offered at the Co-op. Ask for it! -
Saturday, November 13 Nonviolence Training
9-5pm
Dolan Science Center, room 202-203, John Carroll UniversityOrganized by IRTF. All are welcome, but this is specifically designed for participants in the SOA delegation Nov 20-22 as a way to continue their education about the SOA and the nonviolence movement, learn about changes to this year’s vigil, and receive media training. We hope all will attend.
Nonviolence training includes:
History and philosophy of nonviolence
Theory and rationale for nonviolent direct action
Nonviolent responses to violence
Guidelines for nonviolent thought and action
Consensus decision-making
Conflict mediation
Reflective listening
Legal risks of civil disobedience
Affinity groups
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Saturday-Sunday, November 20-22 Annual Vigil to Close the SOA
IRTF will take 3 buses to Georgia to gather with 20,000 others from across the hemisphere to remember thousands who’ve suffered human rights abuses—including assassinations and massacres—at the hands of military and police trained by the US at the infamous School of the Americas (SOA, re-named Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). Family members of victims will give testimony to the legacy of the SOA in their communities in countries throughout Latin America. SOA-trained soldiers were responsible for the rape and murder of Cleveland’s church women (Jean Donovan and Dorothy Kazel, OSU) in El Salvador and continue to inflict harm on civilians in places like Colombia, the country with the highest enrollment at the SOA and the worst human rights crisis in this hemisphere. The weekend includes workshops, film screenings, action-planning sessions, a rally and a vigil to commemorate thousands of SOA victims. To travel with IRTF, contact IRTF@igc.org or call 216.961.0003. More details will follow. Learn more about the SOA at http://www.irtfcleveland.org/repression
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Tuesday, December 14 Shop for Peace at the Cleveland Food Co-op
Cleveland Food Co-op - 11702 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
9am-8pmOn the second Tuesday of each month you can benefit Cleveland Peace Action, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice and InterReligious Task Force, simply by doing something we all have to do. Grocery shopping. The Co-Op will generously donate a portion of your total to the three organizations. All you need to do is mention one of the organizations to the cashier when you check out.
Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9am-8pm
Sunday 10am-6pm.
Call the Co-op at (216) 791-3890 or go to www.clevelandfoodcoop.org for more information on the wonderful things the Food Co-op has to offer.
Equal Exchange coffee—fair trade, organic, and shade grown—is offered at the Co-op. Ask for it!