In celebration of Fair Trade Month, the MPTC Fair Trade College Team and Just Fare Market held a delicious lunch time event on Tuesday, October 25 at the Fond du Lac Campus (see our photos below!). Participants enjoyed Fair Trade chocolate chip cookies made by our very own Instructor Tom Endejan and culinary students.  Just Fare Market provided Fair Trade chocolate samples, as well as a beautiful variety of Fair Trade items for shopping!  Participants also entered a drawing to win Fair Trade chocolate prizes, with the grand prize including a copy of the new book “Bitter Side of Sweet”.
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This initiative is about bringing awareness to the crime of trafficking in people for sex or labor, learning what is being done in our community, and how the community can help. On Saturday, October 8, over 130 participants gathered together at the Moraine Park Fond du Lac Campus to do just that! This event was specifically planned for October as a part of educational opportunities available during Fair Trade Month.
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A group of Fond du Lac volunteers has been working on bringing awareness to the crime of trafficking in people for sex or labor, learning what is being done in our community, and how you can help to make Fond du Lac a Traffic Free Zone.
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There’s plenty to celebrate this month! Moraine Park Technical College was named the first Fair Trade technical college in the U.S in May 2015. So, we’ve now hit the one-year anniversary of this awesome honor! Also, World Fair Trade Day is coming up on May 14, and we encourage you to try to find your own ways to support the cause. Fair trade supports farmers and artisans in developing countries who are socially and economically marginalized.

If you are interested in supporting these farmers but you’re not sure where to start,  perhaps considering the everyday items you purchase may be a good place to look!

Here’s three popular items many people purchase on a weekly basis that would be an awesome choice to buy from Fair Trade to show support:
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The History of Earth Day

Earth Day is celebrated once a year on April 22. It marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. They chose April 22 because it fell between Spring Break and Final Exams.
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Did you know Moraine Park is a Fair Trade College?  Actually we are the first Fair Trade technical college in the U.S.  Go MPTC!  In May, 2016 we will celebrate our one year anniversary as a fair trade college!

What is Fair Trade?

Fair trade supports farmers and artisans in developing countries who are socially and economically marginalized. These producers lack economic opportunity and often face steep hurdles in finding markets and customers for their goods. Fair Trade is about making a tremendous impact on artisan and farmer communities while offering great products to the public all around the world.
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Super Bowl 50 wasn’t an all-time classic, was it?

But, as always, there were some memorable commercials and a spectacle of a halftime show, headlined by Coldplay.

So here’s a question for you: What does Moraine Park have in common with Coldplay?

If your guess is that we both have sold over 60 million records worldwide, you would be incorrect. We have been in the recording studio working on new material, though, so stay tuned.

The real answer is
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