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Posted by Alia on Sunday, June 14, 2009

Yesterday, I spent the day selling Emerge jewelry at the first annual Fair Trade Boston event, hosted at the Artists For Humanity epicenter near Boston's waterfront. The event was packed with live music, tasty eats, and beautiful handmade crafts from around the world. It was great to meet like-minded individuals and organizations, and to draw inspiration from their stories and ideas.

I found myself most excited about the fair trade fashion show in the middle of the day, primarily because one of the models wore Emerge jewelry with her outfit and I knew how excited our girls would be to see their jewelry being modeled for an audience! I did my best to capture it with the video function on my less-than-optimal digital camera.

Yeah, I know, it's hard to see the jewelry. But, trust me, she's wearing it!

A big thank you to all the folks who helped out, including Danielle Holly, for making it possible for us to have a booth at Fair Trade Boston, and our wonderful Emerginistas-for-the-day who helped run our sales, including: Sally Susnowitz (Director of MIT's Public Service Center), Angelica Weiner, and April Wachtel.

Labels: events, sales

Emerge Global at "Fair Trade Boston" this Saturday (June 13th)

Posted by Alia on Thursday, June 11, 2009

Come out and support Emerge Global and the girls we work with this Saturday!

Emerge Global is one of Fair Trade Boston's featured vendors. Fair Trade Boston is a FREE event featuring a variety of music, art, food, socially conscious gifts, and more. We will be selling jewelry from 12-6pm at the Artists for Humanity Epicenter. We'd love to see you there!

Learn more at: http://www.autonomieproject.com/fairtradeboston/index.html

Labels: events, sales

Welcome to our new Sri Lanka Emerginistas!

Posted by Alia on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

We are excited to welcome two new fabulous Emerginistas to our team in Sri Lanka!

Rachael Pool (Country Director)- Rachael Pool grew up in Mountain View, Arkansas. In 2007 she received a BA in Philosophy from Bates College. While at Bates, Rachael competed internationally with the Brooks Quimby Debate Council, served as a peer health educator, and worked as a Campus Campaign Manager for Teach for America. She spent her junior semester abroad in Madurai, India, where she conducted ethnographic research on women’s health issues in the community. Rachael’s senior thesis was on the capabilities approach to women’s reproductive justice in Tamil Nadu, India.

Most recently, Rachael has worked for Comprehensive Prospect Research, a firm specializing in research support to non-governmental and private-sector corporations. She currently resides in Washington, DC and will be heading to Sri Lanka as our new Country Director in early July.

Jennifer VanWinkle (Programs Director)- Jennifer, who grew up in the Midwest, loves to travel and live abroad. She received a BA in Anthropology and a certificate in Islamic Studies from Arizona State University. She got her first taste of life abroad as an undergraduate when she studied at Thammasat University in Bangkok as an exchange student. While in Thailand, she developed an interest in Southeast Asia and some of the social issues that she encountered. Upon returning to the States she dove into non-profit work, volunteering for ALERT (the Arizona League to End Regional Trafficking) and then working with FAIR Fund, Inc., a non-profit that works in the fields of anti-human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault prevention. As the International Programs Officer for FAIR Fund she managed two programs in Bosnia and Serbia targeted toward at-risk youth and trafficking survivors. The time spent in Serbia gave her a passion for at-risk youth and a desire to help them achieve secure livelihoods. She has studied multiple languages and is most fluent in Serbian (or BCS) and Spanish.