FAIR TRADE WEEK - The Coffee Crisis and Fair Trade

Melissa Schweisguth is Fair Trade Coordinator at Global Exchange. She organizes GX's network of 130 local campaigns in support of Fair Trade coffee. She also coordinates all the grassroots advocacy for both the Folgers and M & M/Mars campaigns. Melissa joined the Global Exchange staff from San Diego, where she coordinated the recycling and energy campaigns for the Campus Greens at the University of California, San Diego. There she was regional coordinator for the Free Burma Coalition's corporate accountability campaign and was a journalist with the San Diego Independent Media Center. Global Exchange is a human rights organization located in San Francisco dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world. Since their founding in 1988,they have worked to increase global awareness among the US public while building international partnerships around the world.