Students Organize Fair-Trade Sale in Solidarity With World's Working Poor

Students in the Community and Organizational Change class taught by Deb Q. Bechtel, instructor of human services/social science, successfully organized and staffed a Ten Thousand Villages sale Wednesday through Friday in the Bush Campus Center. The annual sale features unique, handmade gifts such as jewelry, home decor and personal accessories. Ten Thousand Villages is one of the world's largest fair-trade organizations, striving to improve the lives of tens of thousands of disadvantaged artisans in 37 countries throughout the world.
Photos by Craig R. Urey, student photographer