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Crafts for a Cause: A Craft Fair to Support Social and Environmental Change

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Crafts for a Cause: A Craft Fair to Support Social and Environmental Change

Time: December 3, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Rhizome Cafe
Street: 317 E Broadway
City/Town: Vancouver
Website or Map: http://crafts4acause.wordpres…
Event Neighbourhood and Type: east, vancouver
Organized By: Danielle Gauld
Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2011

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Event Description

Come shop for holiday gifts while supporting migrant rights, youth empowerment, Indigenous autonomy and more! Peruse socially conscious crafts by local artists, and items created by local organizations to support their social justice work. Food and drink will be available for purchase throughout the evening.  Participating artists and organizations include:


No One is Illegal: noii-van.resist.ca/
The Purple Thistle: www.purplethistle.ca/
Redwire Native Youth Media: www.redwiremag.com/
The Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice: http://organizingcentre.wordpress.com
Environmental Youth Alliance: www.eya.ca
Downtown Eastside Studio Society: http://studiosociety.ca/
Just Work Potters: www.justwork.ca/justpotters.html
Kalayaan Centre: www.kalayaancentre.net/

Plus:
Fair Trade Coffee from Cafe Justicia: cafejusticia.ca/
la mano ethical textiles: www.lamano.ca/
Prints by Favianna Rodriguez: favianna.com/
Rhizome Cafe T-Shirts and Buttons
Sam Bradd Designs: sambradd.com/
fierce green creations: etsy.com/shop/fiercegreen
Cease Wyss
Just Jingo Body Botanicals: http://justjingo.com/Just_Jingo/just_jingo_body_botanicals.html

Partial proceeds from artists' sales are distributed to participating organizations.
$2 suggested donation at the door, but no one turned away
http://crafts4acause.wordpress.com; www.rhizomecafé.ca

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