Awaz Handcrafts NEW Office + Shop @ Hatch in Portland | Listings for Holiday Market Series 2013

The Holidays are here - and our team at Awaz is launching new things, just in time for your ethical holiday shopping.
First - our new name, Awaz Handcrafts - to define our name and what we do better, we're adding Handcrafts. What do you think? 
Did you know Awaz means Voice in Hindi? We're voices for fair trade, for women and for handcrafts - let's work together to fuel it. Shop our collection of unique handcrafted gifts that make a difference - and fuel positive change with us!

Second - Starting in December, we have a one stop shop for all that we do. Now you can shop, connect with us, collaborate and join forces at our co-working space. FINALLY.
Read more about the new Hatch community ->>>>>
http://www.hatchthefuture.org/

NEW PORTLAND OFFICE AND SHOP

beginning December 2, 2013

@ Hatch
2420 NE Sandy Blvd.,
Portland, Oregon, 97232

Do you have a mission driven enterprise and want to sell your products in our Retail Shop?

Are you looking for affordable office space to scale your enterprise?

We are looking for like-minded organizations and businesses who would like to share our private office space with us. Affordable and low-cost. Co-workers get access to the abundant resources and benefits of the Hatch community and its networks.

Open House Tuesday November 19, 2013 – 4 – 7pm

Other times available for viewing – just contact us!

Email sarah@voiceforempowerment.com or call 503-995-5095 to get involved!

You're invited

Awaz Handcraft 
Ethical Holiday Market Series 2013

Sunday, November 17^th

10am – 2pm

4^th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Marketplace at First Unitarian Church

First Unitarian Church

Fuller Room

1011 SW 12th Ave.

Portland, Oregon

We return for the fourth year at the First Unitarian Church annual holiday fair trade market. We organize and co-sponsor this sale as members of the Northwest Fair Trade Coalition in partnership with the church Economic Justice Action Group to build greater community and support for fair trade in their congregation. We will be joined by Zimbabwe Artists Project, Imani Project, Thembanathi and other vendors offering unique holiday gifts.

Friday, November 22^nd

10am – 6pm

4^th Annual international Art and Gift Market sponsored by Women’s Opportunity Worldwide

Broadway Commerce Building, 44 West Broadway, Eugene Oregon

Corner of Willamette and Broadway

We are a member of WOWW and will be joined by Friendship with Cambodia, Thembanathi, CREATE and Anando Foundation downtown Eugene for a unique holiday gift show benefiting women and their families, locally and globally.

Women’s Opportunity Worldwide (WOW) was formed in the Spring of 2010 to provide opportunities for networking and collaboration among the many nonprofit organizations based in Oregon’s Willamette Valley working to benefit women internationally.

Sunday, December 1

10am – 4pm

World Aids Day Celebration sponsored by Portland Area Global Aids Coalition

First Unitarian Church

Buchan Building

1011 SW 12th Ave.

Portland, Oregon

Food, Live Music, Children’s Activities, Fair Trade Market and Information Tables -

Join us in celebrating amazing global progress in “Getting to Zero”.

Learn how you can be more involved in supporting the Portland community to address the impact of aids. Awaz is a member of PAGAC and actively involved in this network of over 200 global justice organizations around Portland addressing global health and poverty issues. Take a minute and join us in honoring the women, communities and organizations around the world working to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Learn more about the progress made and how you can help now!

Stay tuned for a film screening of Fire in the Blood in Portland in January 2014 by PAGAC – as governments right now weigh the passing of the next biggest NAFTA, the Transpacific Partnership – which will extend patents and furthermore keep affordable AIDS medicine and healthcare out of the hands of those who need it most.

Friday, December 6^th

4pm – 7pm

Wintergreen Arts and Craft Fair at National College of Natural Medicine

NCNM Annex

049 SW Porter St, Portland, OR 97201

Awaz is excited to be invited this year to join NCNM’s Art and Craft Fair. We are blessed to have the oldest accredited naturopathic medical college in North America right here in Portland. They offer gradudate programs in naturopathic medicine, classical Chinese medicine, integrative medicine research and nutrition blending ancient healing wisdom with modern science.

Come early to have tea at the Sokenbicha tea house at the Min Zidell Healing Garden that features a botanical teaching garden and labyrinth.

NCNM has great one day workshops, ongoing community classes and more to discover and learn about – join us!

Sunday, December 8^th

10am – 2pm

4^th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Marketplace at First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church

1200 SW Alder St., Portland, OR 97205

We return for the second year to participate at the annual holiday fair trade market at First Presbyterian Church downtown Portland. We organize and co-sponsor this sale as members of the Northwest Fair Trade Coalition in partnership with the church Fair Trade Leadership Team to build greater community and support for fair trade in their congregation. We will be joined by Zimbabwe Artists Project, Thembanathi and other vendors offering unique holiday gifts, food and snacks. 

AWAZ 2013 Event Schedule for Portland local and national - COME HAVE FUN WITH US!

Our summer season is upon us. For another year, we bring the Awaz shop to your community for some summer celebration. Join us for great music events, festivals and street fairs - decked out in the finest quality ethical clothing. We have expanded our Clothing Line to offer a wide array of western and mandarin collar Men's Shirts as well as women's new Indian-inspired Tunics and Kurtas and Organic Jersey Cotton dresses and yoga wear. We always have something new that you'll love!

* Check Back - We're always adding new events!
Anahata Music Festival – Saturday, June 15^th (www.anahatafestivalpdx.com)

Hump Day – July 10 (www.humpdaypdx.com ) - 50% OFF Jewelry Sale!
Mississippi Street Fair – July 13^th (www.mississippiave.com)

Bend Summer Festival – July 12-14^th

Enjoying 23 years of success, the Bank of Cascades Bend Summer Festival draws 75,000 visitors for a weekend like no other. Festival features fine artists and craftspeople, artisans and performers, and five stages of some of the best regional and national blues, rock and jazz. 

http://www.c3events.com/upcoming-events-2013/The_Bank_of_the_Cascades_Bend_Summer_Festival

Last Thursday on Alberta - July 25th  (http://www.lastthursdayonalberta.com/ )

Hump Day – August  7^th (www.humpdaypdx.com )

Multnomah Village Days – August 17^th (www.multnomahvillage.org )
Hawthorne/Division Street Fair – August 18^th (http://thinkhawthorne.com/events/ )

Portland India Festival @Pioneer Square – August 18^th 

Join us for a showcase of our ethical fashion line at Portland's premiere Indian event while we practice the art of block printing and share a booth with DJ Prashant!

India Festival is Oregon's premiere Indian cultural event of the year filled with tastes, sounds and sights of diverse India. ICA will host India Festival on August 18th, 2013 from 11am to 9pm.

Please be there with your family and friends to get a taste of Indian culture for FREE and get a glimpse of this growing, warm and welcoming community. This is a celebration of India’s independence and cultural heritage. The festival has grown every year with record crowds and new vendors.

Don’t miss out on a memorable event that draws crowds from all over the West Coast!

(http://icaportland.org/events/india-festival/ 

Hempstalk Portland - September 7-9th

N Kelly Point Park Rd

Portland, OR 97203

We'll have our full line of Hemp and Cotton Clothing, hemp bags, wallets, belts and sun hats for your fashionable hemp lifestyle, the natural way.
Portland's annual Hempstalk Festival in Portland, Oregon advocates decriminalization of marijuana for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use. Founded in 2005 by the Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, the festival takes place the weekend after Labor Day in September, and features food vendors, live music, guest speakers and information booths. This public event has always been free to attend.
http://www.hempstalk.org/festival/

Belmont Street Fair – September 14^th (http://belmontdistrict.org/whats-happening/street-fair )

Veg Fest @ the Convention Center – September 21-22nd   ( http://nwveg.org/vegfest )

World Fair Trade Day May 11, 2013 in Portland - Rocks the TPP with Oregon Fair Trade Campaign

SATURDAY May 11, 2013 is the day this year!

WFTD is the largest Fair Trade event of the year in N. America, and events take place May 4-19 in 2013. Around 100,000 people attend hundreds of celebrations to promote Fair Trade and campaign for trade justice together with farmers & artisans. LEARN MORE >

{ONLINE SHOP SALE} 

anyone who buys online this Saturday gets a
 FREE box of Equal Exchange Organic Fair Trade Tea
 and a gift from India!

SHOP NOW >

This year, AWAZ joins with our local advocacy partners here in Portland to oppose the next biggest Free Trade Agreement on the International Day of Action. It's because of FTAs that create the foundation and rules for Corporations to exploit workers and the environment around the world, that the Fair Trade Movement, what I call, the People's Movement, is so important. We need to change our foreign policy today.

THIS Saturday, May 11th, join the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign and many other organizations for World Fair Trade Day and the People's Assembly on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The event is from 1-4pm, (doors open at 12:30pm) at First Unitarian Church (SW 12th Ave and Main St., Portland), and will include speakers from a variety of groups, as well as break-out sessions to do some action planning. This is an international day of action, held in solidarity with groups all over the world as the current round of TPP negotiations take place in Lima, Peru. 

AWAZ will have a table selling goodies and passing out FREE Fair World Project Publications for a chance for YOU to win a FREE trip to Peru!

On May 11, just prior to a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating round in Peru, we call on the 99% who are harmed by corporate globalization to oppose the TPP.

There are many reasons for people to come together on this date:

- The TPP undermines access to fundamental medicines by extending monopoly protections for Big Pharma.

- The TPP empowers corporations to sue governments for environmental and health measures they do not like

- The TPP creates a race to the bottom on working conditions, environmental standards and all kinds of public regulations

- The TPP prioritizes large-scale corporate agriculture (GMOs, antibiotics, etc) over sustainable local farming


We will hear from guest speakers including Barbara Byrd - OR AFL-CIO and Ann Pickar - Portland Area Global AIDs Coalition, Benjamin Gerritz - Positive Force NW, and Peruvian environmental justice leader César Ipenza, from Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental speaking via Skype. The speakers panel will be followed by break out groups to further discuss issues and plan for next steps.
We will join trade justice advocates in Lima, Sydney, Ontario and many more cities and towns around the world that are holding community assemblies to discuss the problems with the TPP and the free trade model.

Multi-national community resistance put a freeze on the WTO. It stopped the Free Trade Area of the Americas. It can stop the TPP!

RSVP on Facebook! 

For more information on the PDX People's Assembly, please call Oregon Fair Trade Campaign (503) 736-9777 or email elizabeth@oregonfairtrade.org,

Sponsored by: Alliance for Democracy, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, Oregon AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice, Working Families Party, Economic Justice Action Group of the First Unitarian Church.

To learn more about events in other communities visit: http://stopthetpp.webs.com/call-to-action

January 23rd - Jubilee Oregon announces an educational event: "A Matter of Fairness: Ending Vulture Funds and Preventing Student Debt."

Jubilee Oregon, one of our local community partner organizations working on economic justice issues is offering a great training that will highlight the local and global debt struggles and provide solutions.

 

Two topics will be discussed that seem unrelated but have, at their root, similar issues of economic fairness and justice.  The first topic is the case study of Argentina's debt and of how hedge funds are trying to squeeze Argentina to repay loans that they purchased during Argentina's economically distressed time in 2001. These hedge funds are known as Vulture Funds. The second area is about economic injustice in our own community and country -   students who have amassed huge student debt under false pretense and who will be saddled with unsustainable debt for the rest of their lives. We will discuss alternatives to the current systems that could prevent this large debt issue and some stop-gap ways that the system could be changed today to lessen the impacts of unsustainable student debt. This will be an interactive and action oriented event. 

Date: January 23rd from 7 pm - 9 pm

Place: the Whitman Room at First Presbyterian Church, 1200 Southwest Alder Street in Portland

Free parking in the church parking area. 

To RSVP or for more information, contact Jubilee Oregon 

at jubileeoregon@gmail.com

Jubilee Oregon is a chapter of the Jubilee USA Network, a non-profit advocacy organization that is dedicated to reducing poverty in the world. 
We focus on the cancellation of odious and illegitimate debt that many developing nations face, thereby freeing up financial resources to serve their their own people.  We work for the establishment of responsible lending and borrowing practices in the global economic system today.

  

Create the natural home you've always wanted. Fair Trade Cotton Napkins, Aprons, Table Linens and more from Awaz at Tropical Salvage until Dec. 31st

Check out what these weavers make at our online shop. And come on by and pick one up!
Discover a showroom of all natural, handcrafted hardwood furniture made by artisans in Indonesia from salvaged wood - and bring the presence of beauty to your home.

Awaz 2012 Holiday Event List - Join us for some Community Focused Alternative Holiday Shopping!

We are pleased to announce our jam packed holiday event list for your holiday shopping pleasure!

We hope that you will join us in supporting a just and ethical holiday season. We are a channel for social change and you are the driver. Please do think of supporting us this holiday!

We have many new products including clothing, hemp products, alpaca scarves and African Drums and Shea Butter. Always something new and fresh!

We have been working hard to organize and sponsor the 2012 Fair Trade Holiday Market series in Portland this year. We have some great local organizations represented with beautiful projects overseas needing your support.

Happy Holidays!  

Saturday, November 10^th

 Alternative Gift Faire

10am-2pm

Hillsdale United Church of Christ

2948 SW Capitol Hwy

Portland, Oregon

Tuesday and Wednesday, November 13-14^th 

Kansas State University Fair Trade Marketplace

Student Union

Our summer intern Melissa from the KSU Textile and Marketing Dept. will host a table for us. Sarah started this annual holiday event as an undergraduate student at KSU in early 2000.

Sunday, November 18^th

 Portland Fair Trade Holiday Market

sponsored by Northwest Fair TradeCoalition

10am – 3pm

First Unitarian Church

Buchan Building

1011 SW 12^th Ave

Portland, OR 97205

Co-sponsored by Economic Justice Action Group

This is the 1^st of the series that Awaz is sponsoring this year! We'll have a big display for you and your shopping pleasure at all three!

Beginning the 20^th of November until the end of December

Holiday Trunk Show at Tropical Salvage

Showroom / Warehouse
2233 NW York Street

Featuring Awaz handloom cotton napkins, tablecloths and placemats

TropicalSalvage makes high quality, artisan crafted, furniture from reclaimed wood in Indonesia. In doing so, they create fair trade, conservation supportive jobs in Indonesia and support among consumers for conservation of bio-diverse and carbon-rich tropical forest ecosystems.

Take a walk in their showroom in NW and be amazed!

http://tropicalsalvage.com/

Friday-Sunday, November 23-25^th

3rd Annual International National Gift Market

sponsored by Women's Opportunities Worldwide

Eugene5th Street Market

Women’s Opportunity Worldwide (WOW) was formed in the Spring of 2010 to provide opportunities for networking and collaboration among the many nonprofit organizations  based in Oregon’s Willamette Valley working to benefit women locally and internationally.

We're glad to join this great annual event of local global justice organizations located in the heart of downtown Eugene. What a great place to promote fair trade to so many people!

Friday, Novemb^{er 30th}

Aurora Artists Association

Holiday Open House

6:30 – 9:00 pm

White Rabbit Bakery

21368 Hwy 99e

Aurora, OR 97002

We return to join local artists for their annual holiday show in the rural, antique town of Aurora, just south of Wilsonville. Discover one of Oregon’s oldest towns and their history for a day visit and evening gathering at the local coffee house and bakery. My favorite place!

Recommended stops:

• St. Josef Winery
• Aurora Movement and Healing Arts
• Colony Museum
• The Farm School

Saturday, December 1^st

^{We will magically appear in two events this day in honor of World Aids Day!} 

Fair Trade Holiday Market

10am – 2pm

Meridian United Church of Christ

Frog Pond Church

6750 Boeckman Rd.

Wilsonville, OR.

1st Annual Ethical Holiday Shopping Bazaar

Hosted by Sister's Coffee Company and Eye See Media

4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Sister's Coffee

1235 NW Marshall

Pearl District

Featuring ethical, fair trade and empowering businesses and products from around Oregon and Washington

Check out this awesome Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide they put out every year!

Sunday, December 2^nd

4th Annual Holiday Market

12-5pm

McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse

22115 NW Imbrie Drive, Suite 310

Hillsboro, Oregon 97124

Saturday, December 8

Portland Fair Trade Holiday Market

sponsored by Northwest Fair Trade Coalition

10am – 3pm

Portland Mennonite Church

1312 Southeast 35th Avenue  

Portland, OR 97214

 

This is the 2^nd big one Awaz is sponsoring this year!

 

Sunday, December 9

Portland Fair Trade Holiday Market 

sponsored by Northwest Fair Trade Coalition

11:30am – 2pm

First Presbyterian Church

Geneva Hall (basement)

1200 SW Alder Street
Portland, Oregon 97205

Co-sponsored by the Fair Trade Leadership Team of the Advocacy & Social Justice Committee

This is the 3rd big one Awaz is sponsoring this year!

 

Sunday, December 16

Alternative Holiday Gift Fair

10 am - 1 pm
Multnomah Presbyterian Church

Multnomah Village

7555 SW 45th Avenue

 

and you can always shop online!

 

 

 

 

We announce the Awaz Fair Trade Buying Club for events and office buildings for the Portland-metro featuring coffee, tea, food, kids toys, eco-clothing, stationery and gifts

For four years, we’ve been bringing the fair trade message to Portlanders and I’m excited to announce yet another way we want to help you bring fair trade into your life.

We are proud to announce the Awaz Fair Trade Buying Club for the Portland-metro that delivers high quality, ethically sourced food and everyday-use products at affordable rates, right to your door. With over ten years of experience working in the fair trade industry, we bring to you a variety of socially conscious, high quality goods that are available for your consumption direct from small producers around the world.

Awaz Fair Trade Buying Club

Natural, socially responsible and environmentally conscious goods brought to your door!

affordable ~ convenient ~ fair

Support small producers. Keep business small.

The buying club aims to help more people access the wide variety of fairly traded products available today by providing the added convenience of ordering direct from us and custom ordering. We specialize in affordable coffee, tea, food, kids toys, eco-clothing , stationery and gifts for your events, home-use , office building, daycare center, faith organization and community group.

In the 80 years of fair trade history, there has been an evolution of certified raw materials and products which are fairly traded that companies can source and offer, such as oils for cosmetics and clothing made from hemp and cotton. 

We’ve handpicked some of the best natural skin care, clothing, kids toys and more we think you should know about and are now pleased to offer them to you!

Equal Exchange Chocolate Bars - order individually or per case!

featuring:

Equal Exchange Organic Coffee, Chocolate, Tea and Snacks
 including Olive Oil, Breakfast Bars and Baking Cocoa

peace making Olive Oil from Palestine only $14

assorted herbals, greens and blacks - $3.50 for 20 tea bags in a box or $20 for 6 boxes

Ojoba Collective 100% Pure Unrefined Shea Butter from Ghana
all around skin moisturizer rich in Vitamin A and E
great for healing dry skin, wrinkles and eczema

Just $12 for 4 oz tin - your purchase supports the 400 women of Ojoba Shea Cooperative

Mr. Ellie Pooh Greeting Cards and Stationery from Elephant Dung from Sri Lanka
cards and notebooks from 100% recycled paper and elephant dung.
assorted themes and designs available
 Save elephants, save the environment.

Holiday Collection of cards and notebooks

Awaz Natural Kids Collection
kids soft toys, mobiles, baby quilts and room decor from natural fibers

Eco Clothing and Fashion for Men and Women

men's pants, traditional tops, women's skirts and tops, bags, belts, wallets from cotton and hemp 

HOW TO ORDER: 
Does your break room currently buy Folgers coffee from a big box store? Do you have an event coming up and need 60 fair trade chocolate bars? Do you sometimes buy fair trade products, but need someone to help you keep it stocked? Let us bring fair trade to you!
Send us an email and we'll send you the order form today!
sarah@voiceforempowerment.com
503-970-5847

Submit your orders by Wednesday each week for Friday delivery.
Minimum order $30.
Delivery location negotiable.
Free delivery on Portland-metro orders over $50.
Payment: cost on delivery. Cash, check or credit card.

Your consumption choices do make a difference. By supporting the Awaz Fair Trade Buying Club, you choose to create a new economic model that:

• honors producers, consumers and the environment
• promotes transparency and respect in trade
• values the human connection
• sustains cultural traditions around the globe
•  fuels just livelihoods and ethical business in your community

Awaz is a local Portland sustainable business dedicated to providing high quality, ethical products that consumers can feel good about. We trade direct with small producers and represent a network of farmer and artisan groups who make every day products for every day living.