TOUR SCHEDULE
The foundation of our work is the belief that business is all about relationships. Our business is built on the relationship between a farmer and the earth, between our company and that same farmer, and on the relationships we cultivate with coffee drinkers to build a market for that farmer’s coffee. Really, business has always been about relationships—it’s just unfortunate that for most of history, these relationships have been exploitative rather than fair, and blind rather than personal.
Mirembe Kawomera “Delicious Peace” Coffee is a revolutionary kind of product: it’s the story of the farmers who grow it, it’s their dream of peace, and it’s also a delicious coffee. It’s all of these things woven together to create a new kind of relationship…or should we say, a new kind of business?
What better way to cultivate these relationships than to spend time together?
Starting late next month, a delegation of four Ugandan coffee farmers and two Thanksgiving Coffee staff will travel to share the story of our efforts to build peace through fair trade. These four farmers will share the story of their struggle to overcome a history of religious conflict by uniting in a common effort to earn a fair price for their coffee. The delegation will include Sinina Namudosi (Muslim), Joab Jonadab Keki (Jewish), Margret Buhinizi (Catholic), and Samuel Ngugo (Anglican). Please stay tuned for more event details and specifics, and call Holly Moskowitz at 800-462-1999×49 for more information.
29-Feb Boston, MA Shabbat Service Tufts University
1-Mar Boston, MA Opening Ceremony for Interfaith Conference Tufts University
2-Mar Boston, MA Workshops at Conference Tufts University
3-Mar Boston, MA The Rashi School, Newton, MA 11:15am Julie 781.859.9363
4-Mar Boston, MA Jean Mayer Award Tufts University
5-Mar Boston, MA Travel to NY
6-Mar New York, NY Manhattan Neighborhood Network Interview
Interfaith Event St. John’s Lutheran Church – 83 Christopher St., New York, NY 10014 7:00 PM Luna Kaufman 212.308.9645
7-Mar Montclair, NJ Turkish Mosque 3:00 PM sema kaymak 201.456.6439
Montclair, NJ Kabalat Shabbat B’nai Keshet Synagogue - 99 South Fullerton
8-Mar Montclair, NJ Shabbat Services B’nai Keshet Synagogue - 99 South Fullerton
Terra Tea and Fair Trade Montclair, NJ 2:00 PM
9-Mar Clifton, NJ Allwood Reformed Church 100 Chelsea Road 10:30 am
South Orange, NJ Interfaith Event Seton Hall University - 400 South Orange Ave 2:00 PM
10-Mar Washington, DC Interfaith Event * 6th & I Historic Synagogue 7:00 PM Lee Salawitch 800.323.3244
11-Mar Private event - closed 6:30PM
12-Mar Towson, MD Towson Hillel 2:00PM (12:00 lunch-closed event) Contact: Ken 513.503.9559
Baltimore, MD Interfaith Event Bolton Street Synagogue 7:00 PM Elisabeth Liebow (410) 235-5354
13-Mar Chicago, IL “WorldView: Chicago Public Radio 2:00 PM
Chicago, IL Interfaith & Fair Trade Event Columbia College - 1104 S. Wabash 6:00 PM Elaine Waxman 773.274.4978
14-Mar Chicago, IL School Meeting Evanston High School 10:00 AM Elaine Waxman 773.274.4978
2:00PM Islamic Foundation School, Villa Park, IL
Chicago, IL Shabbat Service Jewish Recon. of Evanston – 303 Dodge Ave 7:00 PM Elaine Waxman 773.274.4978
15-Mar Winnetka, IL Congregation Hakafa Winnetka community House, 620 Lincoln 9:15AM
Chicago, IL Faith Community of Saint Sabina 1:00PM Rev. Pfleger 773.483.4300
16-Mar Santa Rosa, CA Unitarian Universalist Congregation Melissa Kort 707.526.7780
17-Mar Mendocino, CA DAY OFF
18-Mar Mendocino Community High School 8:30 AM
Anderson Valley High School 12:00PM
Casper, CA Interfaith Event Casper Community Center -
15051 Caspar Road 6:00 PM
19-Mar Sacramento, CA Interfaith Event Westminster Presbyterian Church – 1300 N Street 5:00 PM Rabbi David Wechsler-Azen (916) 485-4478
20-Mar San Francisco, CA Purim Celebration Congregation Emanu-El - 2 Lake St 5:45PM
21-Mar San Francisco, CA Friday Prayers Islamic Society Mosque - 400 Crescent Ave 1:00 PM
San Francisco, CA Kabbalat Shabbat Congregation Emanu-El - 2 Lake St 5:30PM
22-Mar 9:30 am Congregation Sherith Israel 2266 California Street San Francisco, CA Shabbat Service
23-Mar 11am & 6pm Easter Services; 4:30pm reception Grace Cathedral 1100 California Street
San Francisco, CA Service
24-Mar Woodland Hills, CA Woodland Hills Church of Christ - 23363 Burkank Blvd 7:00PM Cambria Smith 818-718-6460 ext 3011
25-Mar South Pasadena, CA Holy Family Church 7:00PM Allis Druffel 626-403-6141
26-Mar Olympia, WA Interfaith Event Temple Beth Hatfiloh 7:30PM Sheri Gerson 360.786.0843
27-Mar Farmers fly back to Uganda
*Admission Fee
February 29th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Dear JJ,
What an amazing tour! You will be very very busy. Are you travelling by yourself? How is Rachel and your family doing?
I see you will be in Baltimore on March 12. Unfortunately, we will be attending an event in Washington D.C. for our son, Avi’s, organization, Alliance for Mid East Peace, so I am afraid we will not be able to come to the Baltimore event on your schedule.
We wish you the best of luck (mazel), and hope your trip is very very successful. Love, mama
March 1st, 2008 at 10:56 pm
JJ, I see that you will be in woodland hills and no time has been reserved to see your family in Belair. Will you just drive by us and go to woodland hills? whoever made this schedule should have known that we cherish family and that it is unacceptable for you to bypass us.
I hope that this can be rectified.
I wish all of you an enjoyable trip!
Gershom
March 5th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Hi Gershom,
I’m sorry for the break in communication. We hope to see you at either (or both) of the two events in LA with your beautiful family. If you are unable to make the events, we will do our best to make time for a personal visit! Please email me (holly@thanksgivingcoffee.com), or JJ, your phone number and we will call you when we are in woodland hills.
B’Shalom,
Holly
March 5th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
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March 5th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Gershom,
Just want to add to what Holly wrote, to say that JJ would like to stay with you if it’s possible, on that Monday or Tuesday night. I think he may have written you about this—the rest of us will stay with my Jaja, but he would love to to be with you and Tziporah, and the kids. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Webaale Nno,
Ben
March 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I appreciate that JJ can sleep over and we are excited to see you all and if poosible we would like to have dinner with the other farmers as well.
Thank you!
Gershom
March 16th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I’m driving from Seattle to Olympia, WA tonight to see Ben speak. My boyfriend saw Ben & the farmers speak in Casper, CA & he was so inspired by the presentation & the work that Thanksgiving Coffee Company has done. So thank you for coming to WA so I can learn from & be inspired by your presentation too. I will see you tonight!