
"Fair Trade in the Global Apparel Industry"
Day: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Registration Fee: FREE
Time: 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Registration Fee: FREE
FIBERcast, is a 45-minute audio program broadcast live from the University of Delaware, sharing the insights and knowledge of leaders in business, academia, and government on timely issues of importance to the international fashion and apparel industry. Join co-host Dr. Marsha Dickson of the University of Delaware and board member of the Fair Labor Association, for an insightful discussion about Fair Trade in the Global Apparel Industry. Dr. Dickson's guests include Ms. Pushpika Freitas, founder and president of MarketPlace: Handwork of India, which supports fair trade products made by artisans in India, and Ms. Renee Bowers, buyer for Ten Thousand Villages, the largest fair trade retailer in the United States.


