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Economic Justice and Fair Trade

HandCrafting Justice

Astoria, NY

www.handcraftingjustice.org

GSV Role

There is one GSV at HandCrafting Justice who works as the Boutique and Inventory Coordinator.

The GSV runs sales in local parishes, schools, and fairs, as well as manage the incoming shipments and inventory. The GSV manages other volunteer groups from high schools and colleges from a wide variety of backgrounds.

HandCrafting JusticeHandCrafting Justice (HCJ) is a project of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd that markets and sells fairly traded handcrafts made by poor communities around the world. They support and assist communities, mostly consisting of women, in their efforts to create employment for themselves in order to provide for their families and better their lives.

As an international network, HCJ promotes human dignity and justice by creating opportunities for economic and social transformation among women and poor communities abroad. They do this by marketing items they make, raising consciousness of the situations in which they live, creating opportunities for women and men in the U.S. to get involved, telling the stories of women, men and children, and creating networks of justice and solidarity in search of sustainable economic options for those in the developing world.