Yay for being the Mid-Atlantic Region!

I'm Jheanelle, your USFT Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator. I'm holding it down in Washington, DC at Georgetown University. I'm so excited for this opportunity to talk and build a movement with all of you. I bet you're all of to a great school year, but I hope that you can learn from me and that I can learn from you.

I hope to meet all of you at our International Convergence from November 7-10 at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It promises to be a skill-builiding, issue-learning, networking PARTY. I'm so excited and I hope that all of you are.

But more specific to our region, I am planning a second annual regional convergence in Washington, DC. Last year we had regional convergences for the first time and they were a great success. I hope to continue our new USFT tradition!

United Students for Fair Trade serves as a resource for all of you. If you have questions, need contacts in the fair trade industry or the fair trade movement, or need help campaigning or starting a group, don't hesitate to ask. But this is also a grassroots movement, so we will learn from each other--the process is organic. Let us know what you are doing! Make sure to tell us about events, send us pictures, and let us know about successful campaigns and events. With all of this, we will grow together.

I look forward to the next year with all of you!

Jheanelle Brown

United Students for Fair Trade Mid-Atlantic Coordinator, 2008-2009