After a great weekend of cupping coffees and hiking around the mountains, we flew to San Diego and we've been on the go ever since. Todd, USFT's West Coast organizer, met us at the airport and we headed over to UCSD to jam with One Earth One Justice. We sat around their 100% FT Cafe to plan strategy and get to know one another before going to the progressive coalition meeting. The meeting was super exciting-- bringing together progressive student leaders from across campus and across issues to define points of unity and strategizing about collaboration. The next morning we headed to Chapman University in Orange, CA. There we met with some rockstars and did a popular education Fair Trade 101 blended with some organizing training. They're doing neat stuff and we're looking forward to working with them more as they expand their campaign and anti-oppression work. Then we headed back to the airport to pick up Alfredo, a youth organizer from CECOCAFEN in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Alfredo was finally able to get the visa and join us on the tour! We're so glad to have him with us! Next we busted out to UCLA where we joined Students for Social Justice. We jammed on their history of Fair Trade organizing and the impacts Fair Trade and coopertivismo has had on Nicaraguan (and other) communities. This morning, we got up early to drive up Highway 1-- superamazing and a great introduction for Alfredo to the US American coast! We spent the afternoon at UC Santa Cruz. First we hung out at the Community Agroecology Network, then headed to teach a class on Participatory Action Research. Afterward, we had a local food dinner with students and rolled over to an awesome event in the Red Room.... We made connections to CAN and USFT's history with UCSC. Now we're back at Bacon's house... exhausted and (almost)ready for a big day tomorrow at University of San Francisco, the Tides Center, and TransFair USA. Keep following our progress and let us know how your events are going!!