Women Helping Women with Fair Trade Long Beach Co-Founder Teresa Baxter

Teresa Baxter is the Co-Founder of Fair Trade Long Beach, a coalition of activists, advocates, and ethical businesses working to increase the availability and use of Fair Trade products.  Teresa has been involved with Fair Trade since 2006, when she began volunteering at Ten Thousand Villages in Pasadena. She shares her story of how she came to work in the fair trade space and the moment she realized how much women can lift each other up. She also talks about the realities of modern slavery—from chocolate production to fashion sweatshops—and the many ways her store is supporting communities locally and around the world. For show notes visit: https://www.swapsociety.co/pages/podcast