I/We stand with Slave Free Chocolate

Sponsor a Social Media Ad

Mass consumer awareness is needed now more than ever. We will customize an outreach ad with your name or logo and apply 100% of the funds to the sponsorship. $60 dollars reaches an average of 8,000 new eyes! The minimun is $20 but you can fund as large an ad as you want.

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Hit the streets with postcards!

We the consumers have all of the power to change this situation but in order to flex those muscles, we need mass consumer awareness. Most people have no clue that the chocolate they are buying and eating is tied to child labor and slavery but would love to be on your side. For $25 you will recieve 100 postcards, (2 sets to choose from) a pin, and free shipping inside the U.S. This activity is great for school projects as well. Place them anywhere you can find community bulletin boards, ie. coffe shops, your local church….

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REVERSE TRICK OR TREATING CARDS

We are happy to provide Reverse Trick or Treating Cards that you can print out and hand out with your Halloween Candy.  Unfortunately, this website platform won't let us simply attach the documents, but if you email us using the form below we will be happy to attach the documents (one for the front side and one for the back) in our reply to you.

Download here

or contact us and we will send you the template and we will also include a flyer to tape to your front door.

Educate Tell your local grocer

As more and more people are becoming aware of the situation they may be asking their local grocer which of the chocolate they sell is slave free.  Often employees at these stores are unaware of the problem and don't know how to direct the customers.  Download the the following form and give it to the manager and ask them to but it in the break room.

LET YOUR FAVORITE ETHICAL CHOCOLATE COMPANY KNOW ABOUT OUR LIST

Unfortunately there isn't enough ethically grown cocoa to supply every chocolate company.  That said, there is enough for the small chocolatiers to purchase.  If this movement got to the point where it was embarrassing NOT to be on the list of Ethical Suppliers, the chocolatiers would then put pressure on their suppliers to step things up.  Companies like Cargill and Archer Daniel Midlands supply the bulk of the cocoa.  Let's give them customer service problems.  That will help!

Organize a letter writing campaign

Remember that this problem is tied to something you as a consumer buy.  This means that you have a lot of power, your voice counts!  Engage your class, organization, your just yourself to send some emails to the candy companies.  Here is an letter already written out with the links to the contact pages of the candy companies:

Dear  (fill in the name )

I am (student, consumer, etc.) writing from (your school, your town etc.) where I recently learned that cocoa production tied to the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Forced Child Labor in the cocoa farms of Ghana and The Ivory Coast.

Being one of the companies that signed the Harkin-Engel Protocol in 2001, we know that you are not only aware of the problem but promised to remedy the situation to avoid legislation. According to the 4th and Final Tulane Reprot you have vastly missed the original goals that our Congress worked so hard at negotiating with you.

As a consumer we can vote with our dollar, vote with our voice and vote with advocacy and that is exactly what (we, I) (are, am) doing.  (We, I) (are, am) spreading the world and only buying ethically sourced chocolate.

Sincerely,

Links: Mars/M&M,  The Hershey Company, World's Finest Chocolate, Cargill,  Nestle, Barry Callebaut, Blommer Chocolate Company, Mondelez

Lesson Plan for Middle and High School Students By Marty Schmidt of HKIS

Introduction

When students reflect on their time in Humanities I in Action, they frequently recall the first day of class. Grade nine students are incredibly open to new impressions on their first day of high school, so our teaching team has tried a new opening day activity the last two years that is not only a valuable lesson on its own, but also represents in microcosm our approach to their learning and growth throughout the year.

For some years we have used the issue of slave-produced chocolate. Because many students are practically addicted to chocolate, this issue resonates with them. The shadow side of chocolate production encourages them to think more deeply about their consumption patterns. In moving this topic into the initial activity of the year, we designed an activity around a central question of our first semester of study, “Is ignorance bliss?”

You can find the rest of the lesson on his site: Martin Schmidt in Asia

Let the Offending Chocolate Companies know your feelings on Social Media

Barry Callebaut- Twitter: @BarryCallebaut, IG: @callebautchocolate FB Barry Callebaut

Cadbury- Twitter: @CadburyUK, FB: Cadbury

Cargill- The CEO is Dave MacLennan, Twitter: @Cargill and @CargillEMEA, FB: Cargill,

Hershey’s- Twitter: @HersheyCompany, IG: @hersheys FB: Hershey’s

Mars- Twitter: @MarsGlobal, IG: @MarsGlobal, FB: M&M’s,

Mondelez- Twitter: @MDLZ FB: Mondelez International

Nestlé- Twitter: @Nestlé, IG: @Nestlé, FB: Nestlé

Olam- Twitter: @Olam, FB: Olam