About 60 people gathered in the Phillips brooks House Parlor room on Tuesday night to attend the teach-in. One of the speakers was Lorenzo Jose Jose, a Mexican farmer who recently finished his term as president of a cooperative of 23.000 indigenous workers in Oaxaca, Mexico.
"He came with a simple message," Brody says. "Once you know about an alternative like fair trade, it means changing the world one cup at a time for Loreno and his community."
HIFT members hope that these events will convince other students to support their cause.
"This teach-in was a kind of springboard-our entrance onto the Harvard stage," Bar Am says.
ONE SIP AT A TIME
But HIFT has already affected one big change at Harvard-HUDS' agreement to begin serving Fair Trade coffee.
Bar Am says he only needed to call the Greenhouse manager.
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