An Interview with Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance coordinator, Grace Adams Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz sat down with Buy Your Values Steering Committee Member and Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance (“CEPA”) coordinator, Grace Adams, for a Q&A about its role as a partner in the Buy Your Values UCLA Campaign. Sahid: Thank you for taking a few minutes to chat about CEPA’s …
Buy Your Values UCLA Kicks Off 2023
We are pleased to announce the formation of an activist steering committee made up of students, faculty, garment workers and other groups aligned with our socially responsible values to kick off the Buy Your Values UCLA movement this year. Our goal is to raise awareness about ethical purchasing, and specifically to get ethical and union-made products into the UCLA bookstore. …
Catholic Student Group Learns First-Hand at the Factory About Injustices in ‘Fast Fashion’ Garment Industry
The Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance (CEPA) held week-long immersions at The Industrial Commons in Morganton, NC in March with John Carroll University, College of the Holy Cross and Fordham University. Over 40 students, faculty, and staff experienced firsthand the innovation of a localized supply chain in the garment industry. Participants learned humanitarian and environmental injustices that occur within fast fashion …