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The total raised during Week 3 for Christian Aid was £517.95, so thank you to all who contributed. This was raised principally through bridge collections — £389.98 — but the Rich and Poor Lunch, which was rather more fun than shaking buckets, raised an impressive £120 (the other cash was put in tins on Vanbrugh Stalls). Moreover, 695 signatures were gathered in the Jubilee 2000 quest to make Western governments cancel some of the Third World Debts, which surely means that at least 10% of the university was touched by our campaigning.
The fair trade tasting was a great success — not only were a number of people surprised to discover how good the chocolate tasted, but one of them persuaded the SU shop to stock a third brand of fair trade chocolate: praline at £1.90 a bar. Third World First are still collecting Asda and Sainsbury's receipts to present to the supermarkets as proof of our custom when requesting more fairly traded products — a box is available for these at the bottom of the stairs in the library.
Finally, the café crawls were not only most enjoyable but provoked some heartening responses. Café Concerto and Capaldis (by St William's College) were almost wholly negative, but Crumbles (Goodramgate), Mowbrays (Stonegate), James (Petergate) and the Blake Head (Micklegate) all seem worth encouraging with more café cards (or you could try asking the manager about it even if you don't have a card just to push the point). Best of all Café No. 8 on Gillygate already uses fair-trade tea and promised to try cafédirect. Anyone who wants café cards to help with this campaign, please e-mail me (jlc110@york.ac.uk).
London 1833 — Campaigners force the end of slavery in
the British Empire
London 1918 — Suffragettes win the vote for women
Pretoria 1994 — World pressure leads to the end of
apartheid in South Africa
WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD A FAIRER PLACE
Thank you for your help in Week 3, but this is only the beginning.
So, at last, you're emancipated from Student Squalor. But emancipated from Christis? — NEVER! If you fancy becoming an external subscriber (and we are sure you do), just send your name, a permanent address, and a cheque for £5 (made payable to 'University of York Christis Society'), to the Christis pigeon-hole in the Student Centre. In return, we promise to post you lots and lots of issues of Christis over the next academic year, with all our love.
We await those cheques with eager anticipation …
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