From: Deborah James (deborah@globalexchange.org)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 17:21:48 EDT
Hey Fair Traders,
Today is the last day you can participate in the M&M's color vote so please
follow the directions below to cast your write-in vote for Fair Trade
Certified, "the color of dignity and freedom!" Thanks to all of you who
have been helping us rally thousands of votes for Fair Trade chocolate from
around the world!! Our M&M's campaign will keep going after today so please
let us know if you want to stay involved. This is just the beginning and we
hope you will share your ideas and energy with us so we can bring Fair
Trade to millions of small cocoa farmers around the world!
Take care and stay in touch,
Deborah and Melissa
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Poverty Wages & Slavery Making Your M&M¹s Bitter?! Here¹s what you can do!
M&M/Mars is currently asking consumers in 78 different countries to vote for
a new color of M&M¹s. Struggling cocoa farmers need concerned citizens
around the world to tell M&M's "No matter what the shade, make my M & M's
Fair Trade, the color of dignity and freedom!" THE M&M'S NEW COLOR VOTE ENDS
TODAY so PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE FOR FAIR TRADE NOW!!! It takes JUST A FEW
SECONDS to make a REAL DIFFERENCE for MILIONS of farming families around the
world. Here's how:
€ Send a FREE FAX to M&M's:
http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/faxMMMars031402.html
€ VOTE for Fair Trade Certified M&M¹s at the M&M¹s color vote website. Go
to http://gcv.mms.com/us/, choose ³Write in Your Own Color,² type ³Fair
Trade Certified!² in the box, and click to submit your vote!
€ WRITE/E-MAIL M&M/MARS:
Paul Michaels, President, M&M/Mars Inc., 6885 Elm St., McLean, VA 22101 USA
consumer.affairs@mmmars.com, askmms@mmmars.com
See http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/faxMMMars031402.html for a sample
letter.
€ CALL M&M/MARS at 1-800-627-7852.
See http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/mmmars.html for "talking points."
ESPAÑOL/SPANISH
Salarios miserables y esclavitud le dan un sabor amargo a tus M&M ! Aqui
hay algo que puedes hacer!
M&M/Mars esta haciendo una encuesta entre sus consumidores de 78 paises para
elegir un nuevo color para sus chocolates. Los campesinos que cultivan
Cocoa necesitan ciudadanos concientes de todo el mundo que le digan a M&M
"No importa el color pero si que la fabricación de los chocolates se base en
un comercio justo , el verdadero color de la libertad y la dignidad." Usted
puede ayudar distribuyendo y recolectando en su comunidad los "votos
especiales para el comercio justo". Para recibir los votos escriba un correo
a melissa@globalexchange.org
Tambien se puede ayudar haciendo lo siguiente:
€ Envie un fax sin costo para Ud. a M&M's
http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/faxMMMars031402.html
€ Vote por chocolates con certificación de comercio justo en la página que
M&M's tiene en el internet. Vaya a http://gcv.mms.com/sp/election.htm,
elija "O sugiere tu propio color aqui", escriba ³Fair Trade Certified!² en
el espacio y envíe su voto
€ Escriba una carta/ correo electrónico a M&M/Mars
Paul Michaels, Presidente, M&M/Mars Inc., 6885 Elm St., McLean, VA 22101
consumer.affairs@mmmars.com, askmms@mmmars.com
Revise http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/faxMMMars031402.html for a sample
letter.
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