\u201cOne of the cool things about Capeltic is the way the Mexican Jesuit province has been able to link this social project with their higher education institutions. That\u2019s a great example of working collaboratively to cultivate a relationship between those who produce a product through an ethical mindset to those who are consumers.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nISN executive director, Christoper Kerr, expressed his hope to further develop the capacity of young people to be ethical consumers, especially students at Jesuit universities in North America. \u201cWe hear from institutions that they want to live out their values, but finding pathways for that is very difficult. Society is focused on buying a lot, buying often, and buying with no regard for what will happen to the product at the end of its life.\u201d Kerr recognizes that the ongoing work with Capeltic through CEPA is countercultural because it requires disrupting well-formed pathways that prioritize the ease and frequency of purchasing over the ethics of consumption. \u201cOne of the cool things about Capeltic is the way the Mexican Jesuit province has been able to link this social project with their higher education institutions. That\u2019s a great example of working collaboratively to cultivate a relationship between those who produce a product through an ethical mindset to those who are consumers.\u201d The caf\u00e9s on the Jesuit campuses end up being part of the social justice education of those institutions. Being a more conscious consumer due to what is available for purchase on campus better forms students to become ethical consumers when they go out into the world. \u201cAt the same time,\u201d Kerr adds, \u201cit gives Indigenous farmers access to markets that can help them flourish in their livelihood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Adams and her travel companions returned to their respective homes excited about what a deeper partnership between Capeltic and the Jesuit network around the U.S. could entail. \u201cI\u2019m eager for folks to learn more about the coffee business and how this can be done in a way that is really uplifting for the people who work it with pride. It’s a story that is important to CEPA and it\u2019s the type of story that we want to get to people so that they understand the dignity of work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIndividual bags of Capeltic coffee beans can be purchased through <\/span>ISN\u2019s online store<\/span><\/a>. To learn more about how you can deepen your campus\u2019s partnership with CEPA and Capeltic, please reach out to Grace Adams at gadams@ignatiansolidarity.net.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISN’s Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance spent a week in Mexico with a U.S. Jesuit network delegation, visiting operations and production facilities and coffee shops, all run by Capeltic\u2014an organic, farmer-owned coffee cooperative supported by the Jesuits in Chiapas, Mexico. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":101063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1439,14],"tags":[24969,33586,33243,33587,1269],"yoast_head":"\n
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