Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City have greater notoriety and longevity, but when it comes to timeliness and multicultural diversity, Lowell, Massachusetts was the place to be this Labor Day weekend. The nation’s first festival dedicated to Fair Trade returned on Saturday, 2 September, highlighting a global movement celebrating creative excellence, and the continuing struggle to provide a self-sustaining living wage and safe working conditions for artisans, musicians and workers worldwide. Purchase a print to support the premiere fair trade event in the nation, and the world!
