Can social justice work be 'sweatfree?'

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Date of publication: March 12, 2009

Source: The Goshen College Record

Author: Anna Ruth

Adam Rice (left) works with Vicki Kaplan to put up a poster in the local Sweat-Free Communities office. Photo by Chase Snyder.

 


For Adam Rice, doing his part to improve working conditions for under-paid laborers in sweatshops is as straightforward as crossing the street.

Rice is completing the field project required for his sociology major by interning with SweatFree Communities, an independent, non-profit organization that works to create a network of anti-sweatshop campaigns across the country. The organization’s Midwest office is located on Main St. across from Goshen College...

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