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Staff member Gracia Valliant (left) and store manager Dave Debikey have both traveled to meet with artisans and have seen fair trade break the cycle of poverty firsthand.“Fair trade supports efforts toward equity, environmental sustainability, and protecting human rights,” says Debikey. In her experience with women makers in Guatemala, Valliant says that, not only does fair trade provide financial independence, but it also helps reduce sex trafficking and child labor.

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Lynae Sowinski
Lynae co-founded Limestone Post in the summer of 2015 and served for years as Editorial Director, working with all contributors and managing the editorial content for the site. A Bloomington native, Lynae graduated from Indiana University’s School of Journalism in 2012. She started her editing career at Bloom Magazine as a high school intern and, over the course of almost eight years, advanced to the position of Associate Editor. Lynae currently lives in Athens, Georgia, with her wife and daughter and works for Global Online Academy, a nonprofit organization that reimagines learning to empower students and educators to thrive in a globally networked society.
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