{"id":32822,"date":"2012-11-30T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=32822"},"modified":"2012-11-30T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T17:59:36","slug":"corporate-alternatives-to-holiday-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2012\/11\/30\/corporate-alternatives-to-holiday-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Alternatives to Holiday Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/cathy_deppe_laura_palomares.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGrowing numbers of Americans disillusioned with the corporate shopping options are seeking alternative avenues to spending their hard earned dollars. Locally owned shops competed with corporate retailers and earned $5.5 billion in an effort called Small Business Saturday. Some are rejecting even that model of consumption, opting instead for local artists\u2019 fare, recycled one-of-a-kind crafts, and certified fair-trade products from around the world. <\/p>\n<p>On Friday November 30th, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Cathy Deppe, California lead organizer of 9to5 National Association of Working Women, and Laura Palomares is the lead producer and co-founder of El Puente, about alternative holiday bazaars they were organizing. <\/p>\n<p>Watch a video of the interview here: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"477\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ET_BFDkQjKE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>7th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar takes place on Saturday December 1st from 10 am to 3 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd LA, CA. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9to5california.org\">www.9to5california.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 11th Annual Antimall takes place on Sunday December 16th from 11 am to 5 pm at the Vex Arts and Cultural Center, 5240 Alhambra Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theantimall.weebly.com\">www.theantimall.weebly.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This video was recorded by Bipasha Shom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing numbers of Americans disillusioned with the corporate shopping options are seeking alternative avenues to spending their hard earned dollars. Locally owned shops competed with corporate retailers and earned $5.5 billion in an effort called Small Business Saturday. Some are rejecting even that model of consumption, opting instead for local artists\u2019 fare, recycled one-of-a-kind crafts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32827,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822\/revisions\/32827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}