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The documentary, “Half the Sky” will be shown on Nov. 30 in Spokane as part of the Festival of Fair Trade. Tracy SimmonsTracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in …

Back in 1984 “fair-trade” had yet to become a buzzword. But when Denise Attwood and Ric Conner took a trip to Nepal that year, it unexpectedly moved them to create a fair-trade business in Spokane.