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[[Image:Sojourns.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Sojourns at 20th Street North in December 2007]]
[[Image:Sojourns.jpg|thumb|right|375px|Sojourns at 20th Street North in December 2007]]
'''Sojourns''' is a store and gallery located in the [[Eubank Mercantile Building]] at 2017 [[3rd Avenue North]] and owned by [[Melissa Kendrick]]. The business features crafts, decorative objects, baskets, food, musical instruments, toys, jewelry and textiles created by fairly-compensated artisans in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Peru, Guatemala and other countries. The store's slogan "Adventure-Art-Peace" is derived from the "five qualities of civilization" described by English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead.
'''Sojourns''' is a Fair Trade store located in the [[Crestwood Village]] shopping center at 5520 [[Crestwood Boulevard]] in [[Crestwood North]]. The business features crafts, decorative objects, baskets, food, musical instruments, toys, jewelry and textiles created by fairly-compensated artisans in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Peru, Guatemala and other countries, and imported under the certification of the Fair Trade Federation.


The store sells objects imported under the certification of the Fair Trade Federation, which ensures a living wage paid to the artisans, and also supports projects that improve education and environmental protection. Sojourns is the first 100% Fair Trade store in Alabama. In addition to regular hours, it hosts special events in concert with the [[Birmingham International Festival]] and the Foundation for Sustainable Travel.  
The store's slogan "Adventure-Art-Peace" is derived from the "five qualities of civilization" described by English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. The store supports projects that improve education and environmental protection. Sojourns is the first 100% Fair Trade store in Alabama. In addition to regular hours, it hosts special events in concert with the [[Birmingham International Festival]] and the Foundation for Sustainable Travel.  


It was first opened on [[October 25]], 2005 in a 600 square-foot space in the [[Atrium Building]] at 1910 [[3rd Avenue North]]. It moved to a new, larger, location at 217 [[20th Street North]] on [[November 6]], [[2007]]. On [[September 1]], [[2010]], Sojourns relocated to its current spot.
[[Melissa Kendrick]] first opened Sojourns as the state's first 100% Fair Trade store on [[October 25]], [[2005]], in a 600 square-foot space in the [[Burger-Phillips building|Atrium Center]] at 1910 [[3rd Avenue North]]. It moved to a new, larger, location at 217 [[20th Street North]] on [[November 6]], [[2007]]. On [[September 1]], [[2010]], Sojourns relocated to the [[Eubank Mercantile Building]] at 2017 [[3rd Avenue North]], where it remained for a decade as part of the upstart [[downtown Birmingham]] retail community.
 
Rising rents led Kendrick to move the business to the [[Crestwood Shopping Center]] in October [[2020]].


==References==
==References==
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* Lippeatt, Lauren (February 15, 2010) "[http://www.pavomag.com/story/risky-small-business-part-i-sojourns Risky Small Business - Part I - Sojourns]" ''Pavo''
* Lippeatt, Lauren (February 15, 2010) "[http://www.pavomag.com/story/risky-small-business-part-i-sojourns Risky Small Business - Part I - Sojourns]" ''Pavo''
* Eyob, Beza (December 6, 2019) "How Melissa Kendrick and Sojourns are bringing the world to Birmingham." {{BBJ}}
* Eyob, Beza (December 6, 2019) "How Melissa Kendrick and Sojourns are bringing the world to Birmingham." {{BBJ}}
* Rebman, Stephanie (September 28, 2020) "Sojourns moving from downtown Birmingham to Crestwood" {{BBJ}}


==External link==
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Revision as of 17:36, 18 February 2023

Sojourns at 20th Street North in December 2007

Sojourns is a Fair Trade store located in the Crestwood Village shopping center at 5520 Crestwood Boulevard in Crestwood North. The business features crafts, decorative objects, baskets, food, musical instruments, toys, jewelry and textiles created by fairly-compensated artisans in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Peru, Guatemala and other countries, and imported under the certification of the Fair Trade Federation.

The store's slogan "Adventure-Art-Peace" is derived from the "five qualities of civilization" described by English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. The store supports projects that improve education and environmental protection. Sojourns is the first 100% Fair Trade store in Alabama. In addition to regular hours, it hosts special events in concert with the Birmingham International Festival and the Foundation for Sustainable Travel.

Melissa Kendrick first opened Sojourns as the state's first 100% Fair Trade store on October 25, 2005, in a 600 square-foot space in the Atrium Center at 1910 3rd Avenue North. It moved to a new, larger, location at 217 20th Street North on November 6, 2007. On September 1, 2010, Sojourns relocated to the Eubank Mercantile Building at 2017 3rd Avenue North, where it remained for a decade as part of the upstart downtown Birmingham retail community.

Rising rents led Kendrick to move the business to the Crestwood Shopping Center in October 2020.

References

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