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Mountain View Market Co-op needs your help!

Please stop by Mountain View Market Co-op at 1300 El Paseo in Las Cruces and show your support. The Co-op has been having a hard time competing with new chain stores and is reaching out to our community to shop there. For almost ten years, they have helped Weaving for Justice by selling a selection [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2019-07-18T20:56:47+00:00 July 18th, 2019|Blog|Comments Off on Mountain View Market Co-op needs your help!
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Book Talk

THURSDAY, March 21st 6 - 8 PM Author Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater will discuss his new book at the Weaving for Justice storefront in Las Cruces at 525 E. Lohman (Suite C, upstairs). The talk will begin at 6:30pm. Coffee and handcrafted items from Zapatista communities will be for sale before and after the talk. Autonomy Is [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2019-03-18T22:15:26+00:00 March 18th, 2019|Blog, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Book Talk
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Textile Sale & Día de los Muertos Celebration

4th Annual Textile Sale, November 1st - 3rd in Las Cruces, New Mexico! Purchase authentic textiles collected by our generous supporters during their travels and research in Mesoamerica and South America. Select from 500 items from Central Mexico, Chiapas, Oaxaca, and the Andes, including huipils (women’s blouses), yardage of cloth, shawls, table runners, masks, jewelry, [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-10-13T16:16:42+00:00 October 13th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Textile Sale & Día de los Muertos Celebration
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Book Launch in Las Cruces

ANNOUNCING CHRISTINE EBER'S FIRST NOVEL: WHEN A WOMAN RISES Weaving for Justice is pleased to announce the publication of When a Woman Rises, the debut novel of founding member Christine Eber.  The book draws from her over 30 years of friendships with Tsotsil-Maya women weavers and community organizers in highland Chiapas, Mexico. In the novel, Magdalena [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-09-24T19:16:10+00:00 September 24th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Book Launch in Las Cruces
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About a month ago I was in Anapra, Juárez, Mexico to show “Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror” at The Corpus Christi Catholic Church. The church is a humble one in a colonia of Juárez that has seen its share of violence over the years. But the people of this community have demonstrated more than [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-08-20T23:34:05+00:00 August 20th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on
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Basic Human Rights

As most of you know, Weaving for Justice is a volunteer, non-profit organization working in solidarity with Maya women's weaving cooperatives in Highland Chiapas, Mexico. It was created to assist the members of the cooperatives to continue living on their ancestral lands in sustainable ways that respect their lands, language (Tsotsil), and traditions. Just as one of [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-08-20T23:36:35+00:00 June 15th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Basic Human Rights
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Crisis in Chenalhó and Chalchuitán

In a previous blog post we informed you about a crisis in Chiapas in which over 5,000 people were displaced from their homes, living outside on the mountainsides in the townships of Chalchuitán and Chenalhó.  Through the generosity of many donors, Weaving for Justice was able to send $3,086 to Cáritas, a Catholic Charity in [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-12-15T14:25:00+00:00 March 28th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Crisis in Chenalhó and Chalchuitán
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Award Winning Film

“Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror” is a full-length documentary featuring eight young Maya men and women, two of whom are weavers in Tsobol Antsetik, one of the co-ops Weaving for Justice assists. The film is produced by Bill Jungels and Christine Eber, founding member of Weaving for Justice. See a trailer and ordering information [...]

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-12-15T14:25:12+00:00 March 19th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Award Winning Film
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Thank you for making a difference

Thank you for making a difference Dear friends, Each year our gratitude deepens for the many people we have come to know through our work on behalf of Maya women’s weaving cooperatives in highland Chiapas, Mexico. We want to thank you who have helped us in myriad ways, from volunteering at textile sales, [...]

By weavingadmin| 2018-12-15T14:24:34+00:00 December 8th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Thank you for making a difference
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A Maya Celebration

To see “A Maya Celebration,” a 20 minute film of the inauguration of Snail Jolobetik visit: https://vimeo.com/176198628 and type in the password: “ChiapasApril2016”. The filmmaker is Janet Darrow of Weaving for Justice.

By Weaving for Justice| 2018-12-15T14:25:19+00:00 October 25th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on A Maya Celebration
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