Fifty-three individuals generously donated over 1,000 woven garments, household items, jewelry, books, pottery, and tourist items from Mesoamerica and other parts of Latin America to Weaving for Justice to raise funds for scholarships for Maya children and youth. The photo above is of one special donor family - Robert and Miriam Laughlin and their daughter Liana. It is 1960 and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Weaving for Justice invites you to the annual Spirit Winds Holiday Sale Friday, December 7th, 2018 from 9am to 5:30pm Drop by the annual holiday sale at your favorite, local gift source and you'll be greeted by our hardworking Weaving for Justice volunteers! Each year during its sale, Spirit Winds graciously offers the courtyard to Weaving for [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
