April 10: Cafe for Chiapas in Solidarity with the Zapatistas: Building Healthy Resistance Movements

Saturday, April 10, 2010: 1 – 5 pm
672 E Broadway (at Fraser), site of Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice

Café for Chiapas is a mix between café and storefront for friends and new acquaintances who want to chat about and support the Zapatistas.

Enjoy some Café Ramona (Zapatista coffee) with cinnamon and support Zapatista Mayan indigenous women and communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Get some gifts made with justice and dignity for yourself and loved ones; and support these communities’ autonomy in education, justice, health, and local government!

Zapatista creations are made with love, justice, dignity—from a place of hope and defense of the land. By buying these creations, you support a dignified and hopeful way of living that we are all entitled to.

This is an opportunity to support amazing Zapatista women and their communities who are building popular power. This goes beyond fair trade—it is a non-profit project in solidarity with women who believe in and work towards their dreams, through weaving in their traditional Mayan methods, and the creation of new ways to represent their spirit, their struggles and their dreams!

There will be cushion covers, cotton and wool shawls, leather and cotton handbags and pouches, leather wallets, aprons, baby bibs, laptop covers, blouses, huipiles, pants, skirts, t-shirts, arpilleras (small embroidered tapestries), earrings, girl’s sizes and delicious organic and fairly traded coffee—Café Ramona available for sale.

For more information, email milparebelde@gmail.com.

Another Café for Chiapas Coming Soon…

Just returned from Mexico… Already, many have asked me when the next Café for Chiapas is. Am planning another Café on Saturday, April 10th, probably from 1 – 5 pm. You can come and drink a cup of delicious Zapatista coffee with cinnamon, and eat some treats. Come buy some beautiful handcrafts. I have brought back many new items, including leather bags, wallets, woven and embroidered bags, shawls, cushion covers, blouses (new styles!).

Donations are also welcome for the new Zapatista clinic near the Caracol of Roberto Barrios.

Location: Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice. 672 E Broadway (near Fraser).

For more information, contact: milparebelde@gmail.com.