Handmade with Maya Wisdom

My name is Caryn Maxim. I live in NJ but spend 2 weeks of each month in Cajola, a Maya Mam community in the western highlands of Guatemala. (The Mam people are one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups in Guatemala.) I have been helping a group of women start a weaving cooperative, MayaMam Weavers, over the past years. I would like to share with you some of their work, some of their stories, some of their wisdom, as well as why fair trade -- or trading fairly -- matters.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

MayaMam Weavers & Pulsera Project

Wow, we just participated in Bonnaroo 2013! Well, at least our pulseras and skinny headbands were in Tennessee with our great friends from the Pulsera Project. They do fantastic work "coloring the world" giving US youth a chance to learn about and make friends with Nicaraguan youth. We have been working with them for the past few years, and they have certainly broadened our world. So, here we are in Tennessee, and here we are providing a rodeo cowboy some luck. You can learn more about the Pulsera Project at www.pulseraproject.org.

Handmade with Maya Wisdom

Thursday, June 27, 2013

MayaMam Weavers & Pulsera Project

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