Chiapas Project Page

Hanukkah Marketplace

Oakwood Chiapas Project

All money we receive for the goods goes directly to the indigenous women who made them in Chiapas, Mexico.

Now in its 21th year, the Oakwood School Chiapas Project communicates – through information, photographs, and personal experiences – an understanding of how indigenous (Mayan) people in Chiapas, Mexico have been developing autonomous communities – with their own system of government, medical care, education, media and so on. We have continued to work with a federation of eight women’s cooperatives (the Women of Corn in Resistance) from different villages in the rainforest and moutains, displaying and receiving donations for their artisan work. This year we have had many Chiapas House Parties in the homes of Oakwood families, and worked at a range of festivals and events around Los Angeles. We raised almost $70,000 last year, bringing the total we have sent to Chiapas (where a good annual income is $3600) close to a million and a half dollars. Each summer a delegation of about twenty Oakwood students spends ten days in Chiapas, getting to know the women (fairly intimately), and discussing issues and activities with indigenous organizations.
www.chiapasproject.com

Meet Me at the Marketplace: Mickey Morgan

ABOUT THE MARKETPLACE

Welcome to our Hanukkah Marketplace, your online destination to peruse, schmooze and, especially, shop, with our amazing participating artisans, makers, small business owners and more! Here’s how it works:

Each vendor has a “BOOTH” that you can enter either by scrolling down this page or by clicking their name at right under VIEW MARKETPLACE BY VENDOR to learn about the vendor, view more photos, see an introductory video and join their virtual shopping sessions via Zoom.

To make a purchase on the vendor’s website, click the Visit This Shop.

VIEW MARKETPLACE BY VENDOR

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