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DESCRIPTION:"Threads of Hope: Empowering the Indigenous Mayan Weavers of Gu
 atemala" Presented by: SU Students in Free Enterprise Team Guatemala The i
 ndigenous Mayan women of Guatemala have practiced the art of back-strap we
 aving for over two thousand years\, and their weavings have served as arti
 stic expressions to the world\, both individually and collectively. Throug
 h all these centuries\, this marginalized population has made an important
  income contribution to their households by selling hand woven goods. At p
 resent\, there are nearly one million weavers in Guatemala\, and not close
  to enough outlets or customers for their products. Team Guatemala was sta
 rted with the mission to assist these women in their quest to raise themse
 lves out of poverty. Refreshments will be served. Team Guatemala started i
 n the winter of 2007 when members of the Syracuse University SIFE team tra
 veled to Guatemala to conduct workshops on jewelry making. For the past th
 ree years\, SU-SIFE has sold the jewelry along with other traditional wove
 n product in the SU bookstore. Through partnerships with two fair trade or
 ganizations\, Team G has been able to give 100% of the proceeds back to th
 e women of Guatemala\, allowing them better access to fair wages as well a
 s health care and educational services. The team continues to work with th
 e women on finding new and innovative ways to develop their products and g
 row their markets\, and is currently planning a new initiative to assist a
  cooperative in opening a thread store in Chumanzana\, Guatemala to aid th
 e supply chain challenges of some 20\,000 weavers in the area. Refreshment
 s will be served.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:PLACA Brown Bag Series presents: SU Students in Free Enterprise\, T
 eam Guatemala
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Threads of Hope: Empowering the Indigenous Ma
 yan Weavers of Guatemala" Presented by: SU Students in Free Enterprise Tea
 m Guatemala The indigenous Mayan women of Guatemala have practiced the art
  of back-strap weaving for over two thousand years\, and their weavings ha
 ve served as artistic expressions to the world\, both individually and col
 lectively. Through all these centuries\, this marginalized population has 
 made an important income contribution to their households by selling hand 
 woven goods. At present\, there are nearly one million weavers in Guatemal
 a\, and not close to enough outlets or customers for their products. Team 
 Guatemala was started with the mission to assist these women in their ques
 t to raise themselves out of poverty. Refreshments will be served. Team Gu
 atemala started in the winter of 2007 when members of the Syracuse Univers
 ity SIFE team traveled to Guatemala to conduct workshops on jewelry making
 . For the past three years\, SU-SIFE has sold the jewelry along with other
  traditional woven product in the SU bookstore. Through partnerships with 
 two fair trade organizations\, Team G has been able to give 100% of the pr
 oceeds back to the women of Guatemala\, allowing them better access to fai
 r wages as well as health care and educational services. The team continue
 s to work with the women on finding new and innovative ways to develop the
 ir products and grow their markets\, and is currently planning a new initi
 ative to assist a cooperative in opening a thread store in Chumanzana\, Gu
 atemala to aid the supply chain challenges of some 20\,000 weavers in the 
 area. Refreshments will be served.&nbsp\;
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