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Chiapas Travel in 2008 for People of Conscience
El Mercado de los Otros ya esta creciendo ~ poco a poco.
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Help Paul Mann's family and the "NEA Peace and Justice Caucus" build a
Zapatista education center in Chiapas, Mexico
Can you please join us in Chiapas this summer
to help build the Paul Mann Memorial School
and Music Center? No special construction
or language skills are required! Join us!
Click here to donate to Paul's school.
Paul Mann was a creative and dedicated
teacher activist from the United States who
long supported the autonomous, indigenous
schools of Chiapas, Mexico. After Paul died
unexpectedly his family, friends, and union
colleagues in the Peace and Justice Caucus
of the National Education Association (NEA)
began planning a memorial in Chiapas. This
much needed educational project will
train teachers and other leaders in the Mayan
communities. This Zapatista
school reconstruction is the perfect way to
honor the vision and life-long
dedication of our friend Paul.
Mayan children are currently attending class
in the room pictured on the right (click the
photo at the right for a larger view of the
room).
This classroom will be the first
of five to be rebuilt at The Paul Mann Memorial
School in Chiapas, Mexico. New desks will
soon replace the rough planks which the students
now use during their studies, the walls will
be plastered and re-painted, the floor and
ceiling replaced. People-of-conscience
everywhere are invited
to join us in Chiapas during the summer of 2008
to participate in this reconstruction
project.
Click the following dates for
specific trip
information:
Trip 73 ~ July 20 to 26, 2008
Trip 74 ~ Aug. 3 to 9, 2008
Today funds are urgently needed for
this reconstruction.
Click here to donate to Paul's school.
Pablo Mann fue un creativo y dedicado maestro
militante de los Estados Unidos quien ha
apoyado mucho a las escuelas autónomas e
indígenas de Chiapas, México. Luego de que
Paúl inesperadamente muriera, su familia,
amigos, y colegas de sindicato en la asamblea
partidista Paz y Justicia de la Asociación de
Educación Nacional (NEA) comenzaron a planear
un memorial en Chiapas. Este tan necesitado
proyecto educacional entrenara a maestros y
otros líderes de las comunidades Mayas.
Estamos seguros que esta reconstrucción
escolar Zapatista es la manera perfecta de
honrar la gran visión y su dedicación total
de nuestro amigo, el maestro Pablo.
Haz clic para mas informacion sobre el escuela de Pablo Mann
Join us in Chiapas ~ Summer 2008
Another world is possible . . . and a number
of better worlds are being built today in the
Mayan communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Come
see it for yourself and meet the Mayan people
who are making it happen. Click on any trip
below for more information.
Trip #70A: Chiapas school construction, Mayan
culture, and medicinal plant
nurseries
Sunday, May 4 until Saturday,
May 17, 2008
Trip #71: A Cultural and Educational
Introduction to Chiapas, Mexico
Sunday, June 15 until Saturday, June 21, 2008
Trip #72: Zapatista Women's Coops, Fair
Trade, and Commercialization
Sunday, June 22 until Saturday, June 28, 2008
Trip #73: Chiapas Schools Construction Team @
The Paul Mann School Reconstruction
Sunday, July 20 until Saturday, July 26, 2008
Trip #74: Health and Education Professionals'
Trip
Sunday, August 3, 2008 until Saturday, August
9, 2008
Trip #75: Indigenous Autonomy and the Zapatistas
Sunday, August 10 until Saturday, August 16,
2008
Trip #76: Zapatista Reforestation, Fruit, and
Medicinal Tree Nurseries
Sunday, August 17 until Saturday, Aug. 23,
2008
Most Schools for Chiapas trips involve rustic
living in breathtakingly beautiful locations
with interesting and involved people from
many countries. Some trips include a
service component (construction, cleaning,
and painting) and all of our travel programs
are educational. More recently we've begun
offering tours which are based in comfortable
city hotels with day trips to the autonomous,
indigenous communities (read Zapatista). No
special language skills are required as full
translations are always provided collectively.
So why not
join us in
the misty highlands and steamy jungles of the
Mexican southeast this summer.
Click
here to
see all upcoming trips to Chiapas.
Construcción de una secundaria en Chiapas (See English below)
cultura Maya, y criadero de plantas
medicinales
Domingo, 4 de mayo hasta sábado, 17 de mayo de
2008
Esta única delegación de dos semanas pasará
la mitad de su estancia en confortables
hoteles de la ciudad y harán viajes diarios a
lugares de interés y pasarán la otra parte de
su tiempo "sin tantas comodidades" en pueblos
y centros rurales Mayas. La delegación estará
varios días haciendo bloques de adobe y
cableando tendido eléctrico para un histórico
edificio rural el cual está siendo restaurado
para que sirva como centro educativo autónomo
de la comunidad indígena.
Los participantes visitarán también dos
centros Zapatistas para conocer aspectos de
su educación, salud y desarrollo de proyectos
y para participar cara a cara en un encuentro
con el pueblo Maya. La delegación visitará
la antigua ciudad Maya de Palenque, la ciudad
turística de San Cristóbal de las Casas, y
diversas comunidades Mayas.
Chiapas school construction, Mayan
culture, and medicinal plant nurseries
Sunday, May 4 until Saturday, May 17, 2008
Two spots are still available on this unique two
week long delegation which will
spend about half time in comfortable city
hotels with day-trips to sites of interest
and the other half of their time "roughing
it" in Mayan rural villages and centers. The
delegation will spend several days making
adobe block and wiring new lighting for a
rural historical building which is being
restored to serve as an autonomous,
indigenous community education center.
Participants will also visit two Zapatista
centers exploring education, health, and
development projects and to participate in
face-to-face meeting with Mayan people. The
delegation will visit the ancient Mayan citie
of Palenque, the modern tourist city of San
Cristobal de las Casas, and several Mayan
communities.
Click here for full trip information ~ last minute applications accepted.
The Zapatista On-line Market is Growing ~ Slowly!
This very
special market is beginning with only a few
products; however
new products from
Chiapas - especially beautiful weaving,
clothing, jewelry, bags, and embroidery
from the
Mayan women's
collectives and cooperatives - are being
added each week. Check it out!
Click
to see the Chiapas
products now available!
El Mercado de los Otros es un esfuerzo
humilde para usar el Internet, como medio
para abrir y enlazar nuevos mercados en
Canadá y EEUU junto con los colectivos y
cooperativas Zapatistas en Chiapas. También
con este mercado alternativo buscamos maneras
y modos de ganar fondos económicos para el
apoyo a proyectos educativos en
alfabetización, salud, agro-ecología, y
comercialización. Sentimos mucho que este
mercado solamente sea posible ahora en Canadá
Y EEUU. Esperamos que comprendan esta
situación que se ve limitada por nuestros
recursos y por los gastos de envíos.
Esperamos que en un futuro y con el apoyo de
nuevos enlaces sea posible llegar hacia
ustedes, en otros lugares de nuestro planeta
Tierra. Gracias por su atención y apoyo.
Haz
clic para ver los productos que ya tenemos
listos.
Escuelas para Chiapas / Schools for Chiapas
is a project of
Grass Roots Events, Inc. a
Federal tax-exempt,
501(c)3 California corporation
with a U.S.
mailing
address located at 1631 Dale
Street, San
Diego, CA
92102.
Join
us...you'll be in good company!
Our cultural
and
educational work has been
supported for more
than
20
years by thousands of
individual donors including
many people of conscience
who are members of the
National Education
Association. In addition,
dozens
of artists, organizations, and
foundations have
supported our efforts including
Activist San
Diego,
Agapa Foundation, Amado
Avendano, The Big
Kitchen, Big
Noise Films, Roy Brown,
California Arts Council,
British Columbia Teachers'
Association - Canada,
Catholic Worker - San Diego,
Committee for World
Democracy, CNTE - Oaxaca
(National
Coordination of
Education Workers - Mexico),
Rosario Ibarra de
Piedra, Global Fund for
Children, John Hancox, Jose
de Molino, Larson
Legacy, Paul Mann Memorial Fund, Ofelia
Medina, Ernie
McCray,
La Milpa Organica, Jose de
Molino, Holly Near,
Ocean Beach Peoples' Food
Coop, Oceansong
Wilderness Center, Gabino
Palamares,
Peace
and Justice Caucus of the
NEA, Resist, San Diego
Foundation for Change, San
Francisco Mime Troupe,
Pete Seeger, Redwoods Foundation, Solidago
Foundation, Sweet Honey in
Rock, Tides Foundation, Umbrella Films,
WESPAC Foundation, World
Beat Center.
We invite the full participation
and honest
support
of people-of-conscience
everywhere!
Join
us...you'll be in good company!
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