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Chiapas Schools Noticias
Por y para los niños y las niñas
1. You Can Offer Sanctuary to Zapatista Corn
2. Order Your Zapatista Corn Seed - Today
3. Ayuda a preservar el maíz Zapatista
4. Solicita tus semillas de maíz maya para sembrar
5. Ramona Sends Off Subcommander Marcos
6. Ramona envía al Sub Comandante Marcos
7. Mother Seeds in Resistance Delegation - Feb. 2006
8. La Otra Campaña / The Other Campaign
9. Who Supports Schools for Chiapas
You Can Offer Sanctuary to Zapatista Corn!
Sow the seeds of resistance and join the growing movement against transgenic contamination of Mayan corn in Chiapas, Mexico!
By planting Zapatista corn, you become a part of a global effort to preserve a vital genetic heritage that has evolved over thousands of years. You can plant these powerful Zapatista corn seeds in your community, farm, home, school, or family gardens. As a decorative plant it grows well in large pots or small plots. We urge you to invite your friends and family to collectively prepare the soil, to come together to plant the Zapatista seed, and perhaps you all can organize a larger sanctuary harvest party in the fall to eat great corn while celebrating the Mayan peoples of the Mexican southeast and the Zapatista struggle for another world where all worlds fit!
These seeds have been donated by Zapatista farmers who hope and pray that people of conscience around the world will provide respectful sanctuary for this living part of their cultural heritage. Despite massive importation from the USA of corn carrying genetic modifications, the autonomous Mayan communities in Chiapas are dedicated to keeping their corn pure and natural.
Because of the significance of this seed to today’s living Mayan cultures, individuals wishing to grow this Mayan corn will be asked to sign a pledge to never allow this corn to be used for commercial purposes.
Click here to read the Sanctuary Grower’s Pledge.
Order Your Zapatista Corn Seed - Today!
Each package contains approximately 60 powerful seeds donated by Zapatista farmers – germination rates are very high and detailed growing instructions are printed on each seed package. You’ll need about 180 square feet of rich land per package of seed.
All corn provided by Mother Seeds in Resistance from the Lands of Chiapas is free. However a suggested donation of at least $7 is requested of each grower (more is welcome!) to cover postage and to purchase GMO field testing kits ($6.50 each) to continue Zapatista efforts to make Chiapas, Mexico a GE Free Zone.
For the 2006 growing season this is yellow, white, purple, and pinto corn from the misty and mountainous homelands of the Mayan peoples of Chiapas. To obtain your Zapatista seed packages, please send an email to schoolsforchiapas@schoolsforchiapas indicating your shipping address, how many seed packages you will grow, what color(s) of seed you want, and what donation you have mailed, pledged, or made online. Your Zapatista corn seed will be in the mail within ten days!
Click here to make your donation to resist genetic modified contaminants in Chiapas, Mexico!
Ayuda a preservar el maíz Zapatista
Siembra las semillas de la resistencia y únete al creciente movimiento en contra de la contaminación transgJnica del maíz Maya.
Tú puedes ser parte de la preservación de una herencia genética que ha evolucionado por miles de años, sembrando estas semillas fuertes en tu comunidad, milpa, casa, escuela u hortaliza familiar. Haz una fiesta en honor de maíz cuando sea tiempo de cosecha e invita a toda tu familia y a tus amigos a comer el rico maíz mientras celebran el movimiento Zapatista que lucha para lograr un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos.
Estas semillas han sido donadas por los campesinos Zapatistas quienes esperan que gente de conciencia den refugio con respeto a esta parte viva de su herencia cultural. A pesar de la importación masiva de maíz transgJnico enviado por Estados Unidos a México, las comunidades mayas autónomas de Chiapas se están dedicando a mantener el suyo puro y natural.
Por el gran valor cultural de estas semillas mayas, se te pedirá que firmes un acuerdo en el que afirmes que jamás permitirás que este maíz se utilice con fines comerciales.
Haz click para leer sobre El Foro Nacional por la Defensa del Maíz
Solicita tus semillas de maíz maya para sembrar – ¡AHORA!
Cada paquete contiene aproximamente 60 semillas que han sido donadas por campesinos Zapatistas. El índice de germinación es bastante alto y las instrucciones de cómo sembrarlo están al reverso del paquete. Necesitas 180 pies cuadrados de buena tierra por cada paquete de 3 semillas.
Se aceptan donativos para cubrir los costos de manejo y envió.
Todo el maíz del Movimiento de Semillas Madre en Resistencia de las tierras de Chiapas es gratis. Pero un donativo de entre $7 y $20 dólares podría cubrir los gastos de manejo y envío. Además servirá para la compra de pruebas detectoras de transgJnicos (que cuestan $6.50 cada una) para continuar con los esfuerzos de los Zapatistas para que Chiapas siga siendo una zona libre de transgJnicos..
Al hacer tu pedido por favor especifica el tipo de maíz que quieres: blanco, amarillo, morado o mixto (todas las variedades son maíz “dent” – ¡perfecto para tortillas, tamales, o elote!). También indica si es que podrRas o tienes el conocimiento para mantener una línea de maíz genéticamente pura que se pueda usar para reemplazar semilla en Chiapas (esto no es un requisito para formar parte del Movimiento de preservación de Maíz Maya). .
Para solicitar semillas de maíz Zapatista, envía un correo electrónico a schoolsforchiapas@schoolsforchiapas.org especificando el domicilio a donde quieres que se te envíen, el numero de paquetes de semillas que deseas y el color.
Tus semillas de maíz Zapatista estarán en camino en 10 días.
Ramona Sends Off Subcommander Marcos - January 2006
Two days ago the Tzotiles buried Commandanta Ramona.
Along with a few outsiders and many indigenous Zapatistas, I had the opportunity and the honor to attend the burial and contemplate the human issues that always arise when one is confronted with the finality and continuality of death. Throughout that sunny morning and brilliant afternoon, a tumult of emotions and thoughts and impressions flashed across my consciousness and are still percolating beneath the surface. Although I am still sorting out my feeling, I need to share some impressions from that profound experience.
How to begin? How can I explain the impact of Ramona? Why did this tiny Tzotzil woman make a difference in my life; why did she make a difference in the world; why did I sit on that hillside near the graveyard of San Andres Sacamch’en de los Pobres all day during her funeral? What does the future hold for men and women like Ramona who want to save our planet from the many horrors of our times?
Certainly a part of Ramona’s impact and legacy lives in the form of images.
Of course there’s the 1996 image of tiny Ramona on the verge of death leaning on the arm of the Sub Commandante Marcos as she leaves the Zapatista capital of La Realidad -breaking the deadly military siege of the Zapatistas and traveling on to conquer the...
Click here to read the full document about Ramona
Ramona envía al Sub Comandante Marcos - enero 2006
Hace dos días, los Tzotziles enterraron a la Comandanta Ramona.
Junto a unos pocos forasteros y muchos indígenas zapatistas, tuve la oportunidad y el honor de asistir al funeral y considerar aquellas cuestiones humanas que siempre se presentan cuando uno se enfrenta a la finalidad y la continuación de la muerte. A lo largo de aquella mañana soleada y aquella tarde resplandeciente, una avalancha de emociones, pensamientos e impresiones pasaron como fogonazos por mi conciencia y todavía se filtran por debajo de la superficie. Aunque me encuentro aún aclarando mis sentimientos, necesito compartir algunas impresiones de aquella profunda experiencia.
¿Por dónde empezar? ¿Cómo podría explicar el impacto de Ramona? ¿Por qué esta pequeñita mujer tzotzil marcó una diferencia en mi vida; por qué marcó una diferencia en el mundo; por qué me senté en aquella ladera junto al cementerio de San Andrés Sacamch’en de los Pobres todo el día durante su funeral? ¿Qué les depara el futuro a los hombres y las mujeres como Ramona, que quieren salvar nuestro planeta de los muchos horrores de nuestro tiempo?
Desde luego, una parte del impacto y del legado de Ramona vive en forma de imágenes.
Por supuesto, está aquella imagen de 1996 de la pequeña Ramona al borde de la muerte apoyándose en el brazo del Sub Comandante Marcos mientras dejaba la capital zapatista de La Realidad (rompiendo el mortal cerco militar sobre los zapatistas y continuando su...
Haz click para leer el documento sobre Ramona
Mother Seeds Delegation Application Deadline is Feb. 3, 2006
Sunday, Feb. 18 to Saturday, Feb. 24, 2006
This Mother Seeds Delegation will be based in a Zapatista civilian center located in a rainforest jungle setting with a beautiful river for daily swimming and many howler monkeys which will sing you to sleep every night. Participants will travel to the northern rainforest region of Chiapas for a unique, hands-on experience helping establish an educational ecological-agriculture center serving all the autonomous, indigenous communities of Chiapas. Participants will work to create organic fertilizer, plant trees and seeds, visit a women’s artisan cooperative, meet Zapatista government authorities, and sleep in a Zapatista education center (hammocks and light blankets are recommended for this camping-style trip). Optional side trips are available to the nearby world famous, ancient Mayan cities of Palenque, Bonampac, and Yachilan.
Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 is the deadline for full payment and completed online applications. The delegation will meet in the city of Palenque at 5pm on Sunday evening, Feb. 18, 2006 (many more details will be sent after you complete your application!) Flights are inexpensive at this time of year, but should book immediately flights immediately into the airport located in Villahermosa (buses leave frequently for Palenque from Villahermosa). Another option is to only fly as far as Mexico City and then take a bus all the way to Palenque (about 12 hours – but cheaper than a flight!)
Click here to apply for this or future Schools for Chiapas delegations.
Escuelas para Chiapas / Schools for Chiapas
phone: 619-232-2841
Schools for Chiapas is wholly owned subsidiary 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!
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, Ofelia Medina, Ernie McCray, La Milpa Organica, Jose de Molino, Holly Near, Oceansong Wilderness Center, Gabino Palamares, Peace and Justice Caucus of the NEA, Resist, San Diego Foundation for Change, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Pete Seeger, Solidago Foundation, Sweet Honey in Rock, Tides Foundation, 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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