SER MUJER: Local Women Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 10:00am
Charlotte Bell, Suzanna Martínez, Hilaria Ramírez, Patricia, Araceli Granada Rojas, Sophia Trapp & Zermeño Williams

Women from four entrepreneurial ventures talk about their work and how they are helping other women in their community. From Las Rancheritas, Charlotte Bell (Consultant) and Suzanna Martínez (Member) will discuss The Rug Hook Project; a co-op initiative that sells home-made art rugs. Hilaria Ramírez from Mujeres Productores de Montecillo, will discuss the all-women co-operative she founded, which sells natural, organic products. Patricia Zermeño Williams will talk about the plumbing company she started called ‘Better Call Patty.’ From the Lavender Project and Adelante Juntos por La Colorada, Sophia Trapp (Consultant) and Araceli Granada Rojas (Executive Director of ADC) will speak about their rural farming enterprise.

 

 

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Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, July 29, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Arturo Santamaria Gómez
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Monday, August 5, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Book Party
Cynthia Yoder
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Cynthia Yoder's memoir tells her story of working in a new university in Palestine during a time of political strife and upheaval. She describes the joys of life in Palestine against the backdrop of military occupation and the second intifada, which began soon after she arrived in 2000. Rather than give political analysis, the book... Read more

Monday, August 12, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Vijay Prashad
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Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report.  In 2000, it wrote that “it is estimated that there are more migrants in the world than ever before.” Between 1985 and 1990, the IOM calculated, that the rate... Read more