I hope this isn't too far off topic. If it is, mods please feel free to delete.
Here's the situation: I am helping to organize an art/craft fair to benefit a group of Burmese refugees living in Austin, TX. They come from a tribe that has a strong tradition of weaving, and we're hoping to use that to help make them more self-sustaning. Part of the art fair is going to be a fair trade market - preferably with groups that are helping to ease social injustice. So far we've got the refugees' weaving, a group from Africa that supports single mothers by teaching them to make beaded necklaces from old magazines, and possibly a group from central america that helps kids leave gangs by teaching them to be artists.
Does anyone know of other groups that have a similar mission that we could invite to be part of our market? It would be even cooler if we could get groups that make thigns from recycled materials, like the beaded necklaces.
Here's the situation: I am helping to organize an art/craft fair to benefit a group of Burmese refugees living in Austin, TX. They come from a tribe that has a strong tradition of weaving, and we're hoping to use that to help make them more self-sustaning. Part of the art fair is going to be a fair trade market - preferably with groups that are helping to ease social injustice. So far we've got the refugees' weaving, a group from Africa that supports single mothers by teaching them to make beaded necklaces from old magazines, and possibly a group from central america that helps kids leave gangs by teaching them to be artists.
Does anyone know of other groups that have a similar mission that we could invite to be part of our market? It would be even cooler if we could get groups that make thigns from recycled materials, like the beaded necklaces.