“Mayan Women Artisans and the Fair Trade Business During Covid-19” Speaker: Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Professor of Political Science and President of the Board for the Mayan Hands Foundation

Professor Eccarius-Kelly teaches courses at Siena College on social movements, comparative politics, and women and minority communities in Latin American and the Middle East. She also serves as the Faculty Chair of the College’s Fair Trade and Social Justice Committee. As the president of the board of the Mayan Hands Foundation, a fair trade, nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Mayan women artisans in Guatemala, she is well positioned to inform us of the impact of Covid-19 on these women and their fair trade businesses. All women are welcome to join us on Zoom and learn from this timely program.

Since our programs this year will be offered only virtually, to receive an invitation to join the program on Zoom, please email Gabrielle Reals at ellegr3@gmail.com by Monday, September 21. If you have never used Zoom before, this tutorial created by the Treasure Coast Unitarian Universalist Church in Stuart, FL will tell you how to do it: Zoom Tutorial from TCUUC. After you download a free Zoom account, if you need help, contact Judy Clough at mimaclough@yahoo.com. Best to do this well before the September 24th meeting! Please note: If you have already requested that Judy send you a Zoom invite, you do not need to contact Gabrielle for the upcoming program.