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Discussion about entry: Teaching Jewelry Making to Women to help make a living
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we have a great need for partnership with jewelry designers and instructors as we make jewelry at several of the shelters we work with and are expanding jewelry programs into other partners. You can read about us in our website or in our proposal in this contest, but if you are interested in partnering please contact me at john @ madebysurvivors.com
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John Berger
The Emancipation Network
http://www.madebysurvivors.com/
hi john!
that sounds amazing i will go to your site right away and would love to connect and see what you all are up to! sounds very similar and i'm very open to learning from exsisting models, since this is such a new endevor for me!
i will go to your site as well! please keep in contact!
thanks so much
melissa
Hello Melissa,
How did your first workshop go for the 25 women in NC on April 22nd and 23rd? Do you have more of these workshops scheduled? Where is the jewelery being sold?
Thank you.
Dana Frasz
Ashoka's Changemakers
hi dana!
it went fantastic! better than i could have imagined really... the women were very receptive and extremely creative and fast learners! i had about half of the class say they would like to do this as a job... which was amazing to me and very humbling. so i have been back for a third workshop. and am putting together a newsleter to get donations for tool kits to get them started in their homes! i have a fantastic tool resourse wiredupbeads.com, the owner donated all the tools for the class and is giving a wonderful discount for the startup kits.
as for selling. ive contacted local ten thousand village stores, some are receptive some not so much.
they live within walking distance of a local farmers market, so they hopefully will make some sales there and a community of friends.
and there's a store owner in st. louis that has a fair trade company and is going to meet with me when i fly up there next week... to help give me an idea of how his business is set up, he buys from artisans all over the world!
so it's in stage two right now...
i will be going back intermitantly to do continuing education.
and working on a more solid plan to help market their jewelry.
are you involed with changmakers? what a great website!
thanks so much for contacting me and if you have any ideas or advice im all ears!
have a lovely day
hi peter!
just check out your site and love what you all are doing down in peru! teaching the kids and art form to
help provide financially for them! it's fantastic.
how many of you started this and has finding places to sell the cards been challenging?
im very curious
are you doing all the marketing yourself?
and if so are you a photographer by trade?
i see that yall volunteer your teaching to the kids which is great as well!
have a wonderful day
melissa
Hi Melissa
Your program sounds really interesting. This is Andrea Powell from FAIR Fund in D.C. We are currently working with a group of girl survivors of trafficking in Serbia to teach them to make jewelry as a form of income generation, art therapy, and finally social integration. I just posted our own competition online and would be happy to just talk to you by phone or email to see how we might learn from one another as we grow and strengthen our program.
Andrea Powell
FAIR Fund
apowell@fairfund.org
Hi Melissa,
I think teaching women a trade who have been affected by trafficking is extremely admirable. By the way the previous comments appear, it sounds as though you have really been able to reach out to people and your organization is taking off. You mentioned above in your posting that you would like help women worldwide who are victims of trafficking, does this include travelling abroad and teaching in the villages? Or are you strictly focusing on the US and have a ripple affect back to these women's local communities? Do you have a website where you keep postings of workshops or have plans to create a platform for people to communicate about the benefits of your organization rather than just word of mouth? I am in no way an expert jewelry maker, but it is a hobby of mine that I love sharing with other people. I also have a strong passion for travelling and experiencing new cultures. Do you know of any organizations like yours in Oregon? Or have suggestions of ways to get involved? Reading your posting really struck a cord in me! Seeing someone with a passion putting it to good use is so inspirational. Great job!
-Courtney
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MIM, Portland State University
hi courtney!
great to hear from you! thanks so much for reading my post... and so many great questions...
honestly this is soooo new to me... it's only opened up in the last few months, through a literal divine appointment!
it has been a dream in my heart for 15 years and now to see it in action, leaves me in awe! the women are sooo beautiful and talented. my favortie is teaching them and giving them an outlet to laugh and create and hopefully make a living one day, if they so choose.
right now im just in the teaching stage with them... and im looking to connect with some already established organizations to market their work.. that's not my strong suit.
and for organizations in oregon... im not tooo sure... the organization im with is called world relief.
please feel free to stay in touch! im so glad you emailed!
have a lovely day
melissa
Hi Melissa,
I'm a social entrepreneur and this subject high on my radar / research. Doing an inspirational / collaborative book about women participating in various stages of social enterprise / social justice / faith based- I love your personal story, would like others to be inspired, and have a really great feeling about where you are going. Would you like to participate in our book - already enlisted a few authors including two best selling- can give you more info if you'd like to contact me - would love to chat.
Cynthia
Compathos
cynth@mil-media.com