Sue Ellen Kingsley, executive director of the Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project (CCGAP) assists a customer purchasing handicrafts from Guatemala during the World Market held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church on Nov. 22. (Photo © 2008 Gustavo Bourdieu)HANCOCK -- The Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project (CCGAP) will be offering a variety of gift possibilities at local holiday markets. In addition to their colorful Arte Maya calendars, CCGAP will be selling hand-made items such as textiles, clothing, jewelry, ornaments, bags, wall decorations mirrors and more.
At the Gloria Dei World Market, Mary Wright, local community artist, who recently returned from Guatemala, was one of several CCGAP volunteers helping to sell handmade items to benefit human rights work in Guatemala. (Photo © 2008 Gustavo Bourdieu)Visit the holiday markets on Nov. 22 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock, Nov. 29 in the Rozsa Center Lobby, Dec. 7 at Michigan Tech's SDC and Dec. 12 at Finlandia University, Portage Campus (old hospital) lobby.
Colorful jewelry, cloth and baskets from Guatemala are among the items for sale at several local holiday markets. (Photo © 2008 Gustavo Bourdieu)Proceeds from the sales support the human rights work of CCGAP and the national organization NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala). The groups support accompaniers to serve as human rights observers and a deterrent to the violence that threatens people in Guatemala who are struggling for justice and an end to impunity.
Visit the CCGAP Web site to read their November 2008 newsletter.
*Update -- Editor's Note: Arte Maya calendars may also be purchased for $15 apiece ($5 goes to CCGAP) online at www.nisgua.org.
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