Show Your Support for Zapatista Autonomy:
Make a donation for blouses & purses, hand-embroidered and created by Zapatista women artists in Chiapas!
The year 2020 has made our call and our work for solidarity and justice across borders even more urgent. Indigenous people in Mexico, like in the U.S., have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. Your support, your donations, are crucial to express solidarity with heart, love and respect! And we have a lot to learn!
The members of the Chiapas Support Committee (CSC) have focused on raising awareness on the situation in Chiapas and Mexico. This year we continue to find new ways to support the work of Zapatista communities who have been organizing autonomous power, as they create and strengthen their projects for self-determination in health, land and justice in the midst of a world capitalist crisis.
Today, we are inviting you to join us in taking care of one another by taking anti-capitalist solidarity action that supports the organizing resistance by Indigenous people in Chiapas.
“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.”—Eduardo Galeano
We invite you to consider making a donation to acquire one of the following items produced by members of a Zapatista women’s artist collective. Each item comes with a suggested minimum donation. And we ask you to consider being as generous as possible for each item!
How to make a donation
- To acquire an item: Click here (to use PayPal) or Venmo, @Enapoyo1994, to send in your donation. Please add $5.00 per item for postage and handling.
- After you’ve made your donation, send a message to carolionsf@gmail.com to notify us.
- In the email: write in the subject line: “Donation for zapatista item.” Include the description of the item requested (For example: C, left, blue blouse with ezln snail) and the address to mail it to you. Thanks!
All your donations for these items go to the Zapatista communities to support their work of creating and strengthening their vision of autonomy.
MAKE YOUR DONATION HERE: Chiapas Support Committee
Or send through Venmo: @Enapoyo1994
The Chiapas Support Committee appreciates your generous donations in solidarity with the Zapatista cause!
Artesanía from Zapatista Chiapas
A. LEFT Light green blouse with women’s face covered with bandana. Size: women’s small. Minimum donation $20.00
A. RIGHT NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Light blue blouse with women wearing ski masks and bandanas. Size: women’s small. Minimum donation $30.00
B. LEFT Embroidered with three flowers surrounded by leaves; long-sleeved. Size: women’s medium. Minimum donation $30.00.
B. RIGHT Two red blouses embroidered to shoulder with flowers and stalks. Specify: Left or Right. Minimum donation $40 each. Size: women’s medium.
C. LEFT NO LONGER AVAILABLE Blue blouse with EZLN snail. Size: women’s large. Minimum donation $30.00.
C. RIGHT Red women’s blouse with cornstalks. Size: women’s extra large. Minimum donation $30.00
D. LEFT Two blouses red and in white, each with stars from Zinacatán. Size: women’s medium. Minimum donation $25.00 each. Specify: A. Top red blouse with stars. B. Bottom white blouse with stars.
D. RIGHT Blouse in blue from Oventic. Size: women’s medium. Minimum donation $20.00
E. LEFT Black blouse embroidered with rows of colorful “suns.” Size: women’s medium. Minimum donation $20.00.
E. CENTER NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Dark blue with three ezln snails. Size: women’s small . Minimum donation $30.00.
E. RIGHT Women’s white blouse embroidered with two Zapatista women face covered with bandanas below rows of flowers. Size: women’s medium. Minimum donation requested $30.00
F. LEFT Change purses: Small ($7.00 donation). Larger change purse ($12.00 donation)
F. CENTER Shoulder bags: Small $12.00 donation; Medium $25.00 donation; and Large $30.00 donation.
F. RIGHT Top: small shoulder bags $12.00 donation; Bottom: Cell Phone bags $10.00 All minimum donations requested.
MAKE YOUR DONATION HERE: Chiapas Support Committee Or use Venmo: @Enapoyo1994.
Thank you for being with us in solidarity with the Zapatista communities!
Chiapas Support Committee 
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how do i donate for these items?
Two steps: One is make the donation through PayPal or Venmo. Then send an email to carolionsf@gmail.com and write in the SUBJECT Line: Donation for items and in the email describe the item you gave a donation for. Example: Item A. Right, blouse with ezln snail. And send in your mailing address too. Thanks!