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Norma writes for Selvedge Magazine Issue #109 -- Rise Up, November 2022
Norma Writes for Selvedge Latin Issue #89
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What is a Study Tour: Our programs are designed as learning experiences, and as such we talk with weavers about how and why they create, what is meaningful to them in their designs, the ancient history of patterning and design, use of color, tradition and innovation, values and cultural continuity, and the social context within which they work. First and foremost, we are educators. Norma worked in top US universities for over 35 years and Eric founded the education department at Oaxaca’s textile museum. Our interest is in creating connection and artisan economic development.
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Why We Left, Expat Anthology: Norma’s Personal Essay
Norma Contributes Two Chapters!
- Norma Schafer and Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC has offered programs in Mexico since 2006. We have over 30 years of university program development experience. See my resume.
Study Toursd are personally curated and introduce you to Mexico's greatest artisans. They are off-the-beaten path, internationally recognized. We give you access to where people live and work. Yes, it is safe and secure to travel. Groups are limited in size for the most personal experience.
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Mudslides in Oaxaca Devastate Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec
The children’s limerick, “rain, rain go away, come again another day” is apropos to describe Oaxaca this summer. It has rained incessantly and our friends have said this is the wettest time they can ever remember. The ground is saturated.
This makes mountain villages like Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec especially vulnerable because there is no where else to build except on the hillsides.
News from Tlahuitoltepec today is not good. In this Mixe village of about 10,000 people, a massive 4:00 a.m. landslide buried people inside their homes as they were sleeping.
To read more, see www.commondreams.org
The remote village is about 50 miles from our village of Teotitlan del Valle (also about 10,000 pop.), but it takes three to four hours to get there over curving mountain roads.
Our friends at the Oaxaca Lending Library (OLL) are asking for help and donations for the village. Specifically, here is what is needed:
To help, contact Oaxaca Lending Library email: library@prodigy.net.mx Stephen and I are members of the Oaxaca Lending Library. They are an organization of local Oaxaquenos and expatriates who make Oaxaca their home. You can be assured that any gifts will get to the intended community directly — this is a legitimate organization.
Pino Suárez 519, Centro
68000, Oaxaca, México
Tel. 951 5187077
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