Soledad O’Brien Praises Mercado Global at Event in New York

By Michaela Parnell October 19th, 2009No Comments
On Tuesday September 29th we hosted an event, in collaboration with the women’s network 85 Broads, to benefit our Artisan Training Program in Guatemala. Our friends at Halvai Gallery in the SoHo neighborhood in New York provided us with a fantastic space to host the event. Around 200 of our supporters were there to support our work and enjoy the world’s best rum, Ron Zacapa, which is, of course, from Guatemala.
Soledad O'Brien (right) speaking at event in New York.
Soledad O'Brien (right) speaking at event in New York.
The event featured a silent auction of pieces from our Holiday 2009 collection and the debut of the photos from our Role Model photo shoots. We were very excited to have Soledad O’Brien, host of CNN’s Special Investigations Unit, speak in support of our work and honor our Role Models and women all over the world who strive to make change in their communities. It was such an exciting and moving evening! All the proceeds from the event will help fund our Artisan Training Program. The training program helps us introduce our model to new communities throughout the Guatemalan highlands. This program is so important because it provides our new partner artisans and cooperatives with the financial literacy, business administration, and technical  training to take full advantage of the opportunities given to them by participating in our sales program. It also helps us accommodate the increasing interst in our work and the beautiful work of our artisans, ensuring that fair trade products are more accessible to everyone! Thank you to Halvai, Mktg, Diageo, Twelve, Pure Dark, Café Bocca, Beauty is Global, and Joe Tanis Photography for all their help in making the evening a success. If you missed the event you can check out a photo gallery by clicking here.
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