Solidarity
Bridge
The Chicago Catholic Medical,
Enterprise, and Education Missions
Mailing
Address:
1577 Florence Ave.
Evanston, IL 60201
Warehouse:
1711 Darrow Ave, #3
Evanston, Illinois 60201
Phone: (847) 328-7748
Fax: (847) 328-6860
solidbridge@gmail.com
Board
of Directors
James
Hallagan, Secretary
Juan L. Hinojosa, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Bishop Francis Kane
Theresa Lee, M.D.
Bruce Leech, Chair
Dan
Lum,
M.D., Treasurer
Jan Mezyk, M.D.
Richard Moser, M.D.
Rev. Robert Oldershaw
Anton Steinhart
Enrique Via-Reque,
M.D.
Daniel Yousif, M.D.
†
Rev. Robert McLaughlin
† Deacon Jeff Shaw,
R.N.
United
States Staff
Juan L. Hinojosa, Ph.D., Executive Director
Ann Rhomberg, LCSW
Associate Director
Christin Hinojosa, M.A.
Development Director
Program Director
Kristine Delacourte
Solidarity Clothing Coordinator
Sarah Hinojosa, M.T.S.
Lenten and Advent Cause Director
Karen O'Leary
Administrative Assistant
Enrique Via-Reque, M.D.
Medical Director
Bolivia Staff
Carlos Brockmann
Country Coordinator
Maria
Eugenia Rojas
Country Coordinator
Jose Choque
Cooperatives Coordinator
Vision Program Coordinator
Miguel Esteban
Pacemaker Inventory
Adminda Gomez
Office Manager/
Accountant
Mari Ines Uriona
Social Worker
Marina Romero
Santa Cruz Coordinator
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The
Enterprise Mission
Please
see our Solidarity Clothing website for more
info! Through our Enterprise Mission we have provided over $225,000 of Fair Trade income for Bolivian sewing cooperatives.
Bolivia’s
laborers are hardworking and many are skilled, yet their impoverished
economy lacks markets for their products. Most Bolivian families
barely scrape by and struggle without the basic necessities of life,
such as clean water and enough food for their children.
Fair
Trade
Many here in
the United States, who are blessed with such basics, wish to do
more to help those without these resources. Part of this wish manifests
in a desire to buy Fair Trade. Fair Trade is an
exchange of goods where the workers themselves negotiate a fair
price for their goods with the buyer. Fair Trade is in stark contrast
to the majority of products imported into the U.S., which are made
in sweatshops under unsafe conditions and through which the profits
go to the middlemen and factory owners. Many U.S. citizens realize
the problems of sweatshops, but don’t know where to start
looking for Fair Trade products.
Solidarity
Clothing
Solidarity Clothing, the Enterprise Mission’s newest
venture, aims to address this problem. We link indigenous Bolivian
sewing cooperatives with organizations and schools in the Chicago
and beyond. Our goal is to provide a bridge between the cooperative
and schools establishing a Fair Trade market for clothing produced
by Bolivian workers. This will enable the members of indigenous
cooperatives to once again provide for their families and bolster
the economic health of their communities. You can buy Solidarity Clothing Fair Trade polo logo shirts at www.solidarityclothing.org.
Dharma Trading Partnership
For two years Solidarity Bridge has worked with several cooperatives
composed of skilled but extremely poor indigenous Bolivians artisans.
Through the Dharma Trading Partnership we have
connected Bolivian cooperatives with Dharma Trading Co., a clothing
wholesaler catering to fabric artists. Dharma Trading takes no profit on their
fair trade sales.
You can buy Dharma Trading Fair Trade clothing products at www.dharmatrading.com.
Please contact us for more info on this exciting
project…
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