Friday, February 28, 2020

Travel to Chiapas!

Hi everyone!

We are so excited to announce that the Haiti ABST is leaving from the Cleveland Airport tonight!
Unfortunately, due to the conflicts in Haiti, our group is again not able to travel there this year, but we will be traveling to Chiapas, Mexico to visit Cafe Justo. 

Cafe Justo is also a fair-trade coffee farm similar to Just Haiti! Cafe Justo was the business that inspired the Just Haiti coffee company and has parallel business and ideology practices. Our group is excited to see this unique perspective on Just Haiti and learn about fair trade economics and poverty alleviation. We are also fortunate enough to have Kim Lamberty, the founder of Just Haiti, traveling with us, providing her wisdom, experience, and perspective to the trip!

The leaders this year are Melissa Bronder, a junior psychology major who has traveled to Haiti her freshman year and led the Haitimala experience her sophomore year.  Our other leader is Ryan Hamilton, a senior who has previously traveled to Guatemala, participated in the L'Arche, Mexico experience and led the Detroit ABST.

The accompaniers this year are Sarah Ewing, the Dean of the College of Health Professions and Science and Brian McIntyre, who works in the Center for Teaching Excellence and is an adjunct business professor.  Our participants are Jill Sullivan, a freshman PA major and Avery Hill, a sophomore OT major.

We are all incredibly excited to embark on this journey and take you along with us! Stay tuned for updates :).
- Melissa