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Artisan Business Network empowers Haitians with entrepreneurial tools, design input, and
market access. I am part of their
founding team and assist in market development and design.
Name: Juliana Um
What is your job? Co-founder and Creative Director of Maiden Nation
What social causes are most important to you?
Economic empowerment, especially for women.
What charities do you support – and how?
I’m all about short term and long term support for
communities.
Charities are a wonderful
way to catapult change and implement immediate necessities. And it is also important to support the
long-term growth and sustainability of the projects through finding ways to be
give in deep ways, like through service or volunteer work, and continuously
promoting the community to grow roots.
Why do you have a passion for this, is
there a personal tie?
I have a deep passion for working in Haiti. Immediately after the 2010 earthquake, I was
invited to go to Haiti with a company called Fairwinds Trading to see if there
is potential to work with artisan communities to create jobs. There were more then just potential, but
vibrant energy and creative spirit. I’ve
worked with several communities throughout Haiti since to create collections
for Macy’s, Anthropologie and build ABN.
Being with these communities have inspired me to create
Maiden Nation with my co-founders Willa Shalit and Elizabeth Brown. We are inspired by visionary, powerful women
and plan to build an online nation for women to come together to share, support
and create.
Is there a particular way you would want to encourage
readers to be involved?
Find something that you are passionate about and share it
with others. Be conscious of the greater
community and support them in your own way.
And of course, I’m going to self –promote – check out Maiden Nation and
shop, share and follow us.
How would you define social responsibility?
Being considerate, aware and authentic being and striving
for that in daily life is being socially responsible.
Do you have any tattoos that relate to your work?
Yes. I have a chunzum
– dharma star – on my inner left wrist.
It’s a design I drew from a text that reads : two triangular pieces,
stacked one on top of another. I’m told
that it’s more like beams of light. It
is a symbol of where we take birth and reminds me of wisdom and love.
Who did your work?
Yoni Zilber. Amazing
artist + person.
Shinji Horizakura.
Master artist and a wonderful being.
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