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Handcrafted & Fairly Traded Greeting Cards |
Founded in 2016, Baja Urban is an ethical social business. By paying artisans a fair price for their work and partnering with small collectives, we help strengthen artisan's communities.
In México, nearly 70 percent of artisans live on under two dollars a day.
Supporting handmade craft helps alleviate poverty and support community improvements.
Handcrafted products promote employment and development for the most marginalized populations, especially the most marginalized youth and women.
Baja Urban helps bridge the gap in the artisan industry by producing quality and fashionable products while paying artisans a fair wage. Support artisans by shopping our collection below.
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Handcrafted & Fairly Traded Greeting Cards
Shop Margarita's Collection from Chiapas
Greeting Cards Collection from Women's Collective located in Huixtan, Chiapas
Margarita from Huixtan is the leader of the artisan collective Las Dos Flores (The Two Flowers). Her collective consists of women from the age of 20 to 25 years old who are working moms.
Otomíe's Collection Greeting Cards
Family Collective from La Huasteca de Hidalgo
This collective consist of 250 Otomíes artisans that supports many artisan families. Moms, dads, kids, and elderly artisans are supported by this collective.
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Founder's Story: Bianca Alvarado grew up in the San Diego/ Tijuana border. Bianca Alvarado's background is in working with local communities on environmental issues in the San Diego/ Tijuana border. Seeing the social impact of maquiladoras (assembly lines) in local communities inspired her to get involved with sustainable production and manufacturing. READ THE FULL STORY HERE!