The Circle of Women strives to realize social justice for women by supporting self-reliance, raising consciousness of individual talents and skills and enhancing cross-cultural relationships.

Goals:

• To develop markets for the weavings that make connections between weavers and wearers of the rebozo/shawls
• To help women reclaim the old patterns of their culture (weaving)
• To learn from one another, to share our bounty, our pain, our insight and our affection so we grow together as women
• To develop leadership within the women's groups so they are eventually able to assume the work as their own
• To provide literacy and language training to older adult women
• To network the artisans of the Mixteca region with workshops to help them hone thier weaving skills
• To help in the development of a museum using oral histories and photographs
• To develop a library for the village of Miramar