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SARASOTA, FL, June 9, 2014\u2013 Jim Miller, CEO and founder of JMX Brands, parent company to several niche internet retail brands including Amish Furniture giant dutchcrafters.com<\/a>, spoke to the Mennonite Economic Development Associates on Tuesday afternoon about his recent experience as a delegate with Witness For Peace in Cuba.<\/p>\n This is Mr. Miller\u2019s second visit to Cuba, and his opinions of the country\u2019s changing political landscape in regards to US relations was shaped by his earlier trip, in 1995.<\/p>\n Of the two experiences, the local businessman says:<\/p>\n “Since the collapse of the Soviet Union over two decades ago, Cuba has continued to make steady progress in redefining itself in a global context. I believe the political and economic relationships between Cuba and the United States is ripening for change in the coming years, and I\u2019m grateful to see it as a platform issue in the next gubernatorial campaign in Florida.”<\/em><\/p>\n The program that organized Mr. Miller\u2019s delegation, Witness For Peace, is committed to educational exchange activities that result in meaningful interaction between delegates and Cubans. In Mr. Miller\u2019s case, those interactions extended beyond the Cuban border, and back into Sarasota, where the CEO spoke to the Sarasota Chapter of Mennonite Economic Development Associates\u00a0(of which he is chair) about the capacity for change in the country\u2019s political and economic position.<\/p>\n MEDA is well-regarded globally for the positive influence that its financial programs have had on other, similarly-situated populations.<\/p>\n ABOUT JMX BRANDS<\/a><\/p>\n JMX Brands is an internet retailer, selling over 10,000 different products on a variety of websites, including dutchcrafters.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the largest internet retailer of Amish furniture in the world. JMX Brands has earned an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and is on pace to remain one of the fifty fastest-growing companies on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Company founder teams with MEDA, Witness for Peace for second trip, presentation about US-Cuban affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,4],"tags":[15,17,5,18],"series":[203],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jmx-brands-charity","category-commitments","category-news","tag-jim-miller","tag-meda","tag-press-release","tag-witness-for-peace","series-the-amish-furniture-podcast"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jim-at-MEDA-copy.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/content\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-amish-furniture-podcast\/id1531771680","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zNjE3NWY1OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3AK9PFwLvdnbOSIxyPpHEy?si=R4bpSty1R2iC5_lXFdBNRQ","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/content\/feed\/podcast\/the-amish-furniture-podcast","embedCode":"Local CEO Encourages Awareness of US\/Cuban Relations<\/a><\/blockquote>