BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv5.22.0.1780143335//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://chicagofairtrade.org/ BEGIN:VEVENT UID:MEC-e0f19f64f086e393ceb0cf4a8c561b51@chicagofairtrade.org DTSTART:20250201T000000Z DTEND:20250204T000000Z DTSTAMP:20250104T000000Z CREATED:20250104 LAST-MODIFIED:20250201 SUMMARY: DESCRIPTION:\nGlobalfest auction is live! Bid here now! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are available at the door for $150.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet ready for Globalfest 2025: the biggest fair trade celebration of the year! 🎉\n\n\n\n🗓 When: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 6-10pm📍 Where: Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St\n\n\n\nHere’s what’s in store this year:\n\n\n\n🍹 Open bar with plentiful libations🌮 Taco bar and tasty fusion appetizers🎧 Tunes by DJ Jamie Hayes to keep the dance floor alive🎁 Stellar silent auction where you can out-bid the competition to your heart’s content!\n\n\n\nChangemaker Awards 2025\n\n\n\nEvery year at Globalfest, we present awards to an organization or person who is advancing fair trade in and around Chicago. Meet this year’s award winners!\n\n\n\nAndrea Dennis is a dedicated community organizer, educator, facilitator, and leader. A long-time supporter of Chicago Fair Trade and former board chair, Andrea can always be counted on to harness her deep expertise in fair trade, service learning, and connection-building to bring our change-making community together with passion and shared purpose.\n\n\n\nKaren Torres is the founder of Tulia’s Artisan Gallery, a Chicago-based fair trade business showcasing Colombian artistry. A passionate advocate for preserving Indigenous traditions, Karen plays an active role in the fair trade movement as head of Chicago Fair Trade’s Business Membership Committee, member of the Fair Trade Federation, and Midwest Chapter Vendor Advisor for the Museum Store Association.\n\n\n\nThese incredible women have been instrumental in making Chicago a hub for the fair trade movement, and we’re so excited to celebrate them with you!\n\n\n\nWhat is Globalfest?\n\n\n\nNow in its 19th year, Globalfest is the ultimate gathering of Chicago’s fair trade community – a night to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate our shared mission.\n\n\n\nWe can’t wait to see you there to raise a glass, make some memories, and dance the night away! 🕺💃\n\n\n\n\nSpin the wheel and win fair trade prizes! \n\n\n\nAndrea Dennis (left) with Tamiz Haiderali and last year’s Trailblazer Award Winner Elizabeth L Cline\n\n\n\nKaren Torres (left) \n\n\n\nDJ Jamie Hayes will be spinning \n\n\n\nEnjoy delicious apps courtesy of Cocina Fusion\n\n\n\nOut-bid the competition at our stellar silent auction!\n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to our Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

^{Globalfest auction is live! Bid here now!}

^{Tickets are available at the door for $150.}

Get ready for Globalfest 2025: the biggest fair trade celebration of the year! 🎉

🗓 When: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 6-10pm
📍 Where: Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St

Here’s what’s in store this year:

🍹 Open bar with plentiful libations
🌮 Taco bar and tasty fusion appetizers
🎧 Tunes by DJ Jamie Hayes to keep the dance floor alive
🎁 Stellar silent auction where you can out-bid the competition to your heart’s content!

Changemaker Awards 2025

Every year at Globalfest, we present awards to an organization or person who is advancing fair trade in and around Chicago. Meet this year’s award winners!

Andrea Dennis is a dedicated community organizer, educator, facilitator, and leader. A long-time supporter of Chicago Fair Trade and former board chair, Andrea can always be counted on to harness her deep expertise in fair trade, service learning, and connection-building to bring our change-making community together with passion and shared purpose.

Karen Torres is the founder of Tulia’s Artisan Gallery, a Chicago-based fair trade business showcasing Colombian artistry. A passionate advocate for preserving Indigenous traditions, Karen plays an active role in the fair trade movement as head of Chicago Fair Trade’s Business Membership Committee, member of the Fair Trade Federation, and Midwest Chapter Vendor Advisor for the Museum Store Association.

These incredible women have been instrumental in making Chicago a hub for the fair trade movement, and we’re so excited to celebrate them with you!

What is Globalfest?

Now in its 19th year, Globalfest is the ultimate gathering of Chicago’s fair trade community – a night to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate our shared mission.

We can’t wait to see you there to raise a glass, make some memories, and dance the night away! 🕺💃

Spin the wheel and win fair trade prizes!

Thanks to our Sponsors

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