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Spring Clothing Swap 2025
Axios Chicago: Shop sustainably at Chicago’s largest clothing swap
Block Club Chicago: 21 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend
WTTW: Swap Till You Drop at Massive Clothing Exchange This Weekend in Chicago
Holiday Pop-Up Shop 2024
Time Out Chicago: The Best Things to Do This Weekend
Audacy: Fair trade pop-up on Michigan Avenue gives holiday shoppers sustainable gift options
Open House Chicago October 2024
Block Club Chicago: Here’s What To See In Rogers Park, West Ridge, And Uptown During Open House 2024
Fall Clothing Swap with Chicago Fashion Week October 2024
Block Club Chicago: 15 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend
Axios Chicago: Chicago Fashion Week Is Here
Rebellious Magazine for Women: Chicago’s First Fashion Week Begins With Chic
Chicago Fair Trade Museum Ribbon Cutting September 2024
CBS Chicago: Go Inside the Fair Trade Museum
WGN News: Weekend Break: Chicago Fair Trade Museum first of its kind segment 1
WGN News: Weekend Break: Chicago Fair Trade Museum first of its kind segment 2
WTTW: Chicago Fair Trade Museum Aims to Highlight Overlooked Stories Behind the Products We Use Every Day
August 2024
Block Club Chicago: Chicago Fair Trade Museum Opens In Uptown To Teach And Showcase
May 2024
Chicago Reader: Fair Flair
April 2024
People’s World: No justice, no jeans: Unions fight for Levi’s workers around the world
Spring Clothing Swap 2024
Chicago Reader: Clothing swap offers a chance to create a conscious wardrobe
South Loop Indoor Farmers Market 2024
WGN News: South Loop knitting circle helps bring Chicagoans together
Block Club Chicago: 25 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend
Holiday Pop-Up Shop and Museum 2023
CBS Chicago: Chicago Fair Trade’s holiday pop-up celebrating 10 years of ethical gifting, Gift ideas from the Chicago Fair Trade Holiday pop-up
Time Out Chicago: The 13 Best Christmas Stores in Chicago, The best things to do in Chicago this weekend
WTTW: 2023 Chicago Holiday Events Guide
World Fair Trade Day 2023
Block Club Chicago: 19 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend
Spring 2023 Clothing Swap and Knit
Axios: Trade in your old clothes at a big Chicago clothing swap this weekend
Block Club Chicago: Clothing Swap-Trade your Old Clothes for Thrifted
Time Out Chicago: Clothing Swap and Knit: NEWCITY
WTTW: 5 Things to Do This Weekend: Art on the Mart, Chicago Clothing Swap
WBEZ: Our love of new clothes is harming the planet. This is how we can change it.
Fair Trade Nowruz 2023
WBEZ: Fair Trade Nowruz-Persian New Years Celebration
Chicago Fair Trade Museum Opening
Block Club Chicago: 17 Things to do in Chicago this Weekend
Natural Awakenings: Visit Unique Chicago Fair Trade Museum
Holiday Pop-Up Shop 2022
Block Club Chicago: Chicago Fair Trade Holiday Pop-Up Shop Returns With Handmade Goods From Around The World
DO312: Chicago’s Best Indie Holiday Markets
Time Out Chicago: 7 Best Christmas Stores in Chicago
WGN News: Weekend Break: Chicago Fair Trade Pop Up
WTTW Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Gifts that Give Back at Chicago Fair Trade Holiday Pop-Up Shop
World Fair Trade Day 2022
Block Club: Shop Sustainably, Tour Local Artisans’ Studios At Chicago Fair Trade’s Citywide Open House Saturday
Natural Awakenings: Open House Chicago Fair Trade: World Fair Trade Day Celebration
WBEZ’s Reset: Chicago Innovators: Chicago Fair Trade is the largest fair trade coalition in the U.S.
Fair Trade Youth Leaders
Natural Awakenings: Chicago’s Whitney Young High School Students Practice Fair Trade Activism
Holiday Pop-Up Shop 2021
WGN News: “Chicago Fair Trade pop-up allows shoppers to support women across the world”
Fox News 32: “Pop-up shop sells fair trade products in Andersonville just in time for the holidays”
Block Club Chicago: “Andersonville Holiday Pop-Up Sells Only Fair-Trade Products From Local Vendors: ‘There’s Nothing Else Like This’”
WTTW: “Chicago Tonight in Your Neighborhood: Andersonville”
ABC 7: “Chicago Fair Trade opens 6th annual pop-up shop for the holiday season”
Fair Trade Impact
WTTW: “Teens Ditch Fast Fashion, Food for Fair Trade”
WGN Radio: “How Chicago businesses are changing the industry”
The DePaulia: “Turning heads at DePaul’s second Fair Trade Fashion Show”