Chicago Fair Trade Pop Up Shop
Shop Chicago Fair Trade business members for delicious food, comfy warm socks, fashionable clothing and accessories, sophisticated home goods, and toys. Be delighted by the quality and huge variety of fair trade items all in one place – it’s magical!
Pop-Up Hours
Location: Andersonville Pop-Up, 5228 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Mondays: Closed
Tuesdays-Thursdays: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Fridays & Saturdays: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Sundays: 1:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Always open online!
Pop-Up Hours
Location: Andersonville Pop-Up, 5228 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Mondays: Closed
Tuesdays-Thursdays: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Fridays & Saturdays: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Sundays: 1:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Always open online!
Virtual Solidarity Market Vendor Profiles
AMANI YA JUU
www.amaniafrica.org
Mission: Our name, Amani ya Juu, is a Swahili saying which means “Peace from Above.” We are a social economic enterprise committed to peace and reconciliation for women from many African nations and cultures. We use beautiful African materials to create high quality fair trade home goods and accessories. Through our faith in God who provides a transcendent peace, we heal from the past. Together we grow in dignity and respect for one another.
Products: Home goods and accessories from Kenya and Uganda
Blossom Inspirations
www.blossominspirations.com
Mission: Blossom Inspirations is a member of the Fair Trade Federation and Chicago Fair Trade. We work directly with Peruvian artisans who have signed their craftwork for you. All of our products are eco-friendly and produced by the principles of fair trade. We personally know each of our artisans, have visited them in their homes, met their families and find ways to support them and their trade, as a pay forward.
Products: Christmas ornaments, alpaca fur toys, home décor, jewelry
Blossom Inspirations recently launched a bilingual Fair Trade book for kids, promoting diversity, inclusion and empowering women: blossominspirations.com/products/book-cuyita-wants-to-know-the-world
*You can also shop Blossom Inspirations at the CFT Pop-UP
Bright Endeavors
www.brightendeavors.org
Mission: Artfully hand-poured by the young moms in our job training program, each Bright Endeavor candle lights the way toward strong families and bright futures. By providing transitional jobs and professional skills training, Bright Endeavors illuminates a path of empowerment and possibility. 100% of proceeds support our mission. #LightTheWay
Products: Soy candles
*You can also shop Bright Endeavors at the CFT Pop-UP
Chicago Fair Trade
www.chicagofairtrade.org
Mission: Chicago Fair Trade cultivates a community dedicated to an economy that values the labor and dignity of all people. This year, CFT is partnering with two of our members, Greenola Style and Metropolis Coffee. Shop eco-friendly jewelry and luxurious hats, scarves and mittens made from the finest baby alpaca from Bolivia and Kenyan brass jewelry as well as Chicago Fair Trade Coffee from co-ops in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Peru
Products: Jewelry, hats, scarves, mittens, and coffee
Global Elements
thegetcompany.com
Mission: We are committed to working with individual skilled artisans to make handbags and accessories often out of eco-friendly materials like bamboo, re-purposed horn, recycled plastic bags. Most items are made in small quantities and some are one of a kind! We provide opportunities for the artisans who often work out of their own home while earning a fair wage. Products are made in Columbia and Vietnam.
Products: Handbags and accessories made in Vietnam and Columbia
Gracias Fair Trade
graciasfairtrade.com
Owned by Vincent and Susanne Donoghue, Gracias Fair Trade is a proud member of Chicago Fair Trade. With more than 15 years experience in fair trade, the artisans whose crafts they sell work to make their families’ and neighbors’ lives safer, healthier and happier. Everything sold is purchased from fair trade importers who are members of the Fair Trade Federation or WFTO.
Shop Gracias Fair Trade at the CFT Pop-UP!
Grain of Rice Project
grainofriceproject.org
Mission: Grain of Rice Project (GORP) is an organization based in Kenya seeking to empower Kenyans through employment and educational opportunities. GORP artisans create jewelry, bags, housewares, and accessories, using mostly recycled and scrap materials. These pieces help provide the artisans with wages to provide food, housing, and school fees for their families. GORP is based in Kibera Slum, which houses approximately 250,000 people in a 1.5 square mile area. GORP also supports a child sponsorship program, an afterschool program, and a teen soccer team ministry.
Products: Jewelry, bags, housewares, accessories
HHP – Helping Hands Partners
www.HHPlift.com
Mission: Our mission is to SPARKCHANGE™ and LIFTCOMMUNITIES™ by creating business for social impact enterprises and artisan entrepreneurs with significant barriers to fair wage employment, including people with physical and developmental disabilities, at-risk moms, survivors of violence and domestic abuse, people transforming out of homelessness or re-entering society, young adults on the spectrum, and unemployed or homeless vets. All of our products are fair trade practice, sustainably made, and support our artisan network around the globe.
Products: Made in Chicago, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Colombia, and India
*You can also shop HHP at the CFT Pop-UP
Ibeji Resource Center
Mission: Ibeji is committed to fostering individual, spiritual and economic growth. We help homeless, teenage moms gain confidence and walk with them in their journey to self sufficiency.
Products: Made in Chicago, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Colombia, and India
Itiah Designs Marketplace
Shop Itiah Online
Mission: ITIAH Designs is a collection of uniquely crafted, handmade organic ethnic designs from Haiti, Africa and India. Each piece is reflection of culture specifics.
Products: Paintings, rugs, wooden dolls
Just Haiti
www.JustHaiti.org
Mission: Just Haiti is a fair and direct trade organization. We purchase coffee from small-scale grower associations in Haiti, with no intermediary organizations, and then return all profits after sales in the U.S. directly to the farmers. Our approach enables families to support themselves and to contribute to strengthening their own communities. We believe that income generation, not charity, is the solution to poverty in Haiti. And it’s GREAT coffee! Drink Coffee, Grow Justice
Products: Coffee – ground & whole bean, Medium and Dark Roast plus Espresso ground, J Cups (their version of K cups with Haitian coffee)
*You can also shop JustHaiti at the CFT Pop-UP
KOLUNTU
koluntu.com
Mission: Unique products, 100% handcrafted by the tenacious people of South Africa. Empowering women through employment, connecting the ethical consumer of sustainable sourced, one-of-a-kind products. We are committed to aesthetic and quality, bringing you a glamourous piece of Africa to wear for a lifetime. Passionately South African, I wanted to share our gorgeous products with Americans. Dealing in “exotic” components puts us under severe scrutiny, we want people to be proud to wear something alluring but fairly made.
Products: Sustainably sourced, one-of-a-kind, handcrafted products
Malia Designs
maliadesigns.com
Mission: Malia Designs is a fair trade handbag and accessory company dedicated to fighting human trafficking. We believe one way to counteract this issue is to increase access to economic opportunity in the most affected areas. Our products are made by Fair Trade producer groups that employ disadvantaged Cambodians. By bringing their crafts to Western markets, we expand their access to a sustainable income. We also aim to help victims of human trafficking by donating to organizations working in this arena.
Products: Handbags and scarves
*You can also shop Malia Designs at the CFT Pop-UP
RefuSHE
shop.refushe.org
Mission: RefuSHE is the first organization to protect, nurture, and empower young refugee women and their children in East Africa. Through its award-winning holistic model, RefuSHE provides short and long-term support through opportunities for refugee girls to access their human rights, experience academic success and skill development, and become leaders in their communities. The artisan collective program allows members to become economically self-sufficient through the design, production, and sale of handmade textile products. 100% of proceeds from artisan collective sales are reinvested back into the programs and artisan’s livelihoods.
Products: Scarves, scrunches, jewelry, pillows, tea towels
*You can also shop RefuSHE at the CFT Pop-UP
Re:New Project
www.renewproject.org
Mission: Re:new Project creates a safe space for refugee women and sex trafficking survivors to thrive. We do this by offering employment, community, and skill training. Our Artisans sew handmade products out of upcycled material.
Products: Accessories, bags, facemasks, jewelry, baby products, home products
*You can also shop Re:New at the CFT Pop-UP
SenTEAmental Moods
www.senteamentalmoods.com
Mission: SenTEAmental Moods creates exceptional hand-crafted tea and herbal blends for flavor-filled beverages without the use of artificial flavors, sugar, salt or fats. SenTEAmental Moods blends are health beverages for those challenged with diabetes and high blood pressure. Our tea leaves are purchased from suppliers approved by the Ethical Tea Partnership with excellent track records of fair treatment for all workers and fair-trade practices. The tea leaves are blended with locally sourced and dehydrated fruits, flowers, herbs and vegetables.
Products: Tea leaves imported from India, Japan, China and Kenya.
Soko Space
sokospace.com/
Mission: Soko Space is a woman-owned business buying on a fair trade basis from groups in East Africa and Turkey. We have recycled glass items, woven baskets, textiles, and jewelry.
Products: Leather and woven bags, natural fiber baskets, recycled glass objects, jewelry and textiles are among the many products made by artisans of Kenya, Morocco, Ethiopia and Turkey.
SuSu Accessories
susuaccessories.com
Brick and mortar location: The Guild (3726 N. Southport)
Instagram: @susu_accessories
Facebook: Susu Accessories
Mission: SUSU Accessories is a Fair Trade fashion brand whose roots are buried deeply in the ancestral art of the indigenous Wayuu, living in the state of La Guajira, Colombia. SUSU handmade bags are the union of avant-garde design and Wayuu tradition. We work directly with over 350 Wayuu artisans—women heads of household—with a knitting tradition passed down for generations. Working together allows them to provide for their families, improve their livelihoods and show their wonderful, unique art to the world.
Products: Handmade handbags and accessories
*You can also shop SuSu Accessories at the CFT Pop-UP
Threads Worldwide
threadsworldwide.com/eventshare/P3449/?u=jmhavansek
Mission: Threads Worldwide creates life-changing work with women in nine countries through the fair trade of artisan jewelry. Life-changing means: work that pays a fair wage, empowering them to provide for their families and make a difference in their communities. Many of the artisans who handcraft our pieces are survivors of sex trafficking, have special needs, or are facing social, economic, or political hardships. This work enables them to reach their potential to thrive, not just survive.
Products: Handcrafted jewelry
Tree of Life Imports
www.thetreeoflifeimports.com
Mission: Tree of Life Imports supports artisan families in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. Your purchases provide income for women who work from their rural homes while caring for their families. This artistic work is usually their only option for income without migrating to urban factories or abroad. Indigenous Mayan women are world class weavers who create beautiful fashion accessories. From the village of
La Palma in a former zone of conflict in the El Salvador civil war, painters send unique wood products.
Products: Wooden crosses and wooden crafts, hand-woven and hand beaded crafts, cross jewelry from family workshops of silversmiths in Taxco
Picture from last year
Tulia’s Artisan Gallery
www.tulias.com
Mission: Tulia’s Artisan Gallery is a Chicago-based woman-owned business with a mission to showcase high quality Colombian craftsmanship by collaborating with master artisans who preserve & strengthen the diverse cultures of Colombia. Tulia’s Artisan Gallery uses fair trade principles while collaborating with our artisan partners, most of whom are indigenous and Afro-Colombians internally displaced in Colombia.
Products: Flying mobiles, home art décor, bracelets, earrings, stocking stuffers, and bronze ornaments
*You can also shop Tulia's Artisan Gallery at the CFT Pop-UP
Women at Risk, International
WAR Chest Boutique
Mission: The WAR Chest Boutique is the retail arm of the non-profit organization, Women At Risk, International (WAR, Int’l). We are a treasure chest, if you will, of unique gifts hand-crafted by or sold in support of at-risk women (and even men) in our partnering programs in over 40 countries. Our mission is two-fold. We seek to market and sell handcrafted items made by at-risk and rescued men and women from around the world, supporting culturally sensitive, value-added intervention projects, while educating our shoppers about the risks the vulnerable face in our world. We invite you to shop with a purpose at the WAR Chest Boutique!
Products: Jewelry, ornaments, soaps and lotions
www.amaniafrica.org
Mission: Our name, Amani ya Juu, is a Swahili saying which means “Peace from Above.” We are a social economic enterprise committed to peace and reconciliation for women from many African nations and cultures. We use beautiful African materials to create high quality fair trade home goods and accessories. Through our faith in God who provides a transcendent peace, we heal from the past. Together we grow in dignity and respect for one another.
Products: Home goods and accessories from Kenya and Uganda
Blossom Inspirations
www.blossominspirations.com
Mission: Blossom Inspirations is a member of the Fair Trade Federation and Chicago Fair Trade. We work directly with Peruvian artisans who have signed their craftwork for you. All of our products are eco-friendly and produced by the principles of fair trade. We personally know each of our artisans, have visited them in their homes, met their families and find ways to support them and their trade, as a pay forward.
Products: Christmas ornaments, alpaca fur toys, home décor, jewelry
Blossom Inspirations recently launched a bilingual Fair Trade book for kids, promoting diversity, inclusion and empowering women: blossominspirations.com/products/book-cuyita-wants-to-know-the-world
*You can also shop Blossom Inspirations at the CFT Pop-UP
Bright Endeavors
www.brightendeavors.org
Mission: Artfully hand-poured by the young moms in our job training program, each Bright Endeavor candle lights the way toward strong families and bright futures. By providing transitional jobs and professional skills training, Bright Endeavors illuminates a path of empowerment and possibility. 100% of proceeds support our mission. #LightTheWay
Products: Soy candles
*You can also shop Bright Endeavors at the CFT Pop-UP
Chicago Fair Trade
www.chicagofairtrade.org
Mission: Chicago Fair Trade cultivates a community dedicated to an economy that values the labor and dignity of all people. This year, CFT is partnering with two of our members, Greenola Style and Metropolis Coffee. Shop eco-friendly jewelry and luxurious hats, scarves and mittens made from the finest baby alpaca from Bolivia and Kenyan brass jewelry as well as Chicago Fair Trade Coffee from co-ops in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Peru
Products: Jewelry, hats, scarves, mittens, and coffee
Global Elements
thegetcompany.com
Mission: We are committed to working with individual skilled artisans to make handbags and accessories often out of eco-friendly materials like bamboo, re-purposed horn, recycled plastic bags. Most items are made in small quantities and some are one of a kind! We provide opportunities for the artisans who often work out of their own home while earning a fair wage. Products are made in Columbia and Vietnam.
Products: Handbags and accessories made in Vietnam and Columbia
Gracias Fair Trade
graciasfairtrade.com
Owned by Vincent and Susanne Donoghue, Gracias Fair Trade is a proud member of Chicago Fair Trade. With more than 15 years experience in fair trade, the artisans whose crafts they sell work to make their families’ and neighbors’ lives safer, healthier and happier. Everything sold is purchased from fair trade importers who are members of the Fair Trade Federation or WFTO.
Shop Gracias Fair Trade at the CFT Pop-UP!
Grain of Rice Project
grainofriceproject.org
Mission: Grain of Rice Project (GORP) is an organization based in Kenya seeking to empower Kenyans through employment and educational opportunities. GORP artisans create jewelry, bags, housewares, and accessories, using mostly recycled and scrap materials. These pieces help provide the artisans with wages to provide food, housing, and school fees for their families. GORP is based in Kibera Slum, which houses approximately 250,000 people in a 1.5 square mile area. GORP also supports a child sponsorship program, an afterschool program, and a teen soccer team ministry.
Products: Jewelry, bags, housewares, accessories
HHP – Helping Hands Partners
www.HHPlift.com
Mission: Our mission is to SPARKCHANGE™ and LIFTCOMMUNITIES™ by creating business for social impact enterprises and artisan entrepreneurs with significant barriers to fair wage employment, including people with physical and developmental disabilities, at-risk moms, survivors of violence and domestic abuse, people transforming out of homelessness or re-entering society, young adults on the spectrum, and unemployed or homeless vets. All of our products are fair trade practice, sustainably made, and support our artisan network around the globe.
Products: Made in Chicago, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Colombia, and India
*You can also shop HHP at the CFT Pop-UP
Ibeji Resource Center
Mission: Ibeji is committed to fostering individual, spiritual and economic growth. We help homeless, teenage moms gain confidence and walk with them in their journey to self sufficiency.
Products: Made in Chicago, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Colombia, and India
Itiah Designs Marketplace
Shop Itiah Online
Mission: ITIAH Designs is a collection of uniquely crafted, handmade organic ethnic designs from Haiti, Africa and India. Each piece is reflection of culture specifics.
Products: Paintings, rugs, wooden dolls
Just Haiti
www.JustHaiti.org
Mission: Just Haiti is a fair and direct trade organization. We purchase coffee from small-scale grower associations in Haiti, with no intermediary organizations, and then return all profits after sales in the U.S. directly to the farmers. Our approach enables families to support themselves and to contribute to strengthening their own communities. We believe that income generation, not charity, is the solution to poverty in Haiti. And it’s GREAT coffee! Drink Coffee, Grow Justice
Products: Coffee – ground & whole bean, Medium and Dark Roast plus Espresso ground, J Cups (their version of K cups with Haitian coffee)
*You can also shop JustHaiti at the CFT Pop-UP
KOLUNTU
koluntu.com
Mission: Unique products, 100% handcrafted by the tenacious people of South Africa. Empowering women through employment, connecting the ethical consumer of sustainable sourced, one-of-a-kind products. We are committed to aesthetic and quality, bringing you a glamourous piece of Africa to wear for a lifetime. Passionately South African, I wanted to share our gorgeous products with Americans. Dealing in “exotic” components puts us under severe scrutiny, we want people to be proud to wear something alluring but fairly made.
Products: Sustainably sourced, one-of-a-kind, handcrafted products
Malia Designs
maliadesigns.com
Mission: Malia Designs is a fair trade handbag and accessory company dedicated to fighting human trafficking. We believe one way to counteract this issue is to increase access to economic opportunity in the most affected areas. Our products are made by Fair Trade producer groups that employ disadvantaged Cambodians. By bringing their crafts to Western markets, we expand their access to a sustainable income. We also aim to help victims of human trafficking by donating to organizations working in this arena.
Products: Handbags and scarves
*You can also shop Malia Designs at the CFT Pop-UP
RefuSHE
shop.refushe.org
Mission: RefuSHE is the first organization to protect, nurture, and empower young refugee women and their children in East Africa. Through its award-winning holistic model, RefuSHE provides short and long-term support through opportunities for refugee girls to access their human rights, experience academic success and skill development, and become leaders in their communities. The artisan collective program allows members to become economically self-sufficient through the design, production, and sale of handmade textile products. 100% of proceeds from artisan collective sales are reinvested back into the programs and artisan’s livelihoods.
Products: Scarves, scrunches, jewelry, pillows, tea towels
*You can also shop RefuSHE at the CFT Pop-UP
Re:New Project
www.renewproject.org
Mission: Re:new Project creates a safe space for refugee women and sex trafficking survivors to thrive. We do this by offering employment, community, and skill training. Our Artisans sew handmade products out of upcycled material.
Products: Accessories, bags, facemasks, jewelry, baby products, home products
*You can also shop Re:New at the CFT Pop-UP
SenTEAmental Moods
www.senteamentalmoods.com
Mission: SenTEAmental Moods creates exceptional hand-crafted tea and herbal blends for flavor-filled beverages without the use of artificial flavors, sugar, salt or fats. SenTEAmental Moods blends are health beverages for those challenged with diabetes and high blood pressure. Our tea leaves are purchased from suppliers approved by the Ethical Tea Partnership with excellent track records of fair treatment for all workers and fair-trade practices. The tea leaves are blended with locally sourced and dehydrated fruits, flowers, herbs and vegetables.
Products: Tea leaves imported from India, Japan, China and Kenya.
Soko Space
sokospace.com/
Mission: Soko Space is a woman-owned business buying on a fair trade basis from groups in East Africa and Turkey. We have recycled glass items, woven baskets, textiles, and jewelry.
Products: Leather and woven bags, natural fiber baskets, recycled glass objects, jewelry and textiles are among the many products made by artisans of Kenya, Morocco, Ethiopia and Turkey.
SuSu Accessories
susuaccessories.com
Brick and mortar location: The Guild (3726 N. Southport)
Instagram: @susu_accessories
Facebook: Susu Accessories
Mission: SUSU Accessories is a Fair Trade fashion brand whose roots are buried deeply in the ancestral art of the indigenous Wayuu, living in the state of La Guajira, Colombia. SUSU handmade bags are the union of avant-garde design and Wayuu tradition. We work directly with over 350 Wayuu artisans—women heads of household—with a knitting tradition passed down for generations. Working together allows them to provide for their families, improve their livelihoods and show their wonderful, unique art to the world.
Products: Handmade handbags and accessories
*You can also shop SuSu Accessories at the CFT Pop-UP
Threads Worldwide
threadsworldwide.com/eventshare/P3449/?u=jmhavansek
Mission: Threads Worldwide creates life-changing work with women in nine countries through the fair trade of artisan jewelry. Life-changing means: work that pays a fair wage, empowering them to provide for their families and make a difference in their communities. Many of the artisans who handcraft our pieces are survivors of sex trafficking, have special needs, or are facing social, economic, or political hardships. This work enables them to reach their potential to thrive, not just survive.
Products: Handcrafted jewelry
Tree of Life Imports
www.thetreeoflifeimports.com
Mission: Tree of Life Imports supports artisan families in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. Your purchases provide income for women who work from their rural homes while caring for their families. This artistic work is usually their only option for income without migrating to urban factories or abroad. Indigenous Mayan women are world class weavers who create beautiful fashion accessories. From the village of
La Palma in a former zone of conflict in the El Salvador civil war, painters send unique wood products.
Products: Wooden crosses and wooden crafts, hand-woven and hand beaded crafts, cross jewelry from family workshops of silversmiths in Taxco
Picture from last year
Tulia’s Artisan Gallery
www.tulias.com
Mission: Tulia’s Artisan Gallery is a Chicago-based woman-owned business with a mission to showcase high quality Colombian craftsmanship by collaborating with master artisans who preserve & strengthen the diverse cultures of Colombia. Tulia’s Artisan Gallery uses fair trade principles while collaborating with our artisan partners, most of whom are indigenous and Afro-Colombians internally displaced in Colombia.
Products: Flying mobiles, home art décor, bracelets, earrings, stocking stuffers, and bronze ornaments
*You can also shop Tulia's Artisan Gallery at the CFT Pop-UP
Women at Risk, International
WAR Chest Boutique
Mission: The WAR Chest Boutique is the retail arm of the non-profit organization, Women At Risk, International (WAR, Int’l). We are a treasure chest, if you will, of unique gifts hand-crafted by or sold in support of at-risk women (and even men) in our partnering programs in over 40 countries. Our mission is two-fold. We seek to market and sell handcrafted items made by at-risk and rescued men and women from around the world, supporting culturally sensitive, value-added intervention projects, while educating our shoppers about the risks the vulnerable face in our world. We invite you to shop with a purpose at the WAR Chest Boutique!
Products: Jewelry, ornaments, soaps and lotions