At the Chicago Fair Trade Museum, find out how fair trade provides a people and planet-friendly alternative to exploitative mainstream global trade, and learn about Chicago’s important role in the global labor rights movement. Discover how you can help build a better world by bringing fair trade into your daily life, and shop for beautiful, one-of-a-kind items in their fair trade store!
Join in for the World Fair Trade Day Week Celebrations! World Fair Trade Day is an inclusive worldwide festival of events celebrating fair trade and its critical role in combating income inequality, exploitation, and climate change. Hundreds of celebrations will take place in May in over seventy countries. Chicago’s celebration is the biggest World Fair Trade Day event in the US.
Check out the full calendar of events on their website.