THIS IS THE NEW GENERATION
- Jonit Bookheim
- 11 Feb, 2013
The next generation of fashionistas walked the runway last week at Northside College Prep High School in Chicago. They rocked the looks, but the coolest... Read More ››
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The next generation of fashionistas walked the runway last week at Northside College Prep High School in Chicago. They rocked the looks, but the coolest... Read More ››
The Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition, with its 90+ organizational members, works on advocacy and policy development in the maternal and child health field. IMCHC... Read More ››
The pre-Inca archaeological site of Chotuna, Peru, is a stunning 235-acre monumental temple complex where several royal tombs have been discovered. Despite the site’s treasure... Read More ››
Good news! I reached my first pledged goal of $400, so I raised it to $800! Let’s keep the donations rolling in… I’m at $510. Thank you... Read More ››
Hello, My name is Ashley and I am a journalist at Columbia College Chicago. I am currently writing a story on fair trade accessories and... Read More ››
Mata Traders is a fair trade fashion company, and we take both parts of that description very seriously. Our clothes and jewelry are manufactured by... Read More ››
^ The motto of most Americans. We don’t have to wait, so why should we? With easy, cheap fashion at our fingertips, larger companies know that they... Read More ››
Wondering how to transition your favorite Mata pieces into fall?Let me show you how I do it! Read More ››
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It’s one of the few times that we can all tap into our inner child, dress up, and... Read More ››
Mata Traders does it once again. Their color inspiration for this season was heavily deco-inspired. They are calling it ‘Romantic Folk Style’. The prints are... Read More ››
One of the most amazing summer opportunities for American teachers is Teach With Africa. This non-profit organization places experienced educators in underserved schools in South Africa to... Read More ››
About 1 in 8 people in the world lives in a slum. By mid-century, with the population at more than 9 billion, the ratio would be... Read More ››
After graduating college in 2010, midwestern girl Kat Vallera knew what she wanted to do – see the world – and she signed up to... Read More ››
Hillary Clinton is thought of as a heroine to many women, but who are her heroines? One of them is Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association... Read More ››
India has more child laborers than any other country in the world (somewhere between 12 to 45 million between the ages of 5 and 14),... Read More ››
Today is World Day Against Child Labor. India has more child laborers than any other country in the world (somewhere between 12 to 45 million... Read More ››
Yes, it did. On Monday, Chicago Fair Trade is screening the documentary, Bananas!*, the story of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers suing Dole Food in a ground-breaking... Read More ››
Our Charity of the Month for June is the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, aka CAASE. Their work includes prevention, policy reform, community engagement, and legal... Read More ››
I’ve long been an admirer of Human Rights Watch. In fact, when I went to grad school and studied trans-national advocacy, I considered them my dream... Read More ››