Faith Based Members

Berry United Methodist Church

Berry UMC offers education on fair trade as part of it's ministry, hosting a fair trade market twice a year, a study group Conscious Consuming and the promotion and practice of environmental sustainability. It is also a distribution site for CSA vegetables.

Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services works overseas to provide assistance to struggling low-income coffee farmers. Here in the United States, CRS supports those farmers by promoting Fair Trade—an alternative system of international trade that is rooted in the principles of human dignity, economic justice and global solidarity. To learn more about activities in the Chicago area, contact the Midwest Office at 312-733-5124 or email crsmidwest@crs.org

3rd Unitarian Social Action Committee

The Social Action Committee (SAC) of Chicago's Third Unitarian Church is committed to activities that promote social change for peace and justice. Our focus ranges from international to local reflecting the interests of our members, our progressive viewpoint and our location on Chicago’s West Side.

Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer, Episcopal

 

Chicago Religious Leadership Network

Responding to the call of Latin America’s poor majorities, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN) is an interfaith information and action network that mobilizes religious leaders and congregations in Illinois to advance peace, justice and human rights in our hemisphere. Through speakers, workshops, monthly membership updates, advocacy action initiatives, visits to Latin America, and meetings with U.S. policy-makers, CRLN engages religious leaders to speak out for more just U.S. policies in our hemisphere.

St. Giles Church

St. Giles Church sponsors Fair Trade coffee sales four times per year. The church uses only Fair Trade coffee at church sponsored events and educates about Fair Trade.

School Sisters of Notre Dame (NAMA)

Our mission is to proclaim the good news as School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), directing our entire lives toward that oneness for which Jesus Christ was sent. Our ministry is directed toward education. For us that means enabling persons to reach the fullness of their potential as individuals created in God's image and assisting them to direct their gifts toward building the earth. Committed to this goal, we respond to varying needs of church and world through a diversity of ministries. We strive to live and work in ways that reflect and promote the values Christ lived and taught. Our common heritage and charism, our community life and mission promote and strengthen the unity which binds our Sisters—across nations and cultures–to Christ, to one another and to the people to whom we are sent.

8th Day Center for Justice

8th Day Center for Justice: 205 W. Monroe Chicago 60606 (Phone: 312-641-5151) Impelled by the belief that all creation is sacred and inter-related; Imbued with the principles of nonviolence, mutuality and cooperation; 8th Day Center for Justice, a coalition of Catholic, religious congregations, commits to act as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and to work actively to change those systems.

Old St. Patrick's Church (Justice Initiative)

Old St. Patrick’s mission is to serve the life and work of the laity in the world. At the crossroads of an historic past and a promising future, engaged in a challenging present and in the midst of the rich diversity of Chicago, we are convinced that the mystery of Jesus Christ’s life, death and resurrection unfolds within human life. In response: * We resolve to probe the meaning of our adult experience of self, work, relationships, and family, that guided by the Holy Spirit, we might express our faith in our life activities and responsibilities. * We choose to celebrate the goodness of life by continually creating an experience of hospitality, friendship, prayer and service that responds to human needs. * We commit ourselves to embody and advocate the values and actions that arise from our shared reflection. We hope to influence our society in positive ways. Together, we embrace the mission of Jesus Christ, so that others may experience the rich promise of God’s love for our world.

Solidarity Clothing

Solidarity Clothing is the Fair Trade program of Solidarity Bridge, the Chicago Catholic medical, educational and enterprise mission, affiliated with the Archdiocese of Chicago. We have worked in Bolivia for two years to establish sewing cooperatives with Quechua women.

Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ

Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ is a Christian church with a focus on living our faith in action. We operate on Sundays a fair trade co-operative that we use to support Maya Vinic, a small co-operative in Mexico, and to discuss larger trade issues, making links between economics here in Chicago and the larger world. We have expanded our Coop to include other fair trade products such as chocolate, cocoa and olive oil.

Our Savious's Lutheran Church

We sell fairly traded items at the church and are connected to the sale and products of Mayaworks.

Union Church of Hinsdale

The Christian Social Justice Ministry at Union Church of Hinsdale advocates for programs that promote social justice in the world. They serve fair trade coffee at the church and work for expanded education on fair trade.

Eco-Justice Collaborative

Eco-Justice Collaborative (EJC) views Creation as a sacred act of a loving God, and sees each human being as responsible for honoring that gift through daily actions of stewardship that sustain and protect the integrity of life. EJC is committed to trade practices that foster economic justice, cultural identity and sustainable living. Through our educational programs and lifestyles groups, Eco-Justice Collaborative helps participants understand the impacts of Free Trade and presents Fair Trade as an alternative that ensures workers and our earth are treated justly, rather than exploited by the current free-market economy.

St. John's Episcopal Church

The Genesis group at St. John's is a committee that focuses on environmental and social justice issues. The group first inaugurated in January 2007. St. John's only serves fair trade coffee at church gatherings, hosts fair trade events and film screenings.

Glenview United Methodist Church

Glenview United Methodist Church serves Fair Trade certified coffee for all related church functions, they provide their members with information and literature on Fair Trade as well as promoting environmentally sound and sustainable practices at home and at church. Located at 727 N. Harlem Drive Glenview IL 60025

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dekalb

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dekalb (UUFD) is a church whose social justice committee sells Fair Trade Coffee, Tea and Cocoa from Equal Exchange. The UUFD board of trustees has instituted a policy that only Fair Trade coffee be purchased to meet the needs of the fellowship.

Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran has been selling an serving Fair Trade products for over 2 years, they host fair trade film screenings, fairs and table at events. You can also enjoy an open mic once a month with live music, fair trade coffee and resources on fair trade.