Hi Reader,

We hope your summer is off to a great start! We’re about 100 days away from the fall program! 🎉 Thank you for being a part of our volunteer team and for your interest to help shape what happens this Sustainable Fashion Week.

We are so excited to kick off this season with you and build a more sustainable and fair fashion industry. The purpose of this volunteer-specific newsletter is to provide an overview of the things we speak about in the Slack channel and an overview of upcoming events or milestones.

June Announcements

Where we need help:

We need volunteers to help us with outreach and planning more events for September. Below are the general topics we still need events on (Chicago-based experts are preferred but not required):

• Agriculture issues and how it relates to fashion
• Microplastics pollution
• Plus-size fashion
• Queer fashion
• Menswear
• Global secondhand clothing trade
• Ethics of fashion — what are the issues and what is an ethical industry?

Designer outreach. We need help contacting sustainable brands and designers on our list and inviting them to be a part of the runway shows.

🚨 Action required: Please complete this short form to set upcoming volunteer meetings.

📲 Join the Slack channel! If you haven’t already, please join this free Slack channel. This is where we primarily communicate and collaborate on projects.
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🗓️ Save the date: Summer Clothing Swap, Saturday June 21st

📍Logan Square

Clean out your closet and find new-to-you pieces for the season. This is a great chance to mingle and meet new friends and shop sustainably. $10 entry, unlimited swaps. Get tickets​

Kindly,

Macaila & Sophia