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    Holiday Market and Exchange

    Blue promo with off-white text reads Holiday Market and Exchange

    A day of creativity, service, and gift-giving with Chicagoland vendors

    • National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada Street, Chicago, IL 60607

    • Free
    • Register

    The first-ever Holiday Market in our new home offers a space to celebrate, create, and share in service of gratitude.

    Join the National Public Housing Museum for an afternoon vendor market and workshops with local artists, makers, and other creative entrepreneurs.

    From selling candy in Cabrini-Green Homes to doing hair in home-based salons in Houston, public housing residents and other low income communities leverage their creative practices and cooperative networks to sustain their families and build vibrant ecosystems, despite historical disinvestment.

    Register

    FREE admission, hands-on workshops, and cake. Please register in advance.

    This program is presented as part of our Empowerment Hub program, which is generously supported by Polk Bros. Foundation and the Kresge Foundation.

    Participating vendors and artists

    In addition to a spirited market featuring a diverse array of goods and services, this event features hands-on workshops led by creatives and organizers whose practices visualize, honor, document, adorn, and remember those people, places and practices that came before us. 

    • DJ Slugo Music
    • Just Seeds
    • Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
    • I AM HER Foundation
    • oyani wynne
    • Reformed School
    • Flesh x Bone Works
    • SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE LLC
    • Aniece Apothecary and Bodywork
    • Ruby Fine Hibiscus Tea
    • Callie Decor
    • Kitchen Shenanigans LLC
    • Pedal Pusher Vintage
    • Cyelo
    • Kennedy Free
    • Jones Corner Store
    • Angela’s Heart Strings
    • Homegirls Hummus
    • The Struggling Black Girl Magic Club
    • Revel With a Cause Designs
    • Melted Bonded Jewelry
    • Voice of the People Chicago
    • Kathy’s Creams and Things

    List as of November 20, 2025

    Request for donations

    We’re also teaming up with the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness to collect donations during the event.

    Hygiene Items
    New and unopened, travel size:

    • Soap
    • Toothpaste
    • Toothbrush
    • Deodorant
    • Mouthwash
    • Wipes
    • Floss
    • Hand Sanitizer
    • KN95 Masks
    • Covid Tests

    Winter Readiness Items
    New and unused

    • Hats
    • Gloves
    • Socks
    • Scarves
    • Hand warmers

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