Our Mission
WomanCraft, a social enterprise of Heartland Human Care Services, located in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, uses recycled office paper and reclaimed flowers to create unique, sustainable, handmade paper products, such as wildflower seed notecards, memory books, gift tags, frames and custom wedding invitations. WomanCraft provides artisan positions and transitional jobs to women facing barriers to employment, so that they may earn income, improve job skills, build a work history and increase economic self-sufficiency. WomanCraft is a winner of Mayor Daley's GreenWorks Award for environmentally responsible products! Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights champions the human rights and improves the lives of men, women and children who are threatened by poverty or danger. For more than 100 years, the organization has been providing solutions – both through services and policy – that move individuals from crisis to stability and on to success. Heartland Alliance’s work in housing, health care, legal protections and economic security serves more than 100,000 people annually, helping them improve their lives. Heartland Human Care Services provides the largest Transitional Jobs program in the Chicago region – and is the host agency for the National Transitional Jobs Network.WomanCraft Vision Statement
By 2010, WomanCraft will be successful in meeting business and social bottom lines through effective business strategies, expansion of the workforce and development of active artisan leadership.
WomanCraft Value Statements
We believe in the right to a safe, supportive workplace and progressive compensation for artisans and staff.
We believe artisan leadership development is essential to the success of WomanCraft.
We believe in solid business strategies such as market penetration, product development and branding.
We believe WomanCraft must achieve financial autonomy to work as a partner with Heartland Alliance.
