Gala: Tradeswomen: Past, Present, and Future, April 20, 2007, was held at Roosevelt University. It was an evening in which tradeswomen, from retirees to apprentices, described their experiences working as women in the trades and testified to the importance of Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) in their working lives.

Tamera Guilinger acted as monitor and host. Lauren Sugerman, co-founder of Chicago Women in Trades received the Mother Jones Award.