07/29/2021
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Sustainable Fashion Week at Dartmouth

This summer, we wanted to take a focused look at how sustainability intersects with the fashion industry. Whether we intend to or not, we all interact with the fashion industry in some capacity, and we are excited to engage with this topic through community discussions, opportunities for learning, celebrating our creativity and uniqueness, and taking action to make positive changes to make the fashion industry more sustainable, just, and equitable.
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03/26/2021
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Decolonizing Fashion with Aditi Mayer

Join Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) at Fordham University in conversation with Aditi Mayer on decolonizing fashion. At APAC, we strive to educate people on the different cultural aspects of Asia, and this month we are focusing on South Asian fashion.
03/24/2021
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PANELIST | Decolonizing Fast Fashion: A Living Wage and Good Working Conditions for Women of the Global South

Join us as we discuss how the fast fashion industry is a multimillion dollar industry that has perpetuated poverty in the global south due an overall lack of regulation of neoliberal economic policies. Our panel of global fast fashion activists and economists will diverge into an interactive conversation around the colonial origins of our international economic transactions, and what we can do to end these neo-colonial relationships that encompass millions of women and girls in the global south.
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03/18/2021
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PANELIST | An introduction to holding the fashion industry to account

As the world ponders high fashion trends and highstreet retailers aim to provide a budget friendly version, the climate conscious among us are instead focused on this question: what is fashion’s role in the climate justice movement? As a large culprit, both in their carbon footprint and their unethical exploitation of supply chains, it's undeniable that something needs to change in the fashion industry. In fact, this has already been partially addressed by retailers, with outwards facing green commitments being used in advertising campaigns across the board, authentic or otherwise. So where do we stand? How do we move beyond fashions reputation as frivolous and use fashion instead as a legitimate force for climate justice?
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03/06/2021
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PANELIST | The Online Medium: Strategies for climate justice activism in the age of social media

In an era defined by the overlapping global crises of pandemic, climate change and white supremacy, there is no shortage of issues to advocate for. While COVID-19 has forced almost all organizing online, social media has proven to be a strong (and now integral) tool for modern day activism. Join us on March 6th, 12-1PM PST for our panel, The Online Medium: Strategies for climate justice activism in the age of social media, to learn from environmental justice activists Diandra Marizet, Aditi Mayer, and others about best practices, storytelling and more.
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01/20/2021
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MODERATOR | Fashion Open Studio x Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Activism Panel

Fashion and activism go hand in hand. The fashion industry impacts on the environment and society in so many ways, and the two are completely interlinked. The pandemic has accelerated anxiety about climate change, and has highlighted the fundamental inequity of the system. We are all connected, but why must the worker at the bottom of the chain always bear the most impact? How do we activate change from within the industry?
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