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29 Apr

Closely Crafted Goals to Support the Next Generation of Craftspeople

Closely Crafted Goals to Support the Next Generation of Craftspeople
The word is getting out about Closely Crafted. The organization was founded by milliner and accessories designer Gigi Burris O’Hara in the course of the pandemic with a mission to coach and train up-and-coming talent to preserve craftsmanship within the American fashion industry. The impetus for the group’s creation got here after Burris O’Hara watched so many other Recent York City-based factories close, resulting in a dearth of artisans for each her business and others. So she rallied quite a few her industry friends to hitch her within the cause to preserve and revitalize quality American goods including Nike’s Matthew Kneller, fashion attorney Douglas Hand, Public School’s Maxwell Osbourne, Markarian’s Alexandra O’Neill and others.  On Tuesday, the organization held its first fundraiser at the...
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24 Apr

Grant Blvd Opens on University of Pennsylvania Campus, Goals

Grant Blvd Opens on University of Pennsylvania Campus, Goals
With the opening of Grant Blvd, Kimberly McGlonn has turn out to be the primary Black business owner to have a location on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus. The 900-square-foot boutique bowed Saturday and is the newest addition to the varsity’s retail district, which covers 10 city blocks and houses tons of of stores and restaurants. Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services is working with consultants to create a recent retail master plan and is polling students, faculty, staff and neighbors about their shopping and dining habits and preferences. With greater than 28,000 enrolled students, the university offers not only a built-in community but in addition a forward-thinking one. Grant Blvd founder McGlonn noted how its international community is “considering very otherwise...
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11 Apr

NYCEDC Goals to Connect Women in Tech and the

NYCEDC Goals to Connect Women in Tech and the
Recent York City Economic Development Corporation is rolling out the subsequent phase of its Women.NYC initiative with “The Network.” As its name suggests, the platform is designed to attach women in the town’s five boroughs to assist them advance and pinpoint opportunities in emerging fields like technology, the green economy, life sciences and offshore wind. Participants can pick from three sorts of program, comparable to virtual one-on-one office hours, small group discussions, or shadowing more seasoned executives. They will even have the possibility to become involved through quarterly events. The goal is to attach greater than 1,000 women across all of The Network’s channels in the primary 12 months. A NYCEDC spokesperson said via email Monday that The Platform broadly ties into fashion...
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2 Dec

Here’s How An African-American Culture Class Goals To Keep

Here’s How An African-American Culture Class Goals To Keep
Hill Street Studios An African-American culture class that has helped change the lives of youth at city schools in Roanoke, VA is now available to the general public. The organization Total Motion for Progress (TAP) first introduced the category, African American Culture and Contemporary Issues (AACCI), in 2008 to forestall young Black men from dropping out of highschool, based on The Roanoke Times. TAP’s youth services and education manager Lateefah Trent told the newspaper that students typically drop out of faculty because they aren't optimistic in regards to the future.  “They don’t feel like they’re going to essentially live past age of 21 or 25, or that they’re not going to amount anything, so ‘What’s the purpose?’” Trent said. But, Trent says AACCI class teaches...
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