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Civility Week 2021: Keynote Presenter: Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
No full textDr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an award-winning associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education, Black girl literacies, and Black and Latinx male high school students. A sought-after speaker on issues of race, culturally responsive pedagogy, and diversity, Sealey-Ruiz works with K-12 and higher education school communities to increase their racial literacy knowledge and move toward more equitable school experiences for their Black and Latinx students. Sealey-Ruiz appeared in Spike Lee’s 2 Fists Up: We Gon’ Be Alright, a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Her co-authored book with Dr. Detra Price-Dennis, Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Toward Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces, will be published in April 2021.Her first full-length collection of poetry, Love from the Vortex & Other Poems (Kalediscope Vibrations LLC), was published in March 2020, and her sophomore book of poetry, The Peace Chronicles, was released in July.FIT’s civility initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to behave with civility. A community upholding civility respects the rights of individuals and groups. It is characterized by understanding and considerations of the differences among members of the community. The diversity of the college adds to the richness of campus life, and FIT expects all members of the community to respect both differences and commonalities
FIT Authors Talks: Richie Narvaez
No full textAdjunct Assistant Professor Richie Narvaez talks about his book, Hipster Death Rattle.In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the hippest neighborhood in New York, slacker reporter Tony Moran and his ex Magaly Fernandez get caught up in a missing person’s case—all the while avoiding a serial killer on the loose. Filled with a cast of colorful characters and told with sardonic wit, this fast-moving, intricately plotted novel plays out against a backdrop of rapid gentrification, skyrocketing rents, and class tension. New Yorkers and anyone fascinated with the city will love the story’s details, written like only a true native could.Among its accolades, Hipster Death Rattle was listed as a Best of 2019 Suspense Thriller by Suspense Magazine, and it was included as one of Latina Book Club‘s 2019 Books of the Year.FIT Authors Talks is part of the Love your Library events series and is an initiative of the FIT Library that brings authors from our community to speak about their work. From photography to fashion illustration, fiction writing to art, these talks encompass a multitude of projects and themes and celebrate creativity
Changemakers in Action: Opening Remarks by Karen Pearson
No full textSustainability Council Chair, Karen Pearson, provides the opening remarks to the 15th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference
Changemakers in Action: Keynote Speaker: Eileen Fisher
No full textEmily Farra, Senior Fashion News Writer, Vogue, in conversation with keynote speaker and fashion designer Eileen Fisher.Fisher ventured into clothing design in 1984. Her original concept— simple, timeless pieces that work together to help women get dressed easily—still defines the company’s collections, which are sold at 66 EILEEN FISHER stores and over 300 department and specialty stores across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, as well as at two Renew stores as part of the company’s innovative recycling program.In 2009, EILEEN FISHER started a take-back program—part of a circular system designed to preserve the value of the brand’s clothes at every stage, in any condition. The company has taken back over 1.3 million garments to date, transforming damaged clothes into one-of-a-kind artworks, pillows, wall hangings and accessories using a custom felting technique that requires no water or dyes. In spring 2015, EILEEN FISHER announced VISION2020, a bold five-year plan that addresses sustainability and human rights. In keeping with Fisher’s belief in collaboration, VISION2020 calls for partnering with other brands to shift the fashion industry
Changemakers in Action: Changemakers in Technology
No full text"Changemakers in Technology" panel with Jacqueline Corbelli and Julia Perry of SustainChain, Elizabeth Cabral of Purpose and Perspective, and Lewis Perkins of Apparel Impact Institute
Changemakers in Action: Changemakers in Media: Sustainable Voices in the Fashion Industry
No full text"Changemakers in Media: Sustainable Voices in the Fashion Industry" panel with Brittany Sierra of Sustainable Fashion Forum, Ayesha Barenblat of re/make, and Whitney Bauck, moderated by Karina Givargisoff of Mission Magazine
Sustainability Awareness Week 2021: SustainChain: UN Sustainable development goals
No full textJoin us as Joanna Hall, executive director of the US Coalition on Sustainability shares her vision and mission for SustainChain™; the world's first public utility platform to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. Hear first hand what it's like to be tapped by the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations for such an ambitious mission. We'll explore how FIT can leverage the platform to advance our own Sustainability efforts and connect it to the SDG's and the broader SDG ecosystem in the process.Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During virtual Sustainability Awareness Week, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, FIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni; experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth; and discover new ways to live with a smaller footprint
FIT Authors Talks: Alexandra Schwartz on Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art
No full textArt Market Studies professor Alexandra Schwartz reads from her book, Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art. Chronicling contemporary art’s engagement with costume, Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art shows how visual artists around the globe are using garments to examine issues of subjectivity, identity and difference. Featuring 35 international artists, Garmenting is organized around five interrelated themes: functionality, cultural difference, gender, activism, and performance
Faces and Places in Fashion: Andrew Rosen
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.Founder and president of the design company and retail operation Theory, Inc., Andrew Rosen describes his early years working with Calvin Klein before starting Theory, Inc. in 1997. After Theory was bought by the Japanese company Fast Retailing which owns Uniqlo, Rosen explains the challenges of working for a huge global enterprise. His interest has consistently been the contemporary segment of the apparel market. He also talks about the next generation of the fashion industry, the importance of globalization, changes in advertising, and shopping patterns.Recorded at the Fashion Institute of Technology amphitheatre on Nov. 1, 2010
Bergdorf Goodman Oral History Series: Edwin Goodman
No full textValerie Steele and Estelle Ellis interview Edwin Goodman, grandson of the founder of the Bergdorf Goodman department store. Edwin was interviewed with his mother, Nena Goodman, wife to Andrew Goodman, in the room, and speaks up periodically in the beginning and the end of Edwin's interview. Edwin speaks of his short stint working for the store, and candidly speaks of why he didn't stay on. He talks about the fashion industry, his time at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and his family