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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, & BELONGING​

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The Complex Relationship Between Clothing and Women’s Oppression, Exploitation, & Empowerment

Co-Sponsor: Harvard Global Women’s Empowerment

 

Heather Bowie Kaye - Co-Founder @ Loop Swim

Marley Healy - Independent Scholar & Curator

Angela Latham - Professor of Theater and Performance Studies @ Governors State University

Elizabeth Semmelhack - Director and Senior Curator @ The Bata Shoe Museum

Susan Brown - Associate Curator, Textiles @ Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Sajida Shroff - CEO @ Altamont Group & President @ Harvard Alumni for Global Women’s Empowerment

Julie Palmer - Founder @ Harvard Alumni for Global Women’s Empowerment

 

The Positive and Negative Effects of Fashion and Image on Mental Health

Co-Sponsor: Harvard Alumni for Mental Health

 

Kenneth Cole - Founder @ Kenneth Cole and The Mental Health Coalition

Sreeja Kalapurakkel - Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Duke University, President @ Harvard Alumni for Mental Health

Emma Smith - Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives Lead @ Stop the Spread

 

Black Trans Lives Matter Panel

TS Madison - Actress & Producer

Ashlee Marie Preston - Activist & Founder @ youareessential.org

Michell’e Michaels - Dancer & World’s #1 Beyoncé Impersonator

Texas Isaiah - Visual Narrator

 

Justice in Fashion: Addressing Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the FL&R Sectors

Marie Watier - Director for North America @ Justice in Fashion

 

Diversity and Inclusivity as a Business Strategy for Savage X Fenty

Co-Sponsors: Harvard Black Alumni Society & Harvard Business School Retail and Luxury Goods Club

 

Christiane Pendarvis - Co-President and Chief Merchant @ Savage X Fenty

 

The Importance of Immigrants in the FL&R Industries

Kelly Koyama - Senior Vice President and General Council @ Louis Vuitton Americas

Mary Ping - Founder @ Slow and Steady Wins the Race

John Matthews - New Ventures Project Manager @ Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Erick Torres-Gonzalez - Anti-Racism Researcher @ Harvard Alumni for Fashion, Luxury, & Retail

 

LGBTQ+ Excellence in the Fashion and Creative Industries

Co-Sponsor: Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus

 

Frederic Aspiras - Hair Stylist for Lady Gaga

Courtney Mays - Stylist for Anthony Anderson, Kevin Love, & Chris Paul

Angelo Kritikos - Photographer for Demi Lovato

 

Fashion, Identity, and Mental Health in the Trans Community

Co-Sponsor: Harvard Alumni for Mental Health

 

Wilhemina De Castro - Mental Health Therapist and Change Strategist

Theodore V. Z. Longlois - Advocate Coordinator @ Tuscaloosca SAFE Center

Timothy Parent - President @ Harvard Alumni for Fashion, Luxury, & Retail

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Fashioning Liberation for the Disabled Community

Beth Kume-Holland - Founder @ Patchwork Hub

Maria O'Sullivan-Abeyratne - Founder and CEO @ Adaptista

Russel Burke - Disability Activist and Motivational Speaker

Pansy St. Battie - Disabled Model and Burlesque Performer

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ENVIRONMENTALISM

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Responsible Fashion: New Standards for a Culture of Consumption

Michael Stanley-Jones - Programme Management Officer @ UN Environment Programme Ecosystems Integration Branch

Joe Whinney - Co-Founder @ Pylon, Founder @ Theo Chocolate

Hanna Hallin - Global Sustainability Manager @ Treadler

 

Freeing Fashion from Predatory Capitalism, Cultural Imperialism, and Extractive Systems

Samantha Haran - Fashion/Culture Writer & Law Student @ The University of Queensland

 

Impact Consumption’s Role in Peacebuilding

Marije de Roos - CEO @ Positive Fibers

 

Circular Design: From Asia to the World

Co-Sponsor: Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment

 

Christina Dean - Founder @ Redress

Grace Lant - Co-Founder @ Love from Blue

 

Better Design with the School of WRÅD

Co-Sponsors: Harvard Alumni for Education & Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment

 

Sara Sozzani Maino - Deputy Director @ Vogue Italia & Head of Vogue Talents

Matteo Ward - Co-Founder @ WRÅD

 

Fashion Revolution Week Classroom: Regenerating Local Communities, Economies, and Environments

Co-Sponsor: Fashion Revolution USA

 

Timothy Parent - President @ Harvard Alumni for Fashion, Luxury, & Retail

Amy Hall - Founder and President @ Impactorum

Giselle Jimenez - Artist & Educator

Mitchell Henderson - Associate Designer @ Querencia Studio

 

Positive Social and Environmental Impact through Regenerative Travel

Co-Sponsors: Harvard Alumni in Travel and Hospitality & Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment

 

Amanda Ho - Co-Founder and CEO @ Regenerative Travel

O’Shannon Burns - Ecosystem Steward @ Regenerative Travel

Portia Hart - Owner @ Manzana Azul

 

Fashion’s Impact on Ocean Health

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff - Consultant on Climate and Conservation

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INNOVATION

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2021 FL&R AWARDS

Awarded to: Fashion Girls for Humanity

 

Julie Gilhart - Chief Development Officer @ Tomorrow London

Tomoko Ogura - Brand Director @ Sea New York

Kikka Hanazawa - CEO @ VPL

Miki Higasa - President @ Kaleidoscope Consulting

Jenny Jao - Director of Finance @ BlackLine

Andrew Jacobs - Chief Operating Officer @ Green Tiger Markets

Mari Fujiuchi - Associate @ Kaleidoscope Consulting

Kendall Nash - Producer and Show Director @ Dayburn New York

 

Global Networking Night: Connecting for Collective Action through Tech

Co-Sponsor: Harvard Alumni Association

 

​​Jacqueline Corbelli - Founder @ SustainChain

 

Digital Learning Day with The Hopenclass

Sissi Johnson - Founder @ SelfSells and The Hopenclass

 

Female Entrepreneurs in Fashion Tech

Co-Sponsors: Harvard in Tech & Harvard Global Women’s Empowerment

 

Julie Bornstein - Founder @ THE YES

Zornitza Stefanova - Founder @ BSPK

Alissa Aulbekova - Co-Founder @ Auroboros

Paula Sello - Co-Founder @ Auroboros

Sonia Dara - Global Surface Marketing Customer Advocacy Lead @ Microsoft

 

Retail After COVID: A Decade of Retail (r)Evolution

Sucharita Kodali - Senior Retail Analyst @ Forrester

Elizabeth Preis - CMO @ Anthropologie

Stuart Silverman - CEO @ becco.io

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2022 FL&R AWARDS

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Virgil Abloh - FL&R Award Recipient

Jérôme Lamaar - Fashion Award Recipient

Jason Wu - Luxury Award Recipient

DRESSX - Retail Award Recipient

Slow Factory - Education Award Recipient