How DAAP Fashion Design Needs to Challenge Racism
How DAAP Fashion Design Needs to Challenge Racism
Why this petition matters
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7-15-2020
To Faculty and Administration,
We, the students and alumni of the DAAP Fashion Design program are ready to see change. We thank you for sharing with us your thoughts and actions in the June 22nd virtual town hall. After the meeting, we all sat with what we had just heard, digested it, and prepared this letter for you.
Not only are the students and alumni ready to see change, we are committed to making the fashion program a leader
in anti-racism within design. Fashion Design students and faculty are expected to participate in all efforts to make this program anti-racist. As identity is one of the most important aspects of fashion, we see it crucial that everyone has a proper understanding of racial identity and is comfortable with their own.
This letter outlines the same four categories we spoke about during the town hall, as well as the responses the faculty and administration shared with us. Within each category, we will share the actions we expect to be taken by the school.
This letter is not finished, and is open to all students for critique. We expect this letter to change and grow as needed, and to be revisited each semester.
Decision Makers
- Timothy Jachna
- Gjoko Muratovski