Title

Outsiders Are In: Paving the Way As a Black Creative

Contributor Names

Brooks, Kiana (Moderator)

Chimilio, Alex (Panelist)

Ishola-Ayodeji, Abi (Panelist)

Mckesson, DeRay, 1985- (Panelist)

Stephenson, Ashley (Panelist)

Wallace, Devan Lynne (Panelist)

Date

2023-02-01

Description

As part of FIT’s Black History Month programming, the Black Retail Action Group and Black Student Union are partnering with Alumni Relations to host an alumni panel and networking mixer. Alumni are invited to attend the panel and stay for the networking portion of the evening where current students will have the opportunity to meet and speak with alumni. Light refreshments will be served. The highlight of the evening will be a panel of black FIT alumni working in a variety of industries who will speak on their individual pathways to success and career journeys moderated by alumna Kiana Brooks.

Moderated by Kiana Brooks

Panelists: Marielle Bobo, editor-in-chief and senior vice president of programming at Ebony Media; Alex Chimilio, creative director at Weatherproof Vintage; Abi Ishola-Ayodeji, journalist and author; DeRay Mckesson, American civil rights activist; Ashley Stephenson, executive assistant to Dapper Dan; Devan Lynne Wallace, senior public relations manager at Louis Vuitton

Type

Discussions (events)

Moving Image

Subject

African Americans

African American History Month

Minorities

Multiculturalism

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). BRAG Club

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_001056