Volume 8 - Week of April 26, 2021
Dear GCNYC Community,
I hope you are all well and looking ahead to a great week.
As we begin Tri-C, we have several events planned throughout this term which I am excited to share with you.
I have heard your requests to gain more experience and knowledge about the sustainability management and consulting space and am happy to share Lauren Hood, Sustainability Consultant at Corporate Citizenship, will be joining us for our next installment of Career Conversations this Thursday. We are going to discuss and breakdown what it took for her to transition from Production and Sustainability Manager at Mara Hoffman to the world of consulting. See below for registration details.
Mark your calendars May 18 for the following Career Conversation with GCNYC alumna Shannon Welch, Sustainability Division Director at Chapter 2 Agency and Director of Strategic Initiatives & Creative Partnerships for Fashion Revolution USA!
The Center for Social Impact and Innovation has a series of amazing flagship programming for this term, kicking off May 13 with The Frontline of Fashion: Imagining an Equitable Future for Retail Workers. Alumna Mia Lupo and I have collected an exciting panel of experts including Ron Thurston, VP of Stores at Intermix and author of Retail Pride: The Guide to Celebrating Your Accidental Career; Scot Case, VP of CSR and Sustainability for the National Retail Federation; Chelsea Connor, Director of Communications and Media Relations for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; and Stephanie Luce, Professor of labor studies at the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute. This panel includes breakout sessions with panelist so your participation is integral to the success. Please see more details and an opportunity to register below.
Do you have an exciting idea for an event or want to be more involved with Career Services programming? Let's chat!
Have a great week ahead.
Warmly,
Michelle Gabriel
Director of Career Services and Strategic Partnerships
michelle.gabriel@gcu.ac.uk
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In this role, you will focus on researching, maintaining, developing, and executing, a variety of sustainability and ESG programs across JetBlue. The Manager will ensure robust oversight of multiple programs, ensuring the airline is able to maximize opportunities and minimize risk arising from key environmental, social, and governance topics.
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RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
Frontline of Fashion Survey
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Help alumna Mia Lupo and myself in our research supporting the upcoming Frontline of Fashion panel event. We are collecting via survey the experiences of American frontline fashion retail workers in order to bring their experiences to the event conversation.
The full survey results and analysis will be published as a follow-up after the panel discussion.
Please help to take the survey if you work in in-store fashion retail or help to distribute if your network works in this area.
Thank you!
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Career Conversations:
How Did You Get That Job?
Thursday, April 29 2021
6-7pm EST
Featuring Lauren Hood
Sustainability Consultant,
Corporate Citizenship
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Sometimes we just learn best by example. In our Career Conversations series, we engage with impact + sustainability professionals, with particular focus on our GCNYC alumni network, in order to illustrate through example what working in impact + sustainability looks like, break down the intentional and accidental steps that lead to their current position, and have an open dialog for your questions.
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GCNYC's Center for Social Impact and Innovation Presents
The Frontline of Fashion: Imagining an Equitable Future for Retail Employees
Thursday, May 13 2021
6-730pm EST
Panelists to be Announced
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‘The Frontline of Fashion: Imagining an Equitable Future for Retail Workers’ panel brings together brand leadership, labor advocacy, journalists, and academics for a dynamic and engaging conversation about creating a more equitable future for retail workers while envisioning the next stage of fashion retail.
This panel discussion will explore the current social, economic and organizational challenges facing fashion’s brick-and-mortar retail and the impact those challenges have on the value of frontline employees and individuals in the retail value chain. This panel will also discuss how in understanding these challenges, we might build new dynamics for fashion retail that support retail workers and fashion brands.
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Career Conversations:
How Did You Get That Job?
Tuesday, May 18 2021
5-6pm EST
Featuring Shannon Welch
Sustainability Division Director, Chapter 2 Agency and Director of Strategic Initiatives & Creative Partnerships, Fashion Revolution USA
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Sometimes we just learn best by example. In our Career Conversations series, we engage with impact + sustainability professionals, with particular focus on our GCNYC alumni network, in order to illustrate through example what working in impact + sustainability looks like, break down the intentional and accidental steps that lead to their current position, and have an open dialog for your questions.
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April 27, 2021
Sustainable Fashion Alliance in partnership with Reclaim Collaborative and Vogue Business: Reclaiming the Climate Narrative
Due to deep rooted power dynamics in supply chains, missing from the dominant dialog are the voices of producers on the frontlines who are combating climate change and creating real solutions within their communities. Join us for a conversation amplifying the voices of those setting a new standard for how things can be done differently, with consideration for the planet and people.
This panel is organized by Reclaim Collaborative, Art of Citizenry, Wildlife Works, with support from Vogue Business.
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April 28, 2021
Be Social Change: Storytelling for Social Change
Join acclaimed activist, speaker, and videographer Life Escobar for a virtual workshop about the power of storytelling in social change movements. Life will speak to their experience crafting and documenting stories in war zones, in places of political upheaval, and as part of their own journey of healing.
In this moment in time, the unifying power of stories is not to be underestimated. Gain skills for personal and professional storytelling through this online workshop. Hear from Life how to identify and convey stories that will lead to change as well as gain excellent storytelling skills.
Learn to share stories that will build a movement, foster empathy and compassion, transform understanding, and lead to true social change.
Build skills in:
storytelling
communication
empathy-based stories
story arcs
movement building
crafting stories
This workshop is for you if you’re:
wanting to unleash the power of storytelling to build a movement or create impact within your communities
facing difficult conversations where storytelling could lead to breakthroughs
wanting to speak in ways that bring people into the work and missions you care about
ready to make an empathy-centered impact
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June 8-10, 2021
Social Impact Summit 2021
Social Innovation Summit 2021 will be held virtually on June 8-10, bringing together the top leaders from around the world for a unique series of discussions, debates and networking opportunities. Each session included a different combination of speakers, formats, workshops, breakouts, networking opportunities, and VIP Sessions focused on a specific social impact theme: Responsible Leadership in Times of Crisis; COVID Relief; Economic Empowerment & The Future of Work; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging; Impact Investing, SDGs, & Philanthropy; Mental Health and Wellness; and Education, Youth & Next Gen Learning.
The Social Innovation Summit is an annual event that represents a global convening of black swans and wayward thinkers. Where most bring together luminaries to explore the next big idea, we bring together those hungry not just to talk about the next big thing, but to build it.
Social Innovation Summit has always prided ourselves on being a community of people who are motivated to take action. In this time of crisis, our network can rise to the occasion and we can serve as the virtual convening place where the most important conversations take place for vital partnerships to be quickly developed and quickly engaged.
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June 15-17, 2021
Circularity 21
The circular economy is a bold vision for tomorrow — and today — empowering leaders across industries and communities to increase resilience, mitigate climate risk and unlock new business opportunities. Circularity 21, the largest online circular economy event, offers an engaging and informative program, expo and networking opportunities. Join the growing global community of thousands of visionaries and practitioners to learn, connect and accelerate the circular economy.
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July 27-28, 2021
VERGE Net Zero
Join more than 5,000 professionals working on sustainability, supply chains, facilities, fleets, manufacturing and other key areas to learn from leaders behind the private sector’s most ambitious carbon targets.
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Schedule your 1:1 Appointment
If you would like to make an appointment for a 1:1 for career support with Michelle, click the button below or reach out directly to michelle.gabriel@gcu.ac.uk.
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Event Recordings
Click on the link below to view the recordings from our previous Zoom Workshops & Events.
Please note that this link has been updated. The link in all previous community update emails will no longer work.
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