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Previous Speaking Engagements:

KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Decolonizing Fashion with Aditi Mayer

Join Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) at Fordham University in conversation with Aditi Mayer on decolonizing fashion. At APAC, we strive to educate people on the different cultural aspects of Asia, and this month we are focusing on South Asian fashion.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Bridging Intersectionality and Decolonization with Fashion: A Conversation with Aditi Mayer

We invite you to join us for a conversation with Aditi Mayer where she’ll discuss how to bridge intersectionality and decolonization with sustainable fashion. Aditi’s talk will focus on the history of fast fashion, and discuss how culture and identity impacts the work we do. Following her talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A.

PANELIST | Decolonizing Fast Fashion: A Living Wage and Good Working Conditions for Women of the Global South

Join us as we discuss how the fast fashion industry is a multimillion dollar industry that has perpetuated poverty in the global south due an overall lack of regulation of neoliberal economic policies. Our panel of global fast fashion activists and economists will diverge into an interactive conversation around the colonial origins of our international economic transactions, and what we can do to end these neo-colonial relationships that encompass millions of women and girls in the global south.

PANELIST | An introduction to holding the fashion industry to account

As the world ponders high fashion trends and highstreet retailers aim to provide a budget friendly version, the climate conscious among us are instead focused on this question: what is fashion’s role in the climate justice movement? As a large culprit, both in their carbon footprint and their unethical exploitation of supply chains, it's undeniable that something needs to change in the fashion industry. In fact, this has already been partially addressed by retailers, with outwards facing green commitments being used in advertising campaigns across the board, authentic or otherwise. So where do we stand? How do we move beyond fashions reputation as frivolous and use fashion instead as a legitimate force for climate justice?

PANELIST | The Online Medium: Strategies for climate justice activism in the age of social media

In an era defined by the overlapping global crises of pandemic, climate change and white supremacy, there is no shortage of issues to advocate for. While COVID-19 has forced almost all organizing online, social media has proven to be a strong (and now integral) tool for modern day activism. Join us on March 6th, 12-1PM PST for our panel, The Online Medium: Strategies for climate justice activism in the age of social media, to learn from environmental justice activists Diandra Marizet, Aditi Mayer, and others about best practices, storytelling and more.

HOST & SPEAKER | Exploring Sustainable Fashion Beyond Consumerism: Intersections, Power Dynamics, and Activism

Please join us in this informative and provocative discussion as Kamea Chayne and Aditi Mayer explore their journeys in the sustainability movement. In this conversation, we will unpack sustainability beyond consumerism, addressing power dynamics in the industry and movement, and reframing our approaches to activism in sustainability.

LECTURER | Decolonising Making and Cultural Representation

What are the consequences of historic colonialism on the products and systems we create today? Are the existing power structures continually letting us exploit and appropriate other cultures without being held accountable? Are we promoting cultural stereotypes when representing the work of local artisans? How do we decolonise design and manufacturing processes and what would be a fair exchange?

KEYNOTE SPEAKER | UC Irvine Sustainival

This sustainability fair will feature keynote speaker Aditi Mayer, who is a photojournalist, labor rights activist, and UCI alumna! Join us to learn about sustainability solutions and how you can get involved.

MODERATOR | Fashion Open Studio x Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Activism Panel

Fashion and activism go hand in hand. The fashion industry impacts on the environment and society in so many ways, and the two are completely interlinked. The pandemic has accelerated anxiety about climate change, and has highlighted the fundamental inequity of the system. We are all connected, but why must the worker at the bottom of the chain always bear the most impact? How do we activate change from within the industry?

PANELIST | The Impact Of Hype: Know Your Footprint

What’s in a number? Well when it’s your carbon footprint, actually... a lot. This Zoom panel dives deeper into this topic hoping to spark a conversation about the environmental impact of the things we wear and buy. This panel is moderated by Jeff Carvahlo, the Co-Founder of Highsnobiety, and features Jeff Staple, founder of Staple Pigeon and Reed Art Department, Aditi Mayer, sustainable fashion journalist, Council Member at Intersectional Environmentalist and Allbirds' Allgood Collective Member, and Tim Brown, the co-Founder of Allbirds.

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SPEAKER | India’s Farmer Bills: Historical, Environmental, + Social Context

Brown Girl Magazine writer Kavita Rai joins climate and sustainability advocate Aditi Mayer in conversation about the largest protests happening in India, breaking down the new agriculture bills and the implications they have on our farmers. Tune in to learn more about the generational context to the farming crisis in India & why you should share about our farmers.

SPEAKER | TEDxCubbonPark: Sustainability Must Mean Decolonization

The fashion industry has observed a marked turn towards sustainability since the 2013 Rana Plaza incident in Bangladesh. Aditi Mayer, creator at ADIMAY.com and a labour rights activist addresses intersectional issues within the fashion industry pertaining to questions such as how does our fashion system today continue colonial practices and how can we reimagine a new system?