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12/07/2019Industrious, Los Angeles, CaliforniaSPEAKER | modeDurable Fellowship modeDurable empowers the next wave of content creators to educate the public about industry impact to seed and accelerate change. Aditi spoke on the labor panel on how influencers and media professionals can best understand, and disseminate, narratives around labor exploitation and sustainability. WATCH
10/14/2019California Market Center, Los Angeles, California SPEAKER | Vegan Fashion Week In this panel, sustainable fashion blogger Aditi Mayer will bring nuance to the conversation of veganism– creating a radical movement that centers the human dimension and accessibility. WATCH
10/02/2019Timberland Flagship, 5th Ave, NYC, New YorkPANELIST | Create Cultivate x Timberland: Nature Needs Heroes Create & Cultivate is partnering up with Timberland for an amazing Nature Needs Heroes event at their stunning NYC flagship on 5th avenue. While the lens on sustainability has been magnified in recent years, Timberland’s environment-first commitment has been ongoing. Timberland invited four conscious creators for an enlightening conversation on why putting the planet first is good for all. WATCH
09/13/2019Palace of Fine Arts, San FranciscoSOLUTIONIST SPEAKER | Planet Home Summit PLANET HOME is a creative and immersive showcase of experiences that aims to accelerate mass adoption of actionable solutions to protect the health of our planet. During this three-day flagship event, PLANET HOME will bring together world-renowned leaders, artists, and talent from music, art, technology, policy, research, and more, to present their insights and ideas on how they are inspiring everyone to become an Environmental Solutionist. In this session, sustainable fashion leaders Aditi Mayer, Dominique Drakeford, and Whitney McGuire discuss the sustainability movement from the lens of Black and Brown liberation. WATCH
04/19/2019Instagram Live @indianwomenblogGUEST SPEAKER | Maahi Roj FestivalIn this Instagram live chat, the Indian Women Blog team will feature sustainable fashion blogger Aditi Mayer, who will discuss sustainable lifestyle and an environmentally aware fashion industry. The chat will be in line with the Maahi Roj festival– an event that focus on women’s voices that push for a sustainable way of living.PRESS
04/25/2019Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CASPEAKER & CO-HOST | Made in LA Screening & Discussion María, Lupe and Maura are three Latina immigrants struggling to survive in Los Angeles sweatshops. But one day, determined to win basic labor protections, they embark on a three-year odyssey that will transform their lives forever. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice. In honor of Fashion Revolution Week please join us for a special screening and discussion of this powerful documentary. Panel talk immediately following film with special guests, including garments workers sharing their firsthand experiences. EVENT PAGE
04/29/2019Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CAEXHIBITING ARTIST | BEACON: Torrance Art MuseumThe BEACON Project is a rotating video installation fusing art and contemporary social and political issues. BEACON is a compilation of next generation artists and their thoughts, ideas, reactions, emotions, and actions in response to social issues. The BEACON Project: Torrance will feature a variety of artists focused on the following 7 themes; Consent, Black, America, Undocumented, Camp, Migration, and Reproduction. Aditi’s work will featured a body of work documenting a matriarchal farming community in rural Nepal in line with the theme Patterns and Paths of Migration in the 21st century.EXHIBIT PAGE
02/02/2019California Market Center, Los Angeles, California SPEAKER | Vegan Fashion WeekHow do we define cruelty-free fashion? In this talk, sustainable fashion blogger Aditi Mayer educates the audience about the realities of labor exploitation in Downtown Los Angeles. Targeting an audience that organizes around animal rights issues, this conversation will illuminate how larger systems of oppression exist within the local fashion industry, intersecting issues of immigration, race, socioeconomic status and more.EVENT PAGE
11/01/2018USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CaliforniaPANELIST | Cultural Appropriation versus AppreciationAll art including fashion has a long history of acquiring influences from various cultures but where is the line between cultural appreciation and cultural misappropriation? At what point does respect for other cultures lead to or become an exploitation of cultural imagery? Join us for an engaging dialogue that recognizes the difference between appreciation and appropriation. Panelists Viet Than Nguyen, Josh Kun, Melissa Chan and Aditi Mayer add their perspectives to this historical yet timely conversation.WATCH
10/06/2018Vine OC, Irvine, California PANELIST | Content Creation: Affluence Influence SummitHow can creators go about carving their unique niche, and creating content that connects on a deeper level? Join a panel of leading content creators to hear their journey and approaches to content creation.RECAP
10/03/2018California Market Center, Los Angeles, California PANELIST | Social Justice Panel: The Future of Fashion ConferenceA conference centered around ethical & smart fashion literacy, the future of fashion conference will feature a panel of speakers whose work intersects the fields of animal rights, social justice, circularity, technology, and intersectionality.RECAP
08/18/2018Moksh, Jhamsikhel, Kathmandu, NepalPANELIST | Sustainable Fashion & Identity in Nepal: Green SherpaWhat does sustainability look like in the context of Nepal? This panel will constitute a discussion of fashion and national identity, featuring frontliners of Nepal’s responsible fashion scene, to internationally-acclaimed thought leaders and content creators.PRESS