Creativity in the fight against urban issues!

In 1996 The Partners of the Consortium, recruited a group of young women who hung out in the mall and were considered a public nuisance and started training them to walk the runway! The results were amazing today all those women are employed, or in college! More so they were too busy to cause problems. snce then I have continued wit fashion flyte the young women have changed, in fact this present group were already in college an dlooking for extra curricula activits and volunteer opportunities! Three years later! they will be Launching PinQUE- as a solution to there own need for sustainable income!

Embrace Da BSs
As a designer in the community I am very aware of the high rates of unemployment, some believe this is not their concern. It is a well known fact that big fish feed on little fish. When customers’ budgets are affected then your intake is affected. There is much talk about improved economy a 5.7 unemployment figure is frequently quoted, Well that 5.7 does not refer to the 10.7% unemployment rate African Americans are facing