We are fashion revolution
Fashion Revolution USA is the official US entity of Fashion Revolution global, the world’s largest fashion activism movement, founded after the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013. As a country office, Fashion Revolution USA advocates for a clean, safe, fair, transparent and accountable fashion industry through research, education, collaboration, mobilization and advocating for policy changes needed across the US.
PROGRAMS
Education
Our Education team leads innovative partnerships with all levels of academia, nonprofits, museums, and communities. They aim to support and reach out to our growing network of Student Ambassador advocates worldwide, nationally, and in our own backyards. The team actively collaborates on new and creative approaches for programming with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders of the global Fashion Revolution network. They are focused on creating partnerships with the nonprofit community to achieve intercultural engagement and learnings based upon equality and diversity. Learn more about our Student Ambassador program and how to get involved.
Policy
Our Policy team strategically drives the development of policy and industry advocacy at the local, state and national level, focused on (but not limited to) workers rights and worker conditions, Indigenous rights and artisan crafts, supply chain transparency, environmental policy, circular economy, and international trade. The team actively builds relationships with a variety of stakeholders, from trade groups to non-profits and more, to strengthen and grow the fashion revolution movement throughout the United States. Take a look at some of the campaigns we’ve been a part of that advocate for: a strengthened Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act and the Garment Worker Protection Act.
Partnerships
Our Strategic Initiatives and Creative Programming team forges partnerships with traditional and non-traditional organizations, brands, companies, and influencers to advance the responsible fashion movement across the United States. Long-lasting media partnerships help to advance these collaborations, strengthening the storytelling and education of the many interconnected topics of the fashion revolution. Projects like #HashtagRevolt, Sustainable Fashion Week, and Fashion Revolution Week programming throughout the years has helped to expand the reach and diversity of the audience who receives our messages, a continued priority of Fashion Revolution’s work across the country.
Community
Our Operations and Community team supports our expanding network of Regional Coordinators and City Leads, provides general volunteer support, and lends expertise to our organizational processes and flow. Learn more about our Regional Coordinator and City Lead network and get connected with the local volunteers in your area.
OUR TEAM
Fashion Revolution USA consists of a team of five directors and core team members representing a mix of deep education experience, nonprofit and business competency, events and communications expertise, advocacy support, and industry savvy. You can contact the team at usa@fashionrevolution.org.
Name: Nikki Eclarinal
Bio: Nikki has a background in advocacy, public policy, and law. She is passionate about implementing policies and solutions that improve lives, especially for communities of color, and are equity focused. Nikki joins Fashion Revolution USA with a range of experience in policy analysis, research, and building advocacy campaigns. Throughout her career, she has worked and explored the intersection of community organizing, law, and public policy to address social justice issues. She graduated from Southwestern Law School.
Name: Ashleyn Przedwiecki
Bio: Ashleyn Przedwiecki is a social impact manager, sustainability consultant, and freelance designer in event design and production, with an emphasis on sustainability, social impact, and community engagement. She leads multiple programs advocating for women’s rights and advancing sustainable practices within the fashion and events industry, including initiatives with Global Shapers, the youth voice at the World Economic Forum. She brings over a decade of cross-sector experience working in nonprofit and organizational development, social entrepreneurship, and startups, as well as leading teams in social change work through human-centered connections and community-building experiences.
Name: Chelsea Maxine Agawa
Bio: After following Fashion Revolution for years, Chelsea joined the team in 2021 as a Co-Lead & Co-Regional Coordinator for the NYC/Tristate Area and has supported the Partnerships team with her professional network and experience in the industry. Chelsea is a professional senior level Fashion Designer and graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, and has found passion in Sustainable, Ethical, and Circular fashion practices. Outside of her professional work she is an advocate on the subject of Textile Waste, educating her peers and herself on practices on how we can reduce the impact of Textile Waste both as a consumer and commercially.
Name: Kelly Peaks
Bio: With a background in environmental justice, Kelly has a strong interest in the intersection between the fashion industry, policy, and human rights. Upon finishing her Master’s, she discovered Fashion Revolution USA, which allowed her to marry her love of fashion with her past studies. As a Co-Student Ambassador Coordinator, her responsibilities include recruitment and intake of new ambassadors and managing communications. Her favorite aspects of the role are the daily interactions with the ambassadors and hearing from industry professionals during monthly meetings.
Name: Madison Mavis
Bio: Coming soon!
Name: Madison Palen-Michel Cline
Bio: Coming soon!