If the “Making It” video inspired you to get involved…
…check out the Garment Center rally tomorrow at noon! It will take place at 39th and Seventh, the intersection so prominently displayed in the summer webisodes trailer, and speakers will include:
Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief of The Huffington Post
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Congressman Jerrold Nadler
Congressman Tim Ryan
Bruce Raynor and Edgar Romney, Workers United
Factory Owner Mr. Park
Factory Owner Rodger Cohen (that’s his freight entrance featured in the trailer)
Designer Yeohlee Teng
Designer Malia Mills
Designer Nanette Lepore
FIT and Parsons Students
I’m sorry to say I won’t be there – I have some business to attend to in the middle of the country this week – but I’ll be back on the scene soon. For more reading on the NYC Garment District, see here, here, here and here.