Fashion as Catalyst: Making and Advocating for Social Change Symposium

Francesco Mazzarella, UAL:LCF Centre for Sustainable Fashion,
Malé Luján Escalante, UAL:LCC Design School

Transition Living Lab organised, supported and was celebrated in the framework of the public Symposium chaired by Dr Francesco Mazzarella, celebrated on the 25th of July 2024, and part of the cultural program of the Shifting Narratives Exhibition at the Barbican Library.

The event count with an excellent panel that reunited academics, artists, practitioners from community organisation, local government representative, national and international NGO’s activists and regufee project participants:

Carole Morrison (UAL:LCF Head of Social Purpose in the Curriculum), Alisa Ruzavina (UAL:LCF), Tabitha Ross (Makini), Dr Malé Luján Escalante (UAL:LCC MA Service Design) , Zeej Alhajji (Project Participant), Ciara Barry (Fashion Revolution), Froi Legaspi (Citizens UK), Dr Azadeh Fatehrad (Stories Intertwined : Artistic Dialogue of Community, Migration & Integration), Ben Monro (I speak football), Katherine Duran (Project Participant), and a spoken word performance by Toyin Gbomedo (PhD Candidate at the UAL:LCF Centre for Sustainable Fashion).