A few months ago, I was contacted by The Unity Closet with a request to join their design team for their latest collection of scarves. So exciting!
The Unity Closet is a global social enterprise that collaborates with emerging designers with the goal of providing fundamental resources to educate youth in need. Read on:
“Our 2015 Collection features yet another curated design team but with a unified approach to help improve an overwhelming global concern affecting nearly every community in our world today: education for youth.We are proud to announce a special partnership with the international charitable organization, BuildOn – a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on constructing primary school sin developing communities. This organization was the brainchild of current President and CEO, Jim Ziokowski, who was inspired after witnessing the grand opening of a school in Nepal during a backpacking trip.
The ultimate vision is leverage our upcoming, education-focused collection to fund the construction of a primary school in the outskirts of Nepal. Thanks to the BuildOn staff, their local connections with the Nepalese government and construction companies, we can bring this idea to life.”
So I embarked on the journey of designing a piece that would encompass the mission and message of both these organizations. I went through a few pieces before I decided on this one.
“Destiny” represents the path that is before each of us. While we can’t always see what lies ahead, the journey itself is beautiful. The Autumn season has always brought about important, positive change and renewal in my life, and what could be a more important change than the access to education for a child who hadn’t previously been so fortunate?
“Destiny” Scarf by Emily Magone
The United Nations has formally declared education as a basic human right, yet nearly 800 million people around the globe are unable to read or write.
