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L.A.’s Garment Center Needs You
By admins | May 11, 2009
While we often write exclusively about all things NYC and specifically the New York Garment Center, today we shine a spotlight on our West Coast sister the L.A. Garment Center. For those who read our last piece, you know about the problems perpetuated by stores like Forever 21 who run sweatshop here in the U.S. The movie, “Made in L.A.” is a wake up call to all those who shop fast fashion stores to take a second and think about how their clothes are made, by whom, and it what working conditions!
“Made in L.A.” May Day campaign: is putting a human face on the immigrant experience. Made in L.A. is an Emmy-award
winning film that tells the story of three Latina immigrants working in garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections while finding their way in the U.S. It’s a very personal story of each woman’s self-empowerment, and it humanizes the immigrant experience and draws parallels between today’s immigrants and those whose families came to the U.S. generations ago.
Grassroots groups, faith-based congregations and individuals are coming together in a nationwide effort to share the Emmy-winning Made in L.A. and put a human face on the issues of immigration, immigrant workers’ rights, and supporting humane immigration reform.
Will you join or support this effort? You can:
1. Host a screening
2. Send an e-mail to your friends, about the campaign or spread the word through the film’s Facebook and Myspace pages.
3. Post the banner and button on your blog or website, and get the new Immigration Headlines Widget featuring Made in L.A.
By creating a climate of empathy and understanding around immigration reform, we can use Made in L.A. to help lay the foundation for change. Join the movement at www.MadeInLA.com/MayDay!
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Topics: fashion industry, l.a. | 3 Comments » 
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May 11th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Thank you for sharing that. I am definitely sharing this and watching it as well.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Well done, finally production and labor issues are being addressed by the media. Thank you ladies for this!
May 12th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
What an important article. Immigrants built this country and still play a significant role today.
Let’s not forget these people. Well done!