28 min

6.3 Justice in the Fashion Industry - Ngozi Okaro The Good Around Us

    • Society & Culture

Ngozi Okaro is the Founder and Executive Director of Custom Collaborative. Ngozi founded Custom Collaborative to help women launch sustainable fashion businesses and careers, and to advocate for a fashion industry that honors the planet and serves fashion-industry workers (the majority of whom are immigrant and low-income women) and thoughtful consumers who want quality, sustainable clothes that fit the body well.

Over the course of a career in social-sector leadership, Ngozi has led education, social justice, and community-based organizations to identify and meet their missions.

Among many distinctions, Ngozi is a 2022 Goldman Sachs Black Woman Impact Leader and AARP Purpose Prize Fellow.

Links:


Custom Collaborative website
CC Twitter
CC Instagram


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Ngozi Okaro is the Founder and Executive Director of Custom Collaborative. Ngozi founded Custom Collaborative to help women launch sustainable fashion businesses and careers, and to advocate for a fashion industry that honors the planet and serves fashion-industry workers (the majority of whom are immigrant and low-income women) and thoughtful consumers who want quality, sustainable clothes that fit the body well.

Over the course of a career in social-sector leadership, Ngozi has led education, social justice, and community-based organizations to identify and meet their missions.

Among many distinctions, Ngozi is a 2022 Goldman Sachs Black Woman Impact Leader and AARP Purpose Prize Fellow.

Links:


Custom Collaborative website
CC Twitter
CC Instagram


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steph-keally/message

28 min

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