V-Day: A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. The event consists of a theatrical performance by the FIT Theatre Club as well as selections from A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer and an art exhibition that highlights women's issues. This event is part of Promoting Healthy Relationships Month. Find more […]

Event Series The Clothesline Project

The Clothesline Project

Breezeway, between Business and Liberal Arts Center and Dubinsky Student Center Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

FIT supports The Clothesline Project, a visual display that bears witness to relationship violence. During the public display, a clothesline is hung with shirts; each shirt is decorated to represent a particular person’s experience, by the survivor themselves or by someone who cares about them. Join us to help educate, document, and raise society’s awareness […]

Protection and Self-Defense Workshop

Breezeway, between Business and Liberal Arts Center and Dubinsky Student Center Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

Do you know how to defend yourself in a threatening situation? Learn basic methods of self-protection at this workshop led by George Francisco, associate assistant professor in Political Science and seasoned practitioner of Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo martial arts, along with his team from the Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy. Sexual Assault Awareness Education is brought to you […]

Yards for Yeardley and Sexual Assault Awareness Resource Fair

Breezeway, between Business and Liberal Arts Center and Dubinsky Student Center Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

Join the One Love Foundation and the State University of New York in our campaign to go "Around the World for Yeardley" in honor of Yeardley Love and other victims and survivors of relationship abuse. SUNY campuses across the state will organize campus Yards for Yeardley campaigns with the goal of reaching 50 million yards, […]

Denim Day

For this event we ask that all members of the FIT community make a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of […]