Since her college years at North Carolina Central University where community service was emphasized to the students, Jasmine Crowe has been serving her community by helping those who need it most: the homeless. She started feeding homeless people out of her apartment in Atlanta in 2013. Crowe named her mission “Sunday Soul,” which later turned into a non-profit company called Goodr that repurposes surplus food from other companies to feed those who are in need.

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Kerby Jean-Raymond has no problem responding to convention with a “Fuck you.” A child of Haitian immigrants, Kerby launched his fashion label Pyer Moss in 2013 and has since amassed widespread recognition as an up-and-coming leader in the world of fashion. He’s outspoken in regards to racism in the industry, in every industry for that matter. And, in an exciting turn, his artistic talents now encompass directing music videos.

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In 2013, the Mansur Gavriel luxury leather company opened for business. Just a year and a half later on December 9, 2014, their handbag collection reached nearly cult status, as Mansur Gavriel’s Instagram followers scrambled to purchase and barter for the sold-out Fall 2015 line. The 700 comments from thrilled, handbag-craving followers on Mansur Gavriel’s 2014 Instagram post were a clear indication that this brand was here to stay. 

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Do you remember what the internet was like in the early 2000s? Social media hadn’t taken off yet, not everyone had computers in their house. Having to go to the library to type your papers, and there was a time limit for how long you could be on it. Back then, chat room usage was almost forbidden for many of us, I know my mother wasn’t having it. Over the next few years, home computers would become close to a necessity. Even if it meant just having a laptop, there was no getting around not having a computer in the house for various reasons. It sounds prehistoric now, but we lived through the boom in the internet era. One company that’s greatly responsible for technological advances is YouTube

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Quilts are often passed down through generations and come to represent a shared history. Although quilting can be considered a lost art due to the ease of just going to the store and buying a blanket, modern artists are still making quilts, using them to construct a history while also reflecting on their own past. For modern fiber artist and art teacher Bisa Butler, quilting is a mode of storytelling and of autobiography.

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