The Fallon Faith Impact [FP Edition]

Hi, if you're new, welcome! Recently, I shared a post about the 'Fallon Faith Impact' which was one of our Action Projects where we were to create a time capsule from 100 years hence. I decided that I would like to fictionalize a powerful woman president. Her name is Fallon Faith and in the slideshow below, you can see her journey leading up to her presidency.

Label-less Business Plan

Hello, all! If you're new, welcome to Social Entrepreneurship! This is a course where we discuss the importance of creating a successful business. Lately, we've been learning more about sales pipelines/funnels, techniques, etc, as well as speaking to different people who either run businesses or have been associated with business openings. In the last month or so, the class has spoken to James Bateman - the owner of Gadabout in Virginia - and Matt Nicklin - an entrepreneur/investor. They were nice enough to meet with us virtually and answer our questions regarding business set-ups and the process.

The mission of this Action Project is to create a business plan that you believe could yield investments. I decided to create a unisex clothing brand that is trendy and affordable.

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Label-less

OVERVIEW

I am a big shopper and a big spender. I wear what I like and whatever looks good on me and I shop in every department. I have always been bothered by gender-specific clothing that is labeled men's and women's.

But Label-less is a unisex online clothing store that sells trendy urban wear for affordable prices. It is set up to succeed during times of closure such as COVID-19 and though there may be a conversation about having a physical store after the pandemic, as of right now, having an online store would be best. We open up our sales opportunities to anyone with an internet connection.

This business falls under Sustainable Development Goal 11 which is sustainable cities and communities. This goal owns up to its reputation by making sure cities and communities are inclusive, safe, and most importantly, sustainable.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Label-less is to demolish the division created by men and women's sections in mainstream stores and provide quality, affordable urban wear for all individuals.

VISION STATEMENT

Label-less will efficiently and respectfully provide quality urban wear at affordable prices for all individuals while growing from a small business to a well-known brand name.

MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

These are the major roles in a web team:

• Web Manager

Responsible for the maintenance, design, development, content, and marketing of a website or a group of websites.

• Content Producer

Writes, develops, edits, and publishes content and copy for a variety of digital platforms.

• Designer

Creates visual templates that can be used as means for online communication and/or interaction with customers.

• Developer

Writes code for the website.

PARTNERSHIP

Label-less could be a partnership. There are many opportunities to share a space with other retailers or for major retailers to open a Label-less section. All of which would make this business more successful regarding management, sales, and/or clothing design.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Here are the products we sell and the average prices for those products.

Tops:

T-shirts = $7.00

Sweatshirts = $10.50

Sweaters = $12.50

Hoodies = $14.00

Bottoms:

Jeans = $15.00

Sweatpants = $10.50

Shorts = $7.00

Skirts = $6.50

Dresses:

Maxi = $16.00

Mini = $13.50

T-shirt = $11.00

Skater = $9.50

Shoes:

Sneakers = $17.50

Flats = $10.00

Sandals = $12.00

Boots = $18.50

Accessories:

Bags = $15.00

Belts = $5.00

Jewelery = $5.00-$15.00

Fanny Packs = $8.50

Self Care: 

Bodycare = $18.00

Skincare = $12.50

Haircare = $16.50

Tanning = $12.00

DEMOGRAPHICS

The demographic information for Label-less:

- targeted age range: 15-35 

- income range: lower-median income range and up

- apparel size range: XS-3X 

CITATIONS

Andrea-University of Toronto, The Best Unisex Clothing Stores, 2018: https://www.collegefashion.net/shopping/best-unisex-clothing-stores/

SDG 11, SDG Indicator Updates, 2017: https://medium.com/sdgs-resources/sdg-11-indicators-2017-updates-b43bcbfe54fb

USB Small Business Administration: https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/plan-your-business/write-your-business-plan

Shane Diffiley, Roles and Responsibilities of a Web Team, 2013: http://www.diffily.com/articles/webteamroles.htm

JM Portfolio, Don’t Be Self Conchas, 2020: http://jmpgcelabschool.blogspot.com/2020/03/dont-be-self-conchas.html

RP Portfolio, Savor The Flavor Business Plan, 2020: http://rpgcelabschool.blogspot.com/2020/03/savor-flavor-business-plan.html

CONCLUSION

Overall, this project cool. I've never had the energy to do a business plan, but this project forced me to do so which is a good thing. I've always wanted to create some sort of business associated with fashion along with the idea of advocating for gender equality so, I'm happy I did this for the sake of the future.

The Fallon Faith Impact

Hello, all! If you're new, welcome to Equality! This is a course where we learn about the importance of, of course, equality, but more specifically race, gender, and American history. As of lately, we've discussed Onuwuachi-Willig's article on racism being a social construct as well as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's influential TedTalk on the power of feminism. I enjoyed watching and analyzing these two works because I got even more insight into my fellow classmate's opinions on the two topics.

But getting to the Action Project, the mission for it is to predict the future of equality by creating a time capsule from 100 years hence. So, I decided that I would like to fictionize a powerful woman whom I think who be the perfect president. Her name is Fallon Faith and if you continue on in the blog, you'll be able to learn more about her and her journey leading up to her presidency. 

 

Overall, this project was very time-consuming, but eye-opening as well. I enjoyed thinking about the future of women and politics not to mention women in the White House. 

Kamala's Impact

Hello, all, and welcome to Equality! This is a course where learn about the importance of, of course, equality, but to be more specific, we've been discussing women, gender, as well as African-American history. I really enjoy this course because I love hearing everybody's opinions on topics that make them feel particularly "uncomfy," not to mention, we see each other's anger towards certain issues such as slavery, segregation, homophobia, etc. But, to get back on track here, let's talk about our Action Project!

The mission of this AP is to create a textbook that is focused on a historical event related to race, gender, and/or class. I decided to make my chapter about Kamala Harris' Vice Presidential electing. I wanted to write on that topic because her election made a huge impact on my family. Like Kamala, my family is black and Indian so you could guess how ecstatic we were to see that someone that looks like us can have such an important job in the White House.

Please read my chapter for more :)

Overall, this Action Project was super cool! I enjoyed learning more about Kamala and her journey leading up to her becoming the Vice president. I also loved writing about something that interests me along with my family.

Fulfilling Flex Days :)

Hello, again! Happy belated holidays and welcome to Entrepentuership! This is a course where we discuss the importance of creating a successful business. This past month, we've done many things revolving around psychology. Our instructor had us take multiple personality quizzes because it is actually a known fact that understanding entrepreneurship from a psychological perspective determines whether or not you have the healthy characteristics of improving yourself along with your business.

That's not all, though! Last Friday, we spoke to Maren Rosenberg who told us about the ups and the downs of owning a business. She spoke on many things regarding that topic, but she said one thing that really caught my attention - "do not start a business if you are afraid of failure." - It really made me think since I can be afraid of failure at times, especially when it comes to school or work, and that really showed in many of my personality quiz results. In fact, one of my results mentioned that I tend to be concerned about steadiness which is pretty accurate even though I am pretty far from an over-achiever, I just have a terrible habit of trying to do things perfectly which leads to me getting carried away, and doing everything wrong. 

Okay, but anyway, let's get back to the project, shall we? 

The mission for this AP is to pick an aspect of our school system in which we think needs improvement. Since our school has Flex Days on Wednesdays off where we can work asynchronously. In my opinion, on Flex Days, we should be selfish and do something for ourselves so that we can start back up fresh and prepared for future events. So, in order to do that, we should do something that makes us feel productive, whether that’s knitting a sweater, making playlists, trying out new recipes, or whatever! The point is to reconnect with yourself, however, you would define that.

So, please enjoy this slideshow where I explain my reasoning :)

       

Overall, this Action Project was pretty cool. It gave us the opportunity to fix or change something about the school system or how it operates, and like every other class taught by this instructor, we are looking into the future of ourselves as well as others.

A Cats Tale/Tail 𓃠

Hi, welcome to Civic Term! If you’re wondering what that is, then I’ll explain. It is a three-week-long term in which students have the choice to continue working at GCE and take one of the many different classes or they simply leave for three weeks to take an internship elsewhere. I decided to take a class at GCE. The class that I took is called A Show of Hands. In this class, we study various types of puppetry such as hand, sock, rod, object, etc.

Growing up, I was never too fond of puppets since they are related to clowns - HATE THOSE - but surprisingly, it is harmless for the most part, it all depends on the puppeteer’s act and how they’re feeling.

Almost every week, we watched different kinds of puppet shows just to get a feel for what our project would be. We even had guests such as Claire Saxe from Rough House Theater and Sarah Fornace from Manuel Cinema explain to us the importance of the connection between the puppeteer and the puppet itself. For example, the same movements you make while breathing are the same movements that need to be transferred into your puppet.

At this point, you've probably guessed that the Action Project for this class was to create our very own puppet show. I decided to base my puppet show on a dream that I had not too long ago. It’s about being lonely and helping out along the lines of rod/shadow puppetry. I’m not sure if my video truly conveys that, but that is my intended message of the show as a whole.

In the first scene, the music in the child’s video is soft and casual and allows her to pay attention to nature and what’s around her. But the city scene with the adult has loud bustling, hustling music with horns beeping, trains and cars speeding. This is a comparison of how in a calm country setting people are more connected to nature and less likely to ignore things are around them. Meanwhile, city folks tend who are often distracted or wrapped up in the chaos of the city and so they ignore when things are people or pets are in need.

In conclusion, I really hope people feel the need to be more kind, not only to other people but to mankind as well, especially during times like these. Everybody and everything needs some love in their life. As you can see, in the “dream version” of this event, I actually helped the mouse get some shelter, and I didn’t care if people were watching. But in the “real-life version” of my dream, I was worried about other people and what they would think.

Moral of the story: be kind no matter what you come across and what it looks like.

Chapter Eight: Afforable and Clean Energy

Welcome back to Economics! Previously, we shared our thoughts on whether college was worth our time and money while using the principles we learned in class. But, as of right now, we just finished a book that goes by the name of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist by Kate Raworth. It mostly explained the history of economics and how it has changed over time. At first, we read the first three chapters by ourselves, but about a week later, we did an activity where we divided into four different groups, each read a chapter, and presented our take-aways with the class. But once our Action Project was announced, we were asked to write an additional eighth chapter to Raworth’s book while following our guiding question, “how do we view the economic world?”

Noun Project, Work From Home Outline, Nikita Kozin (2020)

The additional chapter to Raworth’s book would be about affordable and clean energy. In Raworth's book, she explained that “EARTH, which is life giving—so respect its boundaries Far from floating against a white background, the economy exists within the biosphere—that delicate living zone of Earth’s land, waters, and atmosphere. And it continually draws in energy and matter from Earth’s materials and living systems, while expelling waste heat and matter back out into it. Everything that is produced—from clay bricks to Lego blocks, websites to construction sites, liver pâté to patio furniture, single cream to double glazing—depends upon this throughflow of energy and matter, from biomass and fossil fuels to metal ores and minerals.” In other words, affordable and clean energy is something that should be sustainable but reliable, not for the rich or the poor, it is well-deserved for everyone. According to UNEP, "three billion people rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating." So, when we use those types of fuels such as charcoal, for cooking, it increases indoor air pollution, which is responsible for killing four million people every year.

Reflecting on my research, I came to the conclusion that renewable energy sources are powerful and that it is very important for the future generations of the world. And if we continue to invest in renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and thermal power, then by 2030, there will be universal access to reliable energy services. 

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Works cited:

“Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy,” United Nations Development Programme, 2020. https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-7-affordable-and-clean-energy.html

“Icons And Photos For Everything,” Noun Project, 2020. https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=energy+saving&i=929080

“Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist,” Kate Raworth, 2017. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YbD2-9_jhNHhRInxmcHJFdTXWZhPSYaa/view