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Sinéad Burke on Making Change a Movement, Not a Moment | BoF VOICES 2021
Sinéad Burke on Making Change a Movement, Not a Moment | BoF VOICES 2021
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16 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2022
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Four years ago, writer and activist Sinéad Burke made her debut at BoF VOICES, when she implored the fashion community to start designing for disability, noting that the global spending power of disabled people is more than $1.9 trillion. Following a series of high-profile appearances after VOICES 2017 — from Davos to the Met Gala — Burke has been honing her sense of mission and purpose, and has come to the conclusion that creating products for disabled people is not enough. In her return to the BoF VOICES stage in 2021, she said: “If change is only embedded in the present, change will be a moment, not a movement.” Burke lays out a path for removing abelism from our society. Systemic change, she said, has to happen based around four pillars: people, places, product and promotions, and be jump-started with awareness, allyship and advocacy. In short this means “nothing about us, without us.”
Released:
Apr 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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