Invitation To The Launch of Simon Duncan's Brooklyn Clothing Lab

Please sign this form for guest list to Simon Duncans  Brooklyn Clothing Lab Launch before Wednesday 7th at 12 midnight
the Event is Free

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How Does changing Global Access Affect cultural IP?- Inspired by The politics behind the “fakeness” of textiles in Togo

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As an artist I appreciate IP protection... I firmly believe that an artist has full IP rights to his creative output! I however ended my reading of this article with an uneasy feeling that the commercial interest and not the artform was at the center of the debate!

I have to admit i was a tad bit uneasy about that!

However where is the line drawn with creative techniques! if a techniques is executed "properly" is it not "Authentic"? Given Creative license at what point is expressions less "valuable"! Should a brand or a Government even a people prevent An individuals creative expressions..simply because of geography?

... and what of INNOVATION; growth? it was unclear this article may be speaking on the "Traditional" patterns but are they so revered that there is no room for The "New"

In contemplating a global platform these (and other) issues have actually been raised...

Small Business Day To Cyber Monday access Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival Free

Can small Local designers (and now dancers & other creatives)  use video to present or tell their stories?  We need your input! Please, register,login ,see, share and comment on The first  8 submissions for Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival now live at http://www.Bkfff.com/channel

The "trailers" are available for all to enjoy but note you will NEED to Register and login to  access the videos!

BROOKLYN FASHION WEEK IS FOCUSED on SOLUTIONS and change... for a sector many have ignored!

Many keep trying to figure out how and what is Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival... the fact is we are openly exploring

• Presenting formats for a collection of Fashion Films
• Connecting Marketing and sales of product and sell through from  those films
• Expansion  and use of developing and emerging video platforms and formats for creatives
• Development and servicing talent that  this sector would require!
• Creation of one smoothe platform that simplifies teh process for designers and creatives!
• How teh relevant Stake holders use and respond (So we need you to register loging, see, share and comment!)

Let me simply state that Not ONE Platform has proven to have a simple easy to navigate "natural" user interface!  hen there is cultural perception s of "TV" or video... every  female for example, "Had to get Her hair done"  before utilizing webcam programs!  Yes I even  found myself with  "he make up" routine!

The work now begins.. we are still waiting on a few submissions... we also are encouraging designers who would like to utilize video to join us... the learning curve is a bit steeper than  we anticipated! 

Read "What is Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival Aboutabout?

BaiFal Dream For Brooklyn Fashion Week Fashion Film Festival Trailer | 2012 Bkstyle!™ Brooklyn Feature Fashion Films

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Transcending language and geographical constraints; Senegalese Designer Mike Sylla based in Paris gives us a virtual rendition of the art, music, movement and creativity that is Baifal Dream! Join www.bkfff.com for early  access to  all videos!

 

The Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival (BKFFF), asked fashion independents to explores video for show and sale! Now in Alpha through January 1st 2012- http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/about/

See Participate Shop The items from the designers- (Coming Soon) check their cites or for a collective experience, submit a valid email to – register with a valid email at http://www.bkfff.com

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Share & Connect FB- Twitter- Posterous- etc we Appreciate the support

Comment — Your input will help us shape BKFFF!

Show- or Contact Us & Check our Faqs http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/

Press & Trade for info on the Festival;, Dancehackit ; The Technology Sponsors or It’s other components, Designers Press/Media Kits http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/press-acess/

 

lauren luna For Brooklyn Fashion Week Fashion Film Festival Trailer | 2012 Bkstyle!™ Brooklyn Feature Fashion Films

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Lauren Luna is an Artist and who took the plunge followed her dream to Houston Texas and a Shoe Company! This is her business story! Join www.bkfff.com for early  access to  all videos!

The Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival (BKFFF), asked fashion independents to explores video for show and sale! Now in Alpha through January 1st 2012- http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/about/

See Participate Shop The items from the designers- (Coming Soon) check their cites or for a collective experience, submit a valid email to – register with a valid email at http://www.bkfff.com

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Share & Connect FB- Twitter- Posterous- etc we Appreciate the support

Comment — Your input will help us shape BKFFF!

Show- or Contact Us & Check our Faqs http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/

Press & Trade for info on the Festival;, Dancehackit ; The Technology Sponsors or It’s other components, Designers Press/Media Kits http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/press-acess/

 

NYComing For Brooklyn Fashion Week Fashion Film Festival Trailer | 2012 Bkstyle!™ Brooklyn Feature Fashion Films

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With a Teenager at it's helm NYComing zones in on up and coming talent in fashion, music and creative scene! Join www.bkfff.com for early  access to  all videos!

The Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival (BKFFF), asked fashion independents to explores video for show and sale! Now in Alpha through January 1st 2012- http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/about/

See Participate Shop The items from the designers- (Coming Soon) check their cites or for a collective experience, submit a valid email to – register with a valid email at http://www.bkfff.com

You must be Logged in to view http://www.bkfff.com/channel/ (

Share & Connect FB- Twitter- Posterous- etc we Appreciate the support

Comment — Your input will help us shape BKFFF!

Show- or Contact Us & Check our Faqs http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/

Press & Trade for info on the Festival;, Dancehackit ; The Technology Sponsors or It’s other components, Designers Press/Media Kits http://www.bkfff.com/contact-us/press-acess/

 

See Donate Share fashion for food tune in now www.bkfff.com/fashionforfood

now live from Kumble

shop till 6pm

 

Tune in NOW to see Dancer in Gambia, St Lucia, Vermont & new york perfrom together

Head to http://dancehackit.com to get the password and link for virtual access Tune in  AT 2pm est  to see Dancer in Gambia,  St Lucia, Vermont & new york perfrom together Live

 

November 19th See dancers From Gambia |St.Lucia | New York and Vermont Dance live In real time FREE

register below

DANCEHACKIT™ LAUNCHES NOVEMBER 19th 

AT BROOKLYN’S KUMBLE THEATER for the Perfoming Arts

Movement, Music, Fashion and Technology Intersect in Virtual Global Performance

 

NEW YORK, NY, November 1, 2011—Computer hackers tweak technology to create unexpected results in cyberspace. With DANCEHACKIT™, Tony Award-nominated choreographer Marlies Yearby and fashionista/ tech guru Bonnie Sandy hope to create an extraordinary virtual performance, crafted by tweaking movement, music, fashion and technology on a global scale. 

On November 19, from 2 p.m. until 4:30pm est, dancers from across the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and West Africa will perform to the same musical playlist, at the same time and in their own distinctive styles. Their improvisations will be remixed and streamed in real time on a wide screen to an audience at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater in Brooklyn (Flatbush Ave., between DeKalb Ave. and Willoughby St.) and online at www.dancehackit.com.

DANCEHACKIT™ represents a new synergy between arts and technology. “Existing at the intersection of movement, music and technology, DANCEHACKIT™ is designed to remove the limitations of location by being virtual and globally accessible,” explains project Director  and Co Founder Yearby.

DANCEHACKIT™ will launch as part of the Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival (BKFFF). “Dancers will strut not only their movement style but also their fashion statements through collaborations between dancers and fashion designers,” notes Sandy, who serves as Director of Technology.

Dance performers/leaders include Tracy Lang Dance (GA), Baraka de Soleil (IL), Marlies Yearby and Love/Forte, and Janelle Mahone (Gambia). Music by Oliver Lake, Wunmi and Slow Commotion, Vernon Reid, Morley Kamen, Dei Free Range Music, Groove Lily, Chen Lo and others will be featured. Participating designers include Kuumba Designs (St Lucia), Melissa Lockwood of IQTEST (NYC). Full List and updates  at http://www.bkfff.com/dancehackit/ 

DANCEHACKIT™ will end with a panel discussion with organizers and sponsors entitled Creativity,The Next Commodity: How Do Artists Master the Technology for Sustainability and Profit? "With Google launching 100 online channels  and Comcast committing to at least eleven new channels, there is a need for innovative content. Artists have an opportunity to fill that void, but they first need to learn and adapt the technology. This is what we are doing here at BKFFF," says Sandy

Online Ticketing for DANCEHACKIT™ at Kumble Theater ofThe performing Arts powered by Eventbrite

BROOKLYN FASHION WEEK - A Brooklyn based & Virtual Show and Trade program, helping Independent Designers and in Fashion & Home, connect to Buyers, Boutiques, Shoppers, Bloggers & Press and Fans!

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Designers and creative businesses who have been working with us are selling! That's our goal! So here's a Sneak Peak of BKFFF... Fashion, styling, accessories, workshops even a Trailer is on Brooklyn Fashion Week main site But to get the juice and to be invited online or offline... and you must register www.brooklynfashionfilmfestival.com!

designers are taking a while to meet the challenge but we'll be ready soon!
remember This Sessions goes right through January st 1 2012!
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nKFFF is OPEn To Trade and consumers But to SEE the Fashion Films and get invites to events You need to register !

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register at www.BrooklynfashionFilmfestival.com
we started the intros to Buyers today.. Films are in and so are press packages ...well most of them! We are proud of the designers who met our challenge! Video is a Past work by one of our participating designers! Seminars & workshops are being taped... the public schedule is ready
But you MUST register

PRESS Get the Background Info on all the participants Choreographers, Dancers, Musicians, Vide & Tech Support o

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An amazing group of talent come together in a fusion of Movement, Technology, media, fashion to FORGE A SOLUTION and celebrate community! take a look

SEE DANCEHACKIT™ FREE at Kumble Theater for The Performing Arts November 19th 2pm EST

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SEE TOP Choreographers and dancers form NY, Vermont Africa and the Caribbean "Jam" together Live and In real Time
FREE at Kumble Theater for the performing arts http://www.bkfff.com/dancehackit/ RSVP NOW

The above is a PAST Work by Dancehackit Cofounder MArlies Yearby!

Working with The Dance community has Been Amazing

Fashion For Food | RSVP today to Attend this Free Event and donate to help Brooklyn Food Pantries for The Holidays!

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Head to this link to rsvp http://www.bkfff.com/fashionforfood/ Space
Sunday November 20th
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts Brooklyn
RSVP NOW Now Doors open 2-6pm Fashion Show at 3pm

Weekly Sewing Circle Becomes a HIT!

For seven years, Sue Rock Originals Everyone has worked with and searched out domestic violence survivors at residences, organizations and in our communities.

At times the search has been heart wrenching. For as the donations continue to come in and the volunteers continue to share their amazing creativity - domestic violence is still an issue that women do not want to admit having gone through.

Many times the women we meet had been removed from their violent past for 5 - 10 years or more. This, it seems, is a safe space to admit to the reality of what had happened and though forthcoming, they shirk receiving donations......"Give to those who need", "I have what I need now","I had friends and family to help me - these women have nothing"

Such is the compassion of the survivor of this life.

Well it is through the diligent support of an organization known as the Center Against Domestic Violence that a breakthrough was made.

We now have a regular group of women coming to our design studio every Tuesday to learn how to sew, knit, crochet and so much more. These women have breathed a new life into our organization with their eagerness to learn everything.

Enjoy these photos!

Our current project is to complete the quilts which were created on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2011. These quilt tops were created by volunteers and will be completed by these women. Those who can sew will sew, those who do not machine sew will embroider, other women will iron - all working together to complete the 45 covers we have.

Once completed, the women will be able to choose their own for themselves and their children and the remainder will be donated to the Center Against Domestic Violence domestic violence residences!

If you would like to find our more about this or any other program at Sue Rock Originals Design Studio -

contact us at

suerockoriginals@yahoo.com

or

(718) 781-4142

All Calls and contacts will be kept strictly confidential!

Sue Rock Originals fabric resources helping people in need around the world!

And the hits keep on coming.
Sue Rock Originals Everyone will be helping out a Day for Girls sewing event sponsored by Bust Magazine and held at Otto's Shrunken Head this past weekend!

Seven yards of fabric will become bags for reusable feminine products being compiled for the Days for Girls Organization.
Days for Girls is a nonprofit organization providing washable feminine hygiene kits for women who would otherwise go without. Currently serving in 15 nations and growing.Volunteers around the globe craft washable feminine hygiene kits. Recent expansions include setting up microenterprises in communities enabling women to make kits for their community.

Sue Rock Originals Everyone fabric resources -
helping people in need around the world!

Working with BEL KAN - The Haitian Girls Camp

Amazing things happen for those who wait...... you all know of the phenomenal turnout of volunteers for our Sewing for Haiti Event during Martin Luther King Day, 2010.

Well through a connection (made in heaven!), we are currently working with celebrity manicurist Myrdith Leon McCormick and Founding Director of United Initiatives for Peace, Diesa Eléonore Seidel to get volunteer created clothing to the girls attending BEL KAN and their families!

Take a look at this amazing camp!!

Sue Rock Originals Everyone on Brooklyn Independent TV!

Sue Rock presented Women of Valor Award by Senator John L. Sampson

On Thursday May 12, I was awarded the Women of Valor Award by Senator John L. Samson. For the past four years, Senator Samson has commended women for their role in uplifting the community. The awards are given in a variety of categories from Health and Human Services, to Education, to Leadership.

I was given the EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE award for my role as Executive Director and Founder of Sue Rock Originals Everyone! All of the Women of Valor received Citations of Honor from their City Councilperson.

As you can see the meeting room in Brooklyn College's Student Union was filled to the brim with attendees, political figures, family and well wishers.

As the program progressed, I was overcome with being presented with such an honor. Each woman spoke eloquently about their fulfillment with their responsibility in their community.....each story spoke so closely to my own.

Women spurring their children, and husbands and community leaders on to further efforts of improvement and enhanced self worth. We all agreed that we could accomplish SO much more with funding (LOL) however we affirmed that regardless - the work we did our communities was our passion and would continue even stronger!

What an amazing evening :))

SROE Presents Quilts to Domestic Violence Organization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2011

Rona Solomon 718 254 9134 rsolomon@centeragainstdv.org

Center Against Domestic Violence Participates in Brooklyn’s “Her-Story” Celebration Brooklyn, March 20, 2011 – Center Against Domestic Violence, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s office and Sue Rock Originals are teaming up to mark Women in History month at 12 noon on March 24 following Borough Hall’s Women in History Celebration. The quilts were created by volunteers at Sue Rock Originals studio in Brooklyn on the third annual Martin Luther King Day of Service. At this Brooklyn event, 100 volunteers created quilts and afghans to present to the women who found safety in Center Against Domestic Violence historic Brooklyn shelters. When Women’s Survival Space opened its doors, it was New York State’s first emergency shelter for battered women and their children. Borough President Markowitz will celebrate women in history immediately preceding the quilt presentation ceremony by honoring exceptional Brooklyn women. Founded in 1977, The Center opened the first publicly-funded domestic violence shelter in New York State. Since then, CADV’s outreach has expanded to include three full-service shelters for victims and their children, innovative education programs that reach more than 30,000 students each year, plus a variety of programs that support victims and raise awareness throughout the community. Learn more about CADV at http://www.cadvny.org/ . ###

Martin Luther King Jr Day 2011 - SEWING FOR SURVIVORS

On Monday, January 17, Sue Rock Originals Everyone did it "one more time"! Textile artist and Organizer Extraordinaire Jeanne Heifetz of Brooklyn for Barack (yes they are still around!) and Organizing for America made sure that Sue Rock Originals was plugged into the volunteering efforts for the day!

And what a day it was - we had the idea of sewing volunteers but this time utilizing the Bag and Bags of fabric samples from Van Heusen. Why not have volunteers work on our "Three Hour Quilt"? The samples are already the right size, simply sew strips and Go!

It was one of the most phenomenal events we could have hoped for -

Some of the heavy hitters that came through:

Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and his daughter!

International R&B Vocalist Karen Bernod!

Freda L. Thomas - of the Freda L. Thomas Scholarship fund

Satchi acclaimed artist Predrag Milavanovic.

Enjoy what others had to share about the day - they put it together so much more eloquently!

The Daily Kos

Organizing for America

I Want Candy

SUE ROCK ORIGINALS EVERYONE HOLDS MLK DAY VOLUNTEER EVEN

Come on over and sew, knit, crochet and embroider as we create QUILTS FOR SURVIVORS!

1069 Bergen Street between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues in Brooklyn, NY

Join your fellow New Yorkers in making warm quilts for families living in domestic-violence shelters. Often these women and children have had to flee their homes with nothing. Help provide them with bedding that is functional -- but also a labor of love.

We will have work for sewers (machines provided), embroiderers, knitters and crocheters (bring big needles/hooks if you can, but not required), photographers, videographers, bloggers, and people who just want to help by sorting yarn/fabric, keeping the operation running smoothly, etc. Yarn, fabric and snacks provided.

If you have a particular skill you want to mention, please add it in the comment section.

UPDATE: Given the overwhelming response, we will be dividing the day into two shifts.

This event is co-hosted by Brooklyn for Barack and Downtown East for Obama.

Needlearts Class Session for 2011 - JANUARY CLASSES

OUR NEEDLEARTS CLASS SESSION FOR THE NEW YEAR -

JANUARY 2011

CLASSES SATURDAYS ONLY JANUARY 8, 15 AND 22

1:00 - 4:00pm

CLASSES ARE $25 EACH

All Materials included - make a completed project each week!

All classes are held at

Sue Rock Originals Design Studio

1069 Bergen Street between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues

Brooklyn, New York

A/C trains to Nostrand Avenues -

Walk up Nostrand Avenue to Bergen Street, turn right

OR

B65 bus crosstown to Nostrand Avenue

Please rsvp your attendance at suerockoriginals@yahoo.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ALL OF THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN HELPED AND HELPED TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS

WE THANK YOU

CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY TO US ALL IN 2011

Full Moon Week at Sue Rock Originals Studios!

.............having a design studio in the heart of Brooklyn is an amazing adventure - we often refer to it as "The Sue Rock Show" with its ever changing cast of characters.

Allow me to TIVO last nite's show back to you.

Last week, I had posted on Craigslist for Free Fabric and happily received around 12 responses back! Fantastic, I thought, and began hauling all of the small scraps and pieces to the front of the studio.

Now the front of our studio is the retail space where we sell our designs and raise funds for the organization. WELL!! Now it looks like a what not shop because of course "People are coming on Tuesday, our first day open for the week for FREE FABRIC" - Right?

WRONG - foolishly, I forgot that it is 2010 and the promise of doing anything at this point is not worth the paper it is emailed on! So Tuesday comes and Wednesday comes and still no pick up - well now its getting to be enough. When Saturday comes, I email everyone at the crack of dawn and let them know "LOOK we have free fabric you can come today!" and I posted the hours

The day started with going to Irondale with my son's acting workshop - then off to the studio to see how things were going.

When we got inside, there was still fabric all over the front store area (waaaaah how disheartening).

But..........in an hour or so.......Hold up.....there is someone coming in with a shopping Cart -


Why it was musician Veronica White-Pugh. Veronica is one of our amazing creative neighbors (you need to come out and Dig Crown Heights ya'll). Now invested in studying trumpet, she is a jazz bassist who has worked with musicians throughout the 1990's. She was attracted to our post because of her quilting hobby and also enjoys crocheting, knitting and weaving.

Next came a wonderful Egyptian woman with her son and daughter - they were wonderful. So friendly and engaging. Her young children marveled at all of the colors and items in our studio and helped her to pack the travel bag to the brim. She told me that she sews at home and makes cultural clothing for herself and her family. She thanked me and gave us blessings saying that the work we were doing was wonderful for women.

Now the folks were flowing in.......


In walks a diminutive Filipino woman with her husband. She took in the surroundings with her eyes and smile beaming approval at every turn. Then she turn around and saw the piles of fabric around her and gasped! I ensured her that she would not have to take it all :)) I was to find out that evening that our studio had been "grace" by the ubiquitous Grace Edwards, currently the underground fashion darling of the FUN and FABULOUS. Grace Edwards is an avant garde fashion designer that has hit the New York scene by storm. With her unerring sense of style and vibrant color her styles are a hit with socialites such as 94 years YOUNG Zelda Kaplan!

Grace and Jack were wonderful and as we left we made sure we were going to keep in touch - hmmmm could there be some awesome collaborations between Grace and Sue Rock?

Our favorite neighbor and treasurer for the Crown Heights North Association Valorie Bowers came by. Valorie is super special for us. She represents a side of African American life in Brooklyn that is almost lost. A resident of the Crown Heights area for over 50 years, she lives in the same house she grew up in. Whenever she comes over, its a guarantee for good times and great conversation!

Next was Aisha from Medgar Evers who brought us a Brother Sewing Machine!



Musician Chris Faroe the brilliant co-founder of The Catweazle Club New York came through during the evening seeking out fabric for his open mic/theatre/poetry magic fest that happens each week at A Gathering of Tribes in the Lower East Side.

As he went through our collection of fabric pieces, three women walked in with the HUGEST garbage bags. Well it seemed that our most recent volunteer Trish brought her friends over to see our space and to also bring DONATIONS and I mean DONASHUNS - Trish had been hit with the Sue Rock bug early on and had begun to get all of her family members to get in their closets and let go of some of there excess shoes and handbags. Over 20 pairs of men's, women's and children's shoes were all donated to us, are beautiful and in great condition!

This busy evening winded down with a walkin from writer Victoria Cho. Victoria Cho is one of our neighbors who has continued to bless us with her bubbly personality. An Asian native from Virginia, she brings a contemporary spunky vitality to everything she does and her brilliant smile lit up our studio. "VICTORIA CHO" we all shouted, as if she was on the ancient television series CHEERS and we all scoffed at her being too busy to stop by ("Oh yeah, working on graduate school - PUH lease! Like you can't stop by and say hi to friends!") She shared what was going on in her life, what with temping, a writers workshop and a burgeoning novel. I encouraged her to come by once a month maybe for a reading. (as long as she threw in some racy parts towards the end - you know to keep people coming for the next week!)

That is how it is at the Sue Rock show - great characters, cast members you are just DYING to see again and the constancy of Sue and Jay Rock, sewing, weaving, typing and crocheting around it all......

See you next week!

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month - but does anyone know?

So I have been tracking the news for the past two months and in New York alone there have been over 12 different stories about domestic violence incidents which ended in tragedy. These are the stories that you hear about of course because dramatic and exciting, they do not speak of the months or years a women or her family lived in terror.

I have had the greatest compassion for those women who leave everything, believing that their lives are worth more than the material things in their lives. Leave everything - having faith that life will provide something better.

Did you know that right now nationally

- 1 in FOUR women have experienced domestic violence in their lives?
- Historically women are abused by someone they KNOW
- 1 out of three women who are killed are VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!

These statistics are staggering. After the powerful years of the women's empowerment movements of the 1970's and 80's the fact that these statistics still ring true, only show there is so much more work to be done!!

Sue Rock Originals participates in TOYS FOR TOTS!

Hey we have just been requested to participate in the TOYS FOR TOTS Program.

A wonderful neighbor of ours Chanel Maye has just requested that we participate in the TOYS for TOTS Program.

Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major William L. Hendricks. to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, a 501 charity located in Triangle, Virginia, serves to fund, raise funds for, and support the program.

What I hadn't realized was that Toys for TOTS has been around for so long. If you would like to participate in this program with us contact us at suerockoriginals@yahoo.com. We would like to get as many children as possible participating in this program and you are essential to making this happen.

The brilliant work of volunteer Andrew Eastmond

Todays times require high quality text, high quality images and great connections. We have been blessed with some wonderful committed volunteers who love what they do! This card is a collaboration with the work of photographer Janine Addison of Draco Photography. Her work as a contract photographer for three top modeling agencies brought us into contact with stunning professional models.

Three years later, this work remains strong as the graphic arts of Andrew Eastmond and our mission makes the images sing! Our most recent donation was of a beautiful infocard for use with our promotional material. We formally thank Andrew Eastmond and the team at CBS Outdoor!!

But where else can I find Sue Rock Originals Everyone Items?!

There are so many ways to support the work of Sue Rock Originals - recently a review of our blog noted that we had fogotten to mention so much of our work - mainly our contact info!!


For you dear friends of ours we can be reached atbut maybe its not volunteering you want but some fly Sue Rock Originals Gear - and in a hurry.

Take a look at our work on Smashing Darling

http://www.smashingdarling.com/store/sue-rock-originals

OR

Buy a share of our designs at the unique and innovative British site

CATWALK GENIUS

http://www.catwalkgenius.com/Sue_Rock_Originals/

Ooops, maybe Etsy is your style with vintage knit or crochet patterns -

Well you can support us there at http://www.etsy.com/shop/suerock?ref=seller_info!

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IQONS is a brilliant fashion site which evens the playing field between connecting with fashion professionals at all levels - www.iqons.com/sue+rock is where we can be found there.

But as always our work can be supported by your donations on Paypal:

suerockoriginals@yahoo.com

Or directly at

Sue Rock Originals Everyone, Inc.
50 East 18th Street Apt. A8
Brooklyn, NY 11226


All donations are tax deductible.

Donations to Safe Horizons with success!

When we began this adventure of philanthropy without funding whatta concept we were naïve enough to think we were joining an army of do-gooders who tirelessly worked to support people eon need. The 1970’s ad 80’s had brought a wellspring of brilliant non profits from youth, women, African Americans and Hispanics not to mention the gay and lesbian populations that have grown to serve the entire population.

Unfortunately this is not the case in 2010. Non profits are big business. Stretched to the limits with funding and filing responsibilities, most do not have the time or the staff to create programs for their populations.

Our donation drive held the week after Mothers Day was heartwarming as it was illuminating. This year we again partnered with Safe Horizon. I had great anticipation at meeting the residents. And why not? Now I would be able to share the hopes of their participation in our Domestic Violence Empowerment Series. I could share the beautiful items created and get first hand responses. The day began with two of our original volunteers stopping by to visit – Ramona Kearns and Al Asia Shelton – it was kismet!!

When I arrived at the residence I was welcomed by the director and social worker. Sue Rock Originals Everyone brought 12 huge bags of hand knits, donated clothing, shoes and purses. We also received a shopping bag full of hotel size toiletries, a generous donor collected from amongst her friends (truly a brilliant idea!)

When we settled into the common room, I situated myself among the women (and one man!) and began to speak…….

As I spoke the women looked at each other……

The one man left the room visibly moved…….

I told the story of our loss and how Sue Rock Originals Everyone seeks to assist each resident at the level they are able to receive help at this point. No questions need to be asked. No invasive forms to be filled out. Just come and receive the plentiful resources that are available to enable them to replace all the items they had left behind. Giving them the skills of their grands and great grands….

I then encouraged everyone to select the items I had showcased around the room (to their amazement)….

And then the tears began to flow……

Speak with the social worker who had facilitated my visit, she said over and over

"You have no idea what this has meant to these people. To give so generously of your time and bring handmade items for everyone is just amazing. These women have stories you would not have wanted for your worst enemy. And you just spoke to them from your heart – for some the first time since they have left that someone spoke to them like a human being”

I was curious as to what the feedback was form other groups who had come by and I learned the sad truth –

NO ONE comes by to help or provide services…….

These comments were received by residents of the Safe Horizon residence SROE visited. I feel that their words speak volumes.

• I want to thank Ms Rock for coming over and sharing the things she brought over. The program is very exciting and wonderful to hear how there’s a program out there that is willing show us and help us. She didn’t know me and made me feel welcome.

• I Love the styles, new colors, color mixes, the shape of the ideas bring out the personality in people’s styles. It also leaves hope for the future and a chance to give back.

• Ms. Rock introduced to us a window to learn how to make our own apparel and décor for ourselves. She was very informative and very kind in giving us sample so what people have made and donated.

• I am planning on going to this program. I am interested in learning how to make curtains, clothes, etc and I thought Ms. Rock gave an incredible presentation.

And finally

• Ms Rock I truly appreciate your innovative approach to helping and supporting the DV community. I’m inspired and motivated by your idea. THANK YOU TRULY AND SINCERELY you’ve made us feels acknowledged and appreciated!

And that’s what it’s all about isn’t it?