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GOOD NEWS ALERT!!!

I am so excited to tell you all that the Fashion Act has been introduced in California! This is a very big deal because CA is the world’s 5th largest economy. New York is the 10th largest. So if these two states pass the Fashion Act this year—and I feel extremely optimistic that they will—then we will see some major global change forced on the fashion industry. This is MAJOR news in a time when the Trump administration is pushing us backwards in terms of climate progress. And I suspect that we will see no significant progress in climate legislation on the federal level over the next four years.

We have been working in NY for more than a year to make this happen. Adding CA to the list is a big win.

The expansion of the Fashion Act—and the fact that even exists in the first place—is an incredible example of how people just like us can get out there and make change happen when they work together. I am part of the coalition of fashion professionals, brands, climate activists, and legislative experts that have been pushing so hard to make this happen. We are doing this unpaid but important work because we believe so much in it. And I want you to be involved, too!

I recommend you sign the petition as well, because large platforms (myself included) should not spread harmful information and should be aware of the effect that our influence has on both our own followers as well as other communities. 

As always, if i said something disrespectful towards those with DID please let me know and I will edit this post. 

Since the year 2000 there have been more than 220 school shootings resulting in injuries or fatalities in America. In the more recent years, some of the injuries have occurred during safety classes where a teacher is going over gun control/safety and the gun has gone off and injured or killed a student.

Arming teachers isn’t the answer. Having metal detectors in the school and extra security isn’t doing enough. 

And that’s just school shootings.

Below you’ll find a list of some of the deadliest mass shootings in America from 2000 to present day along with how many deaths and what year. If this information doesn’t make you want to do something about the gun laws (or lack thereof) in America, then you need to rethink your priorities.

Las Vegas Shooting, 2017, 59 dead.

Orlando Nightclub Shooting, 2016, 50 dead.

Virginia Tech Shooting, 2007, 33 dead.

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, 2012, 28 dead.

Sutherland Springs Church Shooting, 2017, 27 dead.

Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018, 17 dead.

San Bernardino Attack, 2015, 16 dead.

Binghamton shootings, 2009, 14 dead.

And just this Friday, May 18th, the Santa Fe High School shooting, 2018, 10 dead.

These are people. People with families and lives and dreams and goals. And now they’re dead. This is an issue that needs to be dealt with. 

More than 1,500 people in America have been killed due to mass shootings since the 1990s.

On March 24th 2018, there was March For Our Lives in Washington, D.C.

Since then there have been more than five school shootings with injuries and fatalities and it hasn’t even been two months.

We need gun control in America.

We need to ban assault weapons in America.