Patti tripathi dallas

The new board features a diverse group of individuals including Abha Rai , Asst. Professor, Loyola University Chicago, Dr. Pratibha Salwan joins the organization with 27 years of corporate digital technology experience. As part of the revitalization, we are also using creative strategies to raise funds and have recently revamped our website. Anu and Subrahmanya Bhat, through their Bhat Foundation, support various causes and award scholarships to deserving students.

We hope to raise the amount tenfold, then the structure will be put in place by the board and committee members. The lotus germinates in stagnant waters, but grows tall toward the sky, and shares its beauty with the world.

I am sure Patti, Pratibha, and the newly created board— of which I have the honor of being a member— will work hard at impacting social change and making our world a little bit more beautiful. Personally, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to empower s of victims of crime and abuse by helping them obtain legal status and work permits so they are not caught in the circle of violence, abuse and trafficking.

Through their community programs and engagement sessions, they have empowered victims of domestic violence and human trafficking giving them hope and a new passion to lead life. In a collaboration titled I was a Sari, SarisToSuits is working in partnership with an India-based social enterprise that works with female artisans to upcycle once a vibrant sari into stylish western outfits and other products.

Gucci Equilibrium is training women in Mumbai to become artisans. These once unskilled workers are getting skilled in embroidery and design to make clothing and products such as kimonos, clutches, Kaftans, made from saris. How did the idea of makeover come about? Since her passing at age 56 in late I had been carrying around two suitcases of vintage saris.

I do not attend many occasions wearing saris and I did not want to turn them into pillow covers and curtains. Also, perplexed by the intention of the title, the organization was receiving sari donations! In the meanwhile, Tripathi and her friend stumbled upon an Italian who had launched a social enterprise in India and the products were already popular in Italy and Greece. COVID has hit the organization hard, but the artisans trained are now working from home after their warehouse closed.

Everything including shoes and jewelry are re-imagined with upcycled saris, including the hangtag. Without advertising, the first sample stock of 40 clothing items and clutch bags in the E-store has nearly sold out. Saris to Suits is a nonprofit organization which has acquired c 3 charity organization status.

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