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Native Vote: Fashion in Action, an Indigenous Fashion Show

Join us Friday, Oct. 30 for an unforgettable night!

We are excited to bring together Indigenous fashion designers, models, artists, and community members for a professionally produced runway experience that celebrates Indigenous creativity, identity, culture, storytelling, and the Native right to vote.

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The event will also create an opportunity to encourage informed, nonpartisan civic engagement and encourage attendees to use their voices to vote on November 3. Together, we will generate meaningful conversations around voting, community leadership, cultural responsibility, and participation in civic life.

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Location: The event will be in the Marquette University Tony and Lucille Weasler Auditorium, located at 1506 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI.

Parking: There is public parking on 16th St. between Wisconsin Ave. and Wells St. at 749 N 16th St, Milwaukee, WI 53233

Featured designers

Aerius Benton-Banai (Lac Courte Oreilles)

Suzette Mayotte (Bad River Ojibwe)

Stephenie Muscavitch VanEvery (Oneida)

Audra Two Thunders (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians)

Sunny Webster (Oneida)

Jennifer Benally (Oneida)

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DESIGN CHALLENGE

As part of the runway presentation, each featured designer is required to create one original garment specifically for the Civic Engagement Design Challenge.

The garment should be inspired by one or more of the following:

  • Civic engagement through voting, registering to vote and/or advocating to vote

  • Community leadership and cultural responsibility of passing on the importance of voting

  • The importance of using your voice to vote in upcoming elections

The Civic Engagement Design Challenge is intended to encourage thoughtful artistic expression while promoting education and awareness through fashion.

Designers are encouraged to interpret these ideas through their own artistic, cultural, and creative perspective.

The goal is not to tell designers what the garment should look like, but to encourage designers to explore questions such as:

  • Why is voting important to you?

  • What does leadership look like within your community?

  • What does cultural responsibility mean to you?

  • What does passing on your knowledge of voting to future generations mean to you?

  • How can fashion tell a story about community participation, leadership, responsibility, and voting?

  • How does voting impact your Native community?

Apply to be a model in our fashion show!

Be part of a professionally produced runway experience that celebrates Indigenous fashion and using our voices to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 3. We need models to be on the runway.

Apply below. Applications are due by Oct. 9.

Model application

Please include a card with your model info. When filling out the form, please send a card with your name, phone number, email, and sizes (shirt, pants, dress, and shoe sizes).

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