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It was a decade ago that designer Paige Mycoskie first included tie-dye as part of her Los Angeles-based brand Aviator Nation to sell at a booth at a music festival. That initial batch 500 T-shirts and tank tops she dyed by hand, letting them dry in the sun, strewn around her backyard.
“I think my neighbors thought I was crazy,” she said. However, it was worth it: Most of the pieces sold. (She held back on certain items because she loved them too much to part with them.) Since then, tie-dye has remained a popular part of Mycoskie’s collection of relaxed hoodies and sweats that typify Southern California’s laid-back, retro-leaning aesthetic.
Courtesy of The Equity Alliance
The Equity Alliance, a Nashville-based statewide nonprofit focused on the civic and economic empowerment of the Black community, has announced it will received $350,000 over the next three years to create a new civic leadership training program.
The Equity Alliance was one of 20 organizations chosen nationally to receive a grant from Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Racial Equity Community Impact Fund, according to a release. The fund supports high-impact organizations working to tackle racial inequities affecting Black communities across the United States.
The grant recipients include other advocacy groups from across the U.S., as well as leading historically Black colleges and universities. The fund will initially provide $10 million in grants to the organizations over a three-year period focused on community advocacy and mobilization, social justice and educational innovation.