The Issues At Hand

1. Too many migrants more than what the city can handle.
2. The city is doing everything it can to discourage other migrants to come to the city.
3. What to do with the ones that are already here in terms of housing, employment, rising crime and violence.

While there is no one magic bullet to this mega issues, I believe New Yorkers, like myself ought to step up and assist as much as we can do from saving our city into complete chaos and lawlessness. To look the other can be very well mean that a lot these folks would end up in the pipeline of mass incarceration complex. From my advantage point, fashion is always my first line of defense. The New York City fashion industry has historically been the ushering into work and society for many generations before us. Employment in fashion created wealth and for many generations was their first great shot into the American dream. Today their children’s children are America’s doctors, lawyers, judges, professors, nurses, politicians and the list goes on and on. I strongly believe that this new wave of immigrants would be no different. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the average senior seamstress and tailor in New York City are fast approaching retirement age. This means that in a few years from now what remains of fashion may vanish altogether because there are not highly skilled operators to work on samples and/or the small productions that are still being produced in a vital industrial sector for the city economy. Objective: To utilize some of the new wave of immigrants to skillfully train them to be the next generation of New York City tailors and seamstresses. By definition, they are younger, a lot of them have some education and they are eager to integrate themselves as productive members of our NYC community. WIN WIN Strategy: This vocational program has the potential to alleviate more than its intended goals. Not only people who acquire new skills are less likely to break the law, but they are also more likely to become model and abiding law citizens looking forward to integrate themselves into the community which has welcomed them. This is a major preventive measure and/or deterrent for the incarceration piping system. The fashion industry can acquire and expand its labor force with a more youthful and newly mint trained operators through platforms like study2go, giving a breadth of fresh air and skills—keeping the industry healthy and thriving. A gainfully employed immigrant community can replicate positive effects throught its community itself – using one as a role model for others. Less dependency on government assistance. How Can We Make This Happened The Edwing D’Angelo Foundation is ready and capable of providing the necessary training from 500 to 1000 immigrants. Along with our partner, A Little of Piece Light, can also provide vocational skills in different fields such as plumbing, construction, etc. We will partner with other organizations to fullfil the need of the trainees.