Together with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), we’re hosting a landmark student design competition for the 2024-2025 academic year! Learn more about the Design for Freedom “Ethical & Equitable Materiality: To End Forced Labor" competition at our upcoming informational webinar on Thursday, September 26th at 4:00pm EST: https://lnkd.in/dbhaGwRs Speakers Sharon Prince (Grace Farms Foundation CEO and Founder), Karen Kariuki (Head of Design for Freedom University Involvement and Grace Farms Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives and Investor Engagement) and Michael J. Crosbie (Professor, University of Hartford; Design for Freedom Working Group) will provide vital insights and the details you need to move forward! As part of the competition, architecture students can compete in two separate categories: a design project and a materials research project. The competition aims to challenge individual or teams of students to explore how architectural materials research and design can eliminate forced labor in the building materials supply chain -- and to explore and propose how architects can work to eradicated modern slavery from the built environment. We are honored to partner with the ACSA on this competition and continue our work with students, colleges and universities as they are at the helm of creating change for the next generation and accelerating the momentum of the global Design for Freedom movement! Sign up for the webinar: https://lnkd.in/dbhaGwRs
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How to build a more humane future. Earlier today, our Sustainability Leader, Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA, SITES AP, was joined by Louis Fusco, ASLA, PLA, of Louis Fusco Landscape Architects and Sharon Prince of the Grace Farms Foundation for a talk raising awareness about forced labor in the materials supply chain. Detailing this inspiring new movement, the discussion outlined how to make socially sustainable material choices and offered insight into how to ensure a more ethical future for development. See you tomorrow at the #ASLA2024 expo!
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Coming up at #ASLA2024 this Sunday! Discover how you can be part of the global Design for Freedom movement to end forced labor in the built environment on October 6th at 10:15 am EST! Attend the panel, "Design for Freedom: Eliminating Forced Labor in the Building Materials Supply Chain" to hear insights from our CEO and Founder, Sharon Prince, Louis Fusco (Principal, Louis Fusco Landscape Architects), and Amy Syverson-Shaffer ASLA, SITES AP, TRUE Advisor (Sustainability Leader, Landscape Forms). More details: https://lnkd.in/eVeZ49GK
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Gain vital insight into the Design for Freedom by Grace Farms movement at CACX'24 on October 17th at 4pm EST! Nora Rizzo (Ethical Materials Director) and Brigid Abraham, AIA (Design for Freedom Senior Project Manager) will lead the CE session, "Design for Freedom Pilot Project Delivery & Practice" (1 HSW) to provide critical perspective on the movement to create transparent and ethical building materials supply chains, including the material tracing process, the impact of material choices and how they affect project outcomes, and a further look at our Pilot Project program. Plus, discover how to integrate the Design for Freedom Principles into your current and future projects. Be part of the movement to end forced labor in the built environment. Register to attend CACX'24 now: https://lnkd.in/ea_5GGrj
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⚠️Don't miss our pivotal conference where industry leaders will share their expertise in tackling modern slavery and labour exploitation in the built environment. Hear from: 📣A survivor with lived experience 📣Dame Sara Thornton - Former UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and Modern Slavery Consultant, CCLA Investment Management 📣Phillip C. - CEO, Align Ltd 📣Adam Whitfield - Head of Compliance & ESG, Achilles Information Limited 📣Jo Potts- Sustainability Director - Responsible Sourcing & Social Impact, Balfour Beatty plc 📣Phillip Cain - Operations Director, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) 📣Jamie Swanston - Procurement & Supply Chain Director, Tilbury Douglas 📣Roxann Dawson MSc, DipQ, CQP FCQI- Business Assurance Director, Tilbury Douglas 📣Jennie Gallagher - Accounts Director, CarmichaelUK - Civil Engineering & Construction Recruitment 📣John Bullivant - Group Head of Ethical and Responsible Sourcing, Travis Perkins 📣Sally Taylor - Sustainable Procurement Specialist, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 📣Elaine Mitchel-Hill - International Lead, Design for Freedom by Grace Farms Register for free today: 📅16 October 2024 🕙9:00 AM 🎟️https://ow.ly/xGRm50TBj7k #antislavery #modernslavery #conference
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Have questions about the Design for Freedom movement? Attend our upcoming virtual Office Hours session tomorrow, Thur., Oct. 3rd, at 12pm EST! Bring your questions about the movement, best practices for integrating the Design for Freedom Principles to your practice and projects, lates product discoveries, and more for Nora Rizzo, Ethical Materials Director and Brigid Abraham, AIA, Design for Freedom Senior Project Manager at Grace Farms. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/dJbsjemq
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We are excited to announce that we have not one, but two roundtable events in October! The first will take place on Monday, October 21st, where we look forward to welcoming Natasha Mitra from Unseen UK, a UK charity fighting modern slavery. Then, on Thursday, October 31st, we are delighted to be joined once again by Elaine Mitchel-Hill, human rights and supply chain expert, International Lead: Design for Freedom by Grace Farms. Additionally, stay tuned for the latest episode of our podcast series, featuring Police Scotland's Human Trafficking Unit—coming soon! 🎙 If you're not already on the invite list to receive notifications and invites for all SAMS-related events, please contact amanda.brough@brightwork.co.uk so you don’t miss out on future updates. #UnseenUK #PoliceScotland #AntiTrafficking #ModernSlavery #HumanRights #SupplyChainEthics #HumanTrafficking
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We recently had the brilliant opportunity to work with the next generation of business leaders, a team of students from the The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in pursuit of their MBAs, on their FYP (First Year Project). Working with our Head of University Involvement, Grace Farms Foundation's Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives and Investor Engagement, Karen Kariuki, the students’ goal was to dive deeper into ways to amplify the work and mission of the global Design for Freedom movement to end forced labor in building materials supply chains. Making this even more meaningful is that it represented a full-circle moment as Kariuki is herself a Tuck Business School alum, having done her own FYP as a student! As you’ll learn in this newly-published article by the Tuck School highlighting the FYP, the students explored how Grace Farms is innovating a new model of social entrepreneurship, specifically by examining how Grace Farms Tea & Coffee, the Foundation’s public benefit subsidiary and a Certified #BCorp that gives back 100% of its profits to Design for Freedom, is a tangible demonstration of our mission to create a more ethical and transparent future. “Tuck is built on this foundation of trust and respect, not in relation to how many years you’ve been in the workforce, but instead, how curious you are. That level of curiosity showed up in profound ways for this team. They were incredibly impressive.” – Karen Kariuki. “We saw a lot of opportunity with the tea and coffee business,” said Kenlynn Yeo, a student on the FYP team, in the article, “We were excited to dig in and think about ways to grow the business, which was in a pretty nascent stage.” Thank you to Dartmouth for this enriching opportunity, which marks another important step forward for the #DesignforFreedom movement's work with students and universities and amplifies our reach with the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Read the article now: https://lnkd.in/eTJCC-Cr Pictured: Business school students from the The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth - at Grace Farms including, Andrew Maillet, Nicholas Sullivan, Kenlynn Yeo, Peter Hu, and Cillian Connor, alongside our CEO and Founder and Co-Founder of Grace Farms Tea & Coffee, Sharon Prince, Karen Kariuki, Chief Financial Officer, A.J. Conley, Chief Communications Officer, Elizabeth Rapuano, and Co-Founder and CEO of Grace Farms Tea & Coffee, Adam Thatcher
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Happy Coffee Day! Today, we celebrate not just the joy of a great cup of coffee, but also the impact we can make together. At Grace Farms Tea & Coffee, we are proud to offer ethically sourced products that promote freedom and fairness. Explore our premium organic coffees and join us in the Design for Freedom by Grace Farms movement. Your choice not only enhances your coffee experience but also supports a commitment to ethical sourcing and social responsibility. Let’s make a difference—one cup at a time! #GraceFarms #SipWithGrace #HappyCoffeeDay #EthicalSourcing #SocialImpact
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Deep dive into architecture's ability to affect change and inspire connection with Grace Farms' Architecture Advisor, Toshihiro Oki and renowned design writer and educator, Frances Anderton, at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)'s Toshizo Watanabe Culinary Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA, on 10/9. Come to the "The Ma of Space: How Architecture Creates Change" for an inspiring conversation between Toshihiro Oki and Frances Anderton focused on Ma, "the concept referring to the spaces between boundaries intentionally left empty to allow different people, things, places, and experiences to co-exist with less friction between them," as described by JACCC. Discover the intentional architecture of Grace and Farms and JACCC under the perspective of Ma, and the far-reaching impact of architecture to advance good and create new outcomes. Reserve your seat: https://bit.ly/3XJymdn
The Ma of Space How Architecture Creates Change | JACCC
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