See Jane Do Everyday Women Doing Extraordinary Things
“Taking action doesn’t just mean tweeting, it doesn’t mean just creating a Facebook post, it has to be more than that. We have to get from behind our computer screens and get out and be a part of our communities and make a difference. The first things that popped into my head was we should do a march on Washington on Inauguration weekend.”
~Bob Bland, Women’s March co-organizer
Bob Bland is the CEO + Founder of Manufacture New York (MNY), a social enterprise that is rethinking the fashion ecosystem (design, development, distribution) and creating a new, vertically-integrated business model that will transform apparel & textile production for the 21st century. Their mission is to reawaken and rebuild America’s fashion industry, foster the next wave of businesses, and create a transparent, sustainable global supply chain. An international speaker + advocate for domestic manufacturing, ethical supply chains and design entrepreneurship education, Ms. Bland has presented Manufacture New York as a case study in Copenhagen, Seoul, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Las Vegas, Washington D.C. and NYC. She has also been featured in two books, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present & Future (2015), We Own the City (2014); the film “Making It In America: Empowering Global Fashion;” and multiple TV interviews including CNBC & CBS Evening News.
