ABOUT GLOBAL ACTION THROUGH FASHION
MISSION
Global Action Through Fashion (GATF) is a non-profit organization founded with the vision to create a more equitable and sustainable world through fashion. We provide education & informational resources for consumers, producers & fashion industry professionals.
ABOUT GLOBAL ACTION THROUGH FASHION
GATF is an intermediary organization creating a platform for the ethical fashion and conventional fashion communities to network, learn, collaborate, improve and exchange best practices. GATF also strives to create a stronger and more informed consumer base. These goals are accomplished through educational and networking events; joint practitioner and academic conferences; annual state of the industry reports; online resources; and consulting services.
HISTORY
GATF was founded in January 2010 by Domenica Peterson and Grant Ennis in Oakland, California. With experience in international development and fashion and a personal background as a seamstress, Domenica saw ethical fashion as the ideal tool for solving the critical global environmental and social problems of today. Upon return from the UK where she experienced the ethical fashion community working collaboratively to promote ethical fashion and raise consumer awareness, she found the same was not true in the U.S. While her search for everything “ethical fashion” resulted in the discovery of hundreds of innovative organizations and companies, the US lacked a cohesive MOVEMENT to improve the fashion industry and, in turn, the world. Grant, with over 5 years experience in international non-profits both in the field and in the U.S., sees ethical fashion as the ideal framework for promoting supply chain consciousness among consumers in the first world. Together they founded GATF to create a platform for the ethical fashion and conventional fashion communities to network, learn, collaborate, improve and exchange best practices as well as create a stronger and more informed consumer base for ethical fashion goods throughout the world.
