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Ask Parsons: Stop Promoting Fur to Fashion Students
  1. Signatures
    1,241 out of 1,500
    Petitioning
    1. Director, Parsons School of Fashion (Priscilla Holcomb)
  2. Created By
    Annie Hartnett
    MA
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Each year, furrier Saga conducts courses and contests at the Parsons School of Fashion. Fashion students are given free samples of fur and encouraged to use fur in their future lines. 

Parsons has a lengthy sustainability manifesto on their website, encouraging students to be environmentally conscious and to "buy better."

It isn't consistent with Parson's sustainability message to allow Saga to hand out free fur to students. If Parsons is truly serious about the ethics of their young designers, they won't allow Saga to give out fur to their students. 

Photo Credit: Brent Nashville 

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Please Stop Saga's Fur Contest at Parsons

Greetings,

I recently read on Change.org that Parson New School for Design is still planning to conduct Saga's annual fur contest.

Parson's has an admirable sustainability manifesto on its website, but holding a contest sponsored by furriers isn't consistent with this message. How can you ask students to "buy better," and then hold a contest that promotes the torture and slaughter of thousands of animals?

I urge you to immediately discontinue the annual fur contest. I am aware that Parsons recently held a workshop conducted by The Humane Society of the United States. While this is a move in the right direction, Parsons should take a true stand against fur. The school helps shape the careers of young designers, and Parsons has a responsibility not to allow furriers to lure young students into supporting the cruel fur industry.

Thank you.

[Your name]

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