Genocides, and racial violence in Palestine, Congo,  Sudan,  Atlanta, and more are being funded, by fashion, beauty, tech and food brands.

From my experience in modeling, I know that our power in advertising has a huge impact on company profits that are funding this oppression! 

WHAT BRANDS ARE SUPPORTING GENOCIDE, VIOLENCE, RACISM AND SLAVERY? 

Brands that fund violence, slavery, exploit, and intentionally harm marginalized people, putting no wealth back into these countries, need to be canceled. Although I believe in a boycott, I use the word cancel because I personally think the decision to shop locally should be as permanent as possible. 

For more info on brands to boycott for Palestine you can visit 

https://www.whattoboycott.org/

and the Palestine BDS Movement:

https://bdsmovement.net/news/urgent-action-alert-for-meaningful-support-for-palestinians

 

ITS NOT JUST INTERNATIONALLY. ITS LOCAL.

ATLANTA :

Is fighting back militarized- police training facilities from being built in predominantly black areas, and on stolen native Muscogee land. From historical systemized racism that lead to black genocides, to our protest of Black Lives in 2020, the violent result of police brutality, is very evident in our communities. Brands funding Cop City Include Coca-Cola, Inspire Brands, Arbys, Dunkin Donuts, Home Depot, and more:

https://news.littlesis.org/2022/11/15/meet-the-major-corporations-and-cultural-institutions-helping-build-cop-city-in-atlanta/

CONGO

has been exploited by big tech industries, that support military violence, and use children to mine Cobalt and other minerals for our technology. The industries include. APPLE, GOOGLE, TESLA, HP, DELL, MICROSOFT, AND THEIR MINING COMPANIES. For more information on Congo brands/organizations to support, visit my linktree under  "Free Congo": 

https://linktr.ee/melanated_millennial

I'm currently looking for more brands we can add to the list that can donate proceeds to help Congo. 

 

SUDAN

is facing a war over resources, with their biggest resource being Gold. Although I have not found specific brands to boycott complicit with their war, we can still do our part to support them. Especially considering models are exploited from refugee camps in Africa, and Sudanese models make up a majority of black representation in the fashion industry. I'm looking for more Sudanese brands that can donate proceeds to help Sudan victims. Please share if you know of any. Visit my link tree for Sudanese organizations and brands to support:

https://linktr.ee/melanated_millennial

 

What Can The Fashion/Beauty Industry Do? 

• We can collectively amplify brands that support oppressed people in Atlanta, Palestine, the Congo and Sudan

 

• Share at least 5 Congolese, and Sudanese brands selling products, on your social media platforms (can be in your stories, on your feed, in your bio, on your tiktok etc.) with links to their websites, especially ones donating proceeds to organizations helping these countries. I need help in collectively reaching out/emailing/contacting more brands and organizations for Congo and Sudan. 

Visit my linktree under Congo and Sudan, for organizations accepting donations for them. 

https://linktr.ee/melanated_millennial

• We can collectively stop influencing people to buy brands that don’t care about human rights and support slavery. Check my linktree for brands to boycott under each country. 

https://linktr.ee/melanated_millennial

• As models/influencers we can collectively stop doing campaigns with these brands that use our faces to fund genocide/slavery/violence. 

 

• We can collectively tell model agencies not to work with these brands as clients. If they refuse, we can collectively walk away from their contracts. Without models, agencies can’t make enough money to sustain themselves.

 

• We can collectively email/message more brands from these genocide affected countries, as well brands outside of these countries who are not on the boycott list, to partner with and donate proceeds to their relief organizations. 

 

OUR GOVERMENT IS NOT LISTENING TO US. WE ARE THESE VICTIMS ONLY VOICE NOW 

We need more models against massacre and more of the fashion industry that supports freedom from genocide, and slavery. 

SIGN YOUR NAME, SHARE, & FOLLOW THE CALLS TO ACTION IF YOU AGREE! 

Thank you!