Global Disability Inclusion to Participate in Runway of Dreams Foundation's Fashion Revolution at the Kick-Off to NYFW
Global Disability Inclusion Brand Ambassador Shaholly Ayers and freshman model Keren Clay will model in the Runway of Dreams show.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Sept. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Disability Inclusion, a leading consultancy firm that designs and develops comprehensive disability employment and inclusion strategies for Global 500 companies, U.S. Federal contractors, foundations and nonprofits, is excited to announce their Brand Ambassador Shaholly Ayers will be walking in the Runway of Dreams Fashion Revolution event on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. Shaholly, an amputee model, is looking forward to her seventh season modeling at New York Fashion Week. She is known as the first amputee model to walk the runway at NYFW without a prosthetic. This fall, she will be featured in a campaign for a popular lifestyle brand.
In addition, Global Disability Inclusion is proudly sponsoring Keren Clay in her modeling debut at the Runway of Dreams Fashion Revolution event. Keren, age 10, is a recent amputee due to a rare solid tumor cancer that she is currently fighting. Keren is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatment, and her goal is to walk the runway using her brand-new prosthetic leg. The remarkable 5th grader can't wait to experience New York Fashion Week for the very first time!
The Runway of Dreams Foundation is a fashion focused nonprofit that works to broaden the reach of adaptive clothing and promote people with disabilities in fashion through inclusion, empowerment, and opportunity. Click here for more information about this year's Fashion Revolution event.
About Global Disability Inclusion
Global Disability Inclusion, LLC is a boutique-consulting firm providing disability inclusion strategies for global companies and U.S. Federal Contractors. Our work helps companies realize the business benefits of including people with disabilities in the workplace, the workforce, and the marketplace.
Learn more about Global Disability Inclusion, LLC at www.globaldisabilityinclusion.com.
About Runway of Dreams Foundation
The Runway of Dreams Foundation is a fashion focused nonprofit that works to broaden the reach of adaptive clothing and promote people with disabilities in fashion through inclusion, empowerment, and opportunity. Founded on the basis that clothing is a basic human need, the Runway of Dreams Foundation develops, delivers and supports initiatives to broaden the reach of adaptive clothing and promote people with disabilities in the fashion industry. Through adaptive clothing donations, employment opportunity initiatives, adaptive design workshops, awareness building campaigns, and scholarship programs, the Runway of Dreams Foundation is empowering people with disabilities with opportunity, confidence, independence, and style.
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