Meaningful design

The all-female Mai‘a Project tackles social justice issues through inspirational T-shirt art

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 06, 2012

~~<p>The teens and young women who signed up for a girls-only summer T-shirt design workshop with 808 Urban expected to learn about graphic design, illustration and craftsmanship. What they didn’t expect were lessons in female empowerment, community and social responsibility.</p>
<p>So they were surprised when in their first week with the Mai‘a Project, they were greeted by speaker Kathy Xian of the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery.</p>
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The teens and young women who signed up for a girls-only summer T-shirt design workshop with 808 Urban expected to learn about graphic design, illustration and craftsmanship. What they didn’t expect were lessons in female empowerment, community and social responsibility.

So they were surprised when in their first week with the Mai‘a Project, they were greeted by speaker Kathy Xian of the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery. Login for more...