Saturday, May 1, 2016 marked a historical moment for the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) as the organization launched their revolutionary line of clothing called UZI: A Thread of Freedom, and introduced Nfiniti Speed Dating to St. Louis, based on a model laid out by Black Star Industries.
The UZI line was launched at a fashion show in St. Louis for the African community.
UZI is a Swahili word that means “thread of freedom” and is InPDUM’s biggest project for economic development to date. To make UZI what it is today, InPDUM has rebranded what fashion should look like in revolutionary sense.
This consists of scouting out unique pieces of gently used clothing as well as receiving donated items, and vamping them into something new.
UZI’s customers have the option of sending in their denim items and having them customized using tie-dye methods, special cuts and styles named after our African Martyrs.
Economic development is very important to the African Liberation Movement as politics and economics are one. That is why InPDUM worked extremely hard along with the office of Deputy Chair, the IEC, the entire St. Louis InPDUM comrades, models and volunteers to make this event successful.
The Economic Development Coordinator, Adisa Dokubo along with the economic development committee took the launch of UZI very seriously. The ultimate goal is to build sustainable income for InPDUM.
In our efforts to bring the African working class back into a political life, InPDUM gave a political education lesson to the models during our rehearsal. They expressed unity with the ultimate goal of using UZI as a tool to reach Africans.
A Thread of Freedom
Comrades of the Uhuru Movement from Chicago and Detroit attended the fashion show to assist us in the event.
There was a layer of excitement as the Speed Dating and Fashion show event kicked off and all the melanated Africans started to flow in. They where engaged in great conversation and laughter.
Upon entering the venue, attendees were met with fiery red table cloths and candles which adorned the tables. Soft music played in the background while the African Flag waved gracefully on stage next to the Nfiniti Speed Dating Banner.
There were poetry performances.
There was also a gift card giveaway from Sweetarts restaurants to the Speed Dating’s most compatible couple.
After the speed dating, the fashion show commenced.
Beautiful African models strut down the runway showcasing UZI’s revolutionary clothing line. The attendees thoroughly enjoyed seeing the beautiful African models wearing jackets, jeans, bikinis and t-shirts.
After all the models sashayed down the runway, the MC introduced President Herdosia of InPDUM to the stage.
InPDUM’s President closed out the night by outlining to the attendees who InPDUM. She gave a summation of all the great work that went into the powerful event and appreciated and thanked all the attendees.
Herdosia made a call for the attendees to join and/or donate to InPDUM by visiting www.inpdum.org.
Uhuru!
Black economic development matters!
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