# 'Our work...must be brave:' Fashion Week Rochester and supporting local youth in crisis

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Podcast: [Connections Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335)
Published: 2026-08-12T17:00:00+00:00
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Fashion Week Rochester is back this fall, and it's being reimagined a bit this year. What hasn't changed is its mission: the event has always been about serving the Center for Youth. As the center's executive director, Elaine Spaull writes, "With threats from our federal government and the needs growing every day, our work with youth facing homelessness, despair, and abandonment must be brave." This hour, we talk with Spaull about that work. We also hear from local emerging designers who share their remarkable stories. In studio: Elaine Spaull, executive director for the Center for Youth Angela Monique, creative conceptualist, stylist, and owner of Brown Girls Too vintage reseller Julia Sibley, personal stylist and founder of Storied Marcel "¢el" McCollough, designer and owner of NoBlam! NazMeir Lucas, youth leader and clothing designer

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