Photograph of a group posing candidly at APAEC 2011.

Photograph of "One Day Without Shoes Countdown" and other signs on a wall, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows a wall with a brown sign with white letters at the top that says "One Day Without Shoes Countdown. Under that is another brown sign with the number 0 painted on it and under that the words "Days Until." To the left of this is a long white sheet with the word TOMS at the top and a bunch of signatures signed all over it.

Photograph of a crowd at APAEC 2011, held by UNT Special Collections. The crowd fills up a room. The image shows a room filled with an Asian American crowd, all of the walking around and mingling with different people. APAEC stands for Asian Pacific American Empowerment Conference, an annual conference that happens every year at UNT.

Photograph of a group of people having lunch at APAEC 2011, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows a big group of people sitting on the floor or on steps, all nearby each other. The room is lit by the windows behind the, letting sun through. Some of the people hold Wells Fargo bags. APAEC stands for Asian Pacific American Empowerment Conference, an annual conference that happens every year at UNT.

A photograph of Robert Bland leading a class on the UNT campus. He is standing in front of rows of tables where students are sitting with laptops and notebooks. There are other papers on the front table for them to take after class.

A photograph of two people at a UNT graduation ceremony. One is wearing a dress and the other has on ceremonial regalia in blue, black, and gold. There is also a piano behind them.

A photograph of Cheylon Brown standing together in a classroom for a UNT Multicultural Center event. They are at the front of the room and there is a blank white board behind them and a table beside them.

Photograph of a presentation "3 Levels of Interactions" at APAEC 2011, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows a room filled with people sitting down, a presenter can be seen at the front of the room near the top right. On the top left a projector screen can be seen, with it containing a chart titled "3 Levels of Interactions" with two columns following it. APAEC stands for Asian Pacific American Empowerment Conference, an annual conference that happens every year at UNT.

Photograph of a group at APAEC 2011. The image shows a group of about 14 Asian American people posing closely together, some standing and some squatting. The three people in the front are in normal clothes and everyone else has on the same black t-shirt that has bright green letters over a blue splash. The letters say "become extraordinarily ordinary."

Photograph of Blake Mycoskie and a friend barefoot, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows a man with curly brown hair (Mycoskie) wearing red flannel pants and a t shirt with a foot design on it. He has his arm around a woman on the left who wears the same shirt. Behind them stand several people in a long line outside of a building. Mycoskie and the woman are both barefoot. UNT celebrated Earth Week in April of 2011 with events to promote sustainability and environmental stewardship. As part of Earth Week and Financial Literacy Week festivities, TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie was a guest lecturer. In 2006, he founded TOMS Shoes, matching each pair sold with a pair donated to a child in need. TOMS has provided more than 1 million pairs of shoes to children in countries throughout the world and has giving partners that distribute the shoes as part of community development and education.