JUNE 22, 2026

Greetings Herd,

My name is Ebony, and I serve as the Order Fulfillment Chair for Last Bison Standing 2025–2026. You are receiving this message because I have been working to address and rectify outstanding issues that occurred prior to my appointment.

In communications from my predecessors, you were informed that there were issues involving the collection you ordered from that later became a legal matter and required restitution to our organization.

Since stepping into this role, I have been working backwards by academic year to close out outstanding matters. This approach has allowed my team to be thorough and intentional as we work through each phase of the resolution process.

For transparency, my goal is simple: we will replace what we can and refund what we cannot. Refunds will be issued in the form of postal money orders due to changes in our payment processing systems and the implementation of new payment processors.

Over the past academic year, we have entered into agreements with new vendors and fulfillment partners who have helped us make significant progress in resolving these issues.

The first step in this process requires me to verify your current mailing address to ensure we have the most accurate information on file.

Please submit your current mailing address no later than the close of business on June 25, 2026.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and cooperation as we work to bring these matters to a resolution.

Sincerely,

Ebony

Order Fulfillment Chair

Last Bison Standing 2025–2026

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING

As monthly installments from settlements are received, one of two things have been happening;

REFUNDS

If you fall under the Refund Category, please note the following:

If you fall under receiving a refund. We are issuing a refund in the form of USPS Postal Money Orders.

To streamline our process, refunds and tuition payments are handled together at the same time each month.

REPRINTS:

TRINIDAD -

I’M SO GLAD COLLECTION -

BLACK Alumni Stitch Collection -

OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS:

VINTAGE

Classic Alumni Apparel

Classic Crewnecks

REFUNDS TBA

BODYSUITS

It’s important that we define the term Vintage and Discontinued Apparel Collections as it relates to our organization.

We have been operating officially since August 2014. Long before Last Bison Standing existed, many of our alumni ambassadors and supporters had been collecting Howard apparel from various decades.

As it relates to our Vintage Collections, vendors who have long since closed their doors have passed items on to us. We have also acquired pieces through estate sales, thrift purchases, and apparel obtained from fellow Bison.

As it relates to our Discontinued Collections, for more than 12 years we have produced our own apparel collections for which the appropriate royalties were paid during a time when licensing guidelines were not what they are today.

There are designs and garments that have become staple pieces and will never go out of style.

There are also designs that have been retired but remain available because we still have surplus inventory to sell through. In some cases, the stock photos still feature members of the Class of 2018, who were freshmen when this journey began and are now approaching 30 years old. That should give some insight into just how old some of these collections are.

As it stands today, following a series of thefts—both internal and external—the majority of our vintage and discontinued collections have been relocated to out-of-state storage facilities for safekeeping.