All are Welcome
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#AllAreWelcome
The students of the International Club of Burlington High School worked with Dr. Green a pediatrician at the University of Vermont Medical Center to create a symbol to say that Vermont is a place where All Are Welcome. This design process has strengthened the students' voice giving them the power to stand up against hurtful rhetoric.
The students created an image of two hands supporting a dove. “This symbol means to spread love and peace, and to embrace everyone without prejudice against one’s background. This is a symbol that represents every immigrant that has come to United States for better life and place to live”, says Radhika, a BHS senior. The dove represents peace and immigration because birds migrate much like immigrants looking for welcoming place to live. The hands show that our community welcomes everyone, protects them, and ensures that they are in a safe place. Although their focus is the immigrant community, the students chose #allarewelcome in English because they did not want anyone of any background, affiliation, or identity to feel excluded. The students hope that our community will freely post their symbol in stores, offices, and homes to show solidarity with the immigrant community. “Our goal through this project is to help refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers live in the United States without fear, and it is also our hope that everyone accepts this symbol for its good cause.
The funds raised in this gofundme campaign will support our campaign by allowing us to reproduce our image on pins, posters, and car magnets.
All proceeds will will be used to help immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Namaste, Napat, Pais, Pas, Chit, Hépíng, Hòa bình, Amakuru”
The International Club of Burlington High School
The students of the International Club of Burlington High School worked with Dr. Green a pediatrician at the University of Vermont Medical Center to create a symbol to say that Vermont is a place where All Are Welcome. This design process has strengthened the students' voice giving them the power to stand up against hurtful rhetoric.
The students created an image of two hands supporting a dove. “This symbol means to spread love and peace, and to embrace everyone without prejudice against one’s background. This is a symbol that represents every immigrant that has come to United States for better life and place to live”, says Radhika, a BHS senior. The dove represents peace and immigration because birds migrate much like immigrants looking for welcoming place to live. The hands show that our community welcomes everyone, protects them, and ensures that they are in a safe place. Although their focus is the immigrant community, the students chose #allarewelcome in English because they did not want anyone of any background, affiliation, or identity to feel excluded. The students hope that our community will freely post their symbol in stores, offices, and homes to show solidarity with the immigrant community. “Our goal through this project is to help refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers live in the United States without fear, and it is also our hope that everyone accepts this symbol for its good cause.
The funds raised in this gofundme campaign will support our campaign by allowing us to reproduce our image on pins, posters, and car magnets.
All proceeds will will be used to help immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Namaste, Napat, Pais, Pas, Chit, Hépíng, Hòa bình, Amakuru”
The International Club of Burlington High School
Organiser
Susan Blethen
Organiser
Burlington, VT
