<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 13, 2016 10:30 AM, "Liz Kreml" <<a href="mailto:lizkreml@gmail.com">lizkreml@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr"><b><font color="#2196f3">A campaign to make us feel safe again: Safety Pin USA </font></b><br>
<b><font color="#2196f3">#</font></b><b><font color="#2196f3">SafetyPinUSA</font></b><b><font color="#2196f3"> #</font></b><b><font color="#2196f3">StDD</font></b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Nov 11, 2016 6:52pm CST by JoanMar<br>
<a href="http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1597056/-A-campaign-to-make-us-feel-safe-again-Safety-Pin-USA-SafetyPinUSA-StDD" target="_blank">http://m.dailykos.com/story/<wbr>2016/11/11/1597056/-A-<wbr>campaign-to-make-us-feel-safe-<wbr>again-Safety-Pin-USA-<wbr>SafetyPinUSA-StDD</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">The great Maya Angelou once said, “<i>I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”</i></p>
<p dir="ltr">Women, Muslims, Black folks, those suffering from physical disabilities, Native people (calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” using the name as a slur), Mexicans, the President; Donald Trump had himself a field day — many field days — doing his darnedest to make those who didn’t look like him feel as if they were less than. We will never forget how he made us feel. We will never forget <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/watch-jorge-ramos-shows-how-trumps-candidacy-is-traumatizing-young-latino-kids/" target="_blank">the trauma he visited upon young children.</a> How he made them cry. How he made them feel.<br>
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Enter the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-wins-president-hate-crime-attacks-racism-safety-pin-campaign-solidarity-brexit-selfies-a7410841.html" target="_blank">#</a><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-wins-president-hate-crime-attacks-racism-safety-pin-campaign-solidarity-brexit-selfies-a7410841.html" target="_blank">safetypinUSA</a> movement. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/wear-safety-pin-support-marginalized-trump-america-article-1.2868986" target="_blank">Th<wbr>e campaign</a> seeks to assure those in fear that they are not alone. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The “safety pin” symbol was inspired by the 2014 <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30479306" target="_blank">#</a><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30479306" target="_blank">illridewithyou</a> movement in Sydney, Australia. where people offered to sit next to Muslims who felt threatened on their commutes — at the time, there was fear of an Islamophobic backlash after a terrorist attack in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/02/sydney-siege-inquest-man-haron-monis-was-a-psychopathic-lone-wolf-terrorist" target="_blank">Sydney left two hostages</a> and the gunman dead (one of the hostages was killed by a bullet ricochet). And its spirit is in line with <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/someone-made-a-guide-for-what-to-do-when-you-see-islamophobi" target="_blank">a guide to stopping</a><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/someone-made-a-guide-for-what-to-do-when-you-see-islamophobi" target="_blank"> Islamophobia</a><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/someone-made-a-guide-for-what-to-do-when-you-see-islamophobi" target="_blank"> that recently went viral</a> and offers solutions to bystanders and witnesses.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The #safetypinUSA campaign seeks to create safe spaces for those in fear, those under attack, those who need to be protected. This is the movement to make people feel safe again.</p>
<p dir="ltr">~~~</p>
<p dir="ltr">This is a noble cause and one that deserves our support. We stand in solidarity.</p>
<p dir="ltr">_________________________</p>
<p dir="ltr">All of the above and the Peacekeepers Promise is taken from: <br>
<a href="http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1597056/-A-campaign-to-make-us-feel-safe-again-Safety-Pin-USA-SafetyPinUSA-StDD" target="_blank">http://m.dailykos.com/story/<wbr>2016/11/11/1597056/-A-<wbr>campaign-to-make-us-feel-safe-<wbr>again-Safety-Pin-USA-<wbr>SafetyPinUSA-StDD</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Why large & black or small & gold? No reason, it's just all they had at the Oconomowoc Pick & Save.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please take one or two if you'd like.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Liz Kreml</p>
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