activism
Art is a language, artists and designers are communicators; in the end, we must convey clear messages that resonate. The project’s appeal is to incourage people to take action on social issue matters. At the same time, to bring more artist to get inspiration to raise their voice.
“Don’t be quiet” resonates immensely with the fight for civil, human rights; an ongoing battle, but we cannot pretend it to end if we do not do anything. If we do not stand against injustice, we are enabling it.
Afghan women are facing the violation of human rights. Humanitarian aid is urgent.
More than a symbol of power, the fist holds the heart of every soul that has died, fought, and keeps battling for their rights. Also contains the hope of people willing to fight other personal struggles.
Rosa Parks started a revolution the day she decided her human rights were being stepped on for not giving a white male her seat on the bus. She went to jail, and the fellow community said: “Enough,” every single black person in Montgomery, Alabama walked to work and school. 381 days passed, people were injured, houses bombed, and many more atrocities until the Supreme Court Outlawed Bus Segregation. The uprising change started…just walking.
This picture is from the second march led by King. On the bottom, the dark image represents the tough times, the death, the fight, the lost souls. The top image speaks for hope. The best is yet to come.
Society keeps trying to delete or erase black people from history, their lives, their work, and culture, avoiding and creating an isolating community, where only “the chosen ones” or the “supremacy” can become part of it, the rest will be oppressed and ignored.