Part 8 of My T-Shirt Memories is about designs with social messages. Whenever we join rallies like the anti-pork, no to EJKs and political rallies, either we wear a symbolic shirt or we buy the shirts at the site.
Popular Bookstore at T-Morato St., QC sells Filipiniana books and interesting progressive items including shirts. I bought these two shirts - Einstein and Popular Bookstore shirts.
Einstein Quote. The message, "The world is a dangerous place because of those who look on and do nothing" is very timely specially in the present times. There are many social and political issues that plague our society now - disasters, climate change, fascist regimes, fake news, continuous and uncontrolled corruption and more - and we as responsible citizens must contribute directly or indirectly in eradiciting these problems. Speaking up against poor governance, corrupt officials and inept leaders is one way of contributing to the betterment of societ.
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| Einstein Shirt |
- There is no friend as loyal as a book - Hemingway
- A word after a word after a word is power - Atwood
- You don;t have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them.- Bradbury
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| Popular Quotes |
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Don't be like them. This shirt, I found interesting and bought it just before joining a rally. I think the rally is against the bandwagon brought about by fake news and propaganda. Many people including some friends and relatives sometimes are swayed to believe government or politicians' propaganda that they forget their values. The shirt is actually general but I found the message very appropriate. Indeed, "Don't be like them" if the majority's choice is against your principles and values!
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1MSSH. This shirt is a souvenir of my engagement in 2010 with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Risk (UNISDR) now UNDRR when I and a team of DLSU faculty members did a project in designing the concept for promoting the One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign c/o Jerrr Velasquez who was UNISDR director then. Renan, Bong and one DLSU Computer Science Programmer plus a student artist designed the contents for the website of the campaign. Guidance notes on advocacy, school and hospital preparedness and disaster risk were developed by the team. The campaign basically promotes awareness in schools and hospitals since students and hospital patients are the most vulnerable during a disaster.
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