**Reposted from our Picture This Clothing email from June 15, 2020**
During the past weeks of Black Lives Matter protests, I’ve felt a responsibility to stop talking and listen to the messages and stories being shared.
We want BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities to know, we see you, we hear you, we value you. Thank you for sharing your experiences and perspectives.
I know that the work to bring about human equality - to listen, research, learn, self-examine, and understand is not a one or two-week cram-session, but a lifelong, effort-rich endeavor that needs mindful and constant action.
The soul of Picture This Clothing is about embracing and expressing that which makes us different.
We are about open-mindedness, acceptance of differences, and using your individual, innate creativity to inspire and change the world around you. We must continue to grow and demonstrably do better, we are humbly starting here:
Ongoing, Open-minded Learning
Since April, we've done 3x weekly live-streams that explore creative techniques, ideas, innovations and how those can be applied to designing your own clothes. Our material is designed for kids and to encourage imagination. We are committing our Thursday live-streams to learning-out-loud about BIPOC artists and innovators. We welcome feedback, questions, and suggestions to grow forward together.
Join us here every Sun/Tues/Thurs at 11am PT:
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Youtube (191 subscribers)
Donations/Support
While we’re a tiny, self-funded team, we have committed to putting 10% of all face-covering sales each month back into causes we care about. The causes we choose rotate monthly and mindfully include BIPOC and underrepresented nonprofit organizations.
Our list of orgs is updated monthly, and can be found in the product description of our face coverings page here.
Personal Work
On the personal level, I will be doing more research, questioning, fact-checking, listening, and understanding. I'm a frequent sharer of sharing my own naivaté, and learning-out-loud, even when it's embarrassing and often uncomfortable.
I will be writing more about my own journey, sometimes these things are a separate experience than should be represented through Picture This Clothing. I invite you to join me on my personal blog here (no link because you are HERE). ;)
If you are seeking resources, information, or wondering what you can do, I encourage you to start here.
We will continue to listen and examine our own beliefs with a humility, an open heart, and an open mind.
With Care & Gratitude,
Jaimee Newberry
Co-founder, Picture This Clothing