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2017
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Welcome Blanket One of many Welcome Blankets that were knitted, crocheted, or quilted for The Welcome Blanket Project. According to their site, "The Welcome Blanket Project aims to connect people already living in the United States residents with our country’s newest immigrants through stories and handmade blankets, providing both symbolic and literal comfort and warmth. At the same time, the project offers a positive, hands-on way to understand the scope of a 2000-mile border wall and to subvert it from an idea of exclusion to one of inclusion. By participating in this project, people will also come together to talk about immigration policy and how it affects real-live people."
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Pussyhat worn at the Women’s March in Washington on 21 January 2017 The pussyhat was designed by Krista Suh and Jayna Zweiman, two women from Los Angeles, California knitting community connected to The Little Kinttery , a yarn shop. They envisioned creating a sea of pink at the Women's March in January of 2017. They created and distributed these hats, and published free patterns online for people to knit, crochet, and sew these hats. The hats have received their share of controversy. The name itself has been considered vulgar, or cis-centric in its language. Though some have defended it as a whimsical choice or a pointed critique of Donald Trump's words, it is important to recognize bias in the craft community and to open up conversations about intersectionality. Krista Suh, one of the designers of the hat, once described the hat itself as a "trickster spirit"--once they released it into the world, it took on a life of its own. She and Jayna Zweiman hope that it will stand as a symbol of feminist solidarity.
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Why I March : Images from the Women's March around the world "Why I March" is a photographic documentation of the Women's March on January 21, 2017. It also contains quotes from organizers and participants about their experiences during and around the event.