Want to
support the athletes who have trained so hard to compete in the Winter
Olympics?
Want to
send a message of support to the LGBT people of Russia?
Not happy
with Vladimir Putin's human rights abuses?
If the enclosed images “strike a chord” with
you consider posting or passing on. (Just right click on image, choose
"copy", "paste" or "save as".) This would be very
helpful especially if you have international friends via your online
network(s).
My hope is that the more people who take an
interest, (perhaps being inspired to make postcards of their own; even setting
up another “Postcards to Putin” website), the more the message will be sent to
Putin that even though he has a position of power, the consensus is that he
fosters the abuse of human rights, and all of us who may not be in
positions of power to do something about this, can still make a statement, an
appeal to his conscience, that he is encouraging bad things to happen to others
and, ultimately, doing wrong.
(I apologize if some of you are receiving this
email more than once: ah, the dangers of cutting and pasting from the
IUOMA spreadsheet!)
Since my initial
posting of this image I have heard from a lovely person named Jessie
G. over at Change.org. She provided me with the following helpful links:
If you are on twitter we are@LoveLtrs2Russia
Apparently, in
addition to a petition she began, she has been working on the active sites
above hoping to at least let the LGBT people of Russia know that others are
keeping them in their thoughts and prayers.
To contact Putin online visit http://eng.letters.kremlin.ru/ though I have
a discouraging sense that the art/message would just get chucked.
My sentiment is that
if we can make art and at least post it online so it is out on the World Wide
Web where anyone can see it maybe that will bring some hope to the LGBT people
of Russia (and elsewhere).
Here is President Putin’s mailing address
should anyone like to write to him:
Mailing address:
Mr. Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
23, Ilyinka Street,
103132, Moscow, Russia
As Jessie G. writes on her Change.org page, “It only takes a
few minutes to send a postcard. Remember that Russia has very harsh penalties
against GLBTQ “propaganda” and you should avoid using the names of your Russian
friends and family so we do not cause them any additional hardship. Also, check
your postage rates. It’s $1.10 to send a standard sized international postcard
or letter from the U.S.“
Thank you.
Site URL: http://postcardtoputin.shutterfly.com/
To add your own images:
Want to send the work as a
free online postcard?
Postcard to Putin on
Weebly: http://postcardtoputin.weebly.com/
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