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| Nationwide poster campaign aims to 'celebrate, not vilify' immigrants | Nationwide poster campaign aims to 'celebrate, not vilify' immigrants |
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| Amid a climate of xenophobia as we head towards the general election, a campaign has been launched to celebrate the positive effects migrants have on our everyday lives through a series of posters and billboards. | Amid a climate of xenophobia as we head towards the general election, a campaign has been launched to celebrate the positive effects migrants have on our everyday lives through a series of posters and billboards. |
| The Movement Against Xenophobia has so far raised £15,000 of the £44,000 it needs to put the plan into action, with posters set to feature the words 'I am an immigrant' followed by a variety of job descriptions from real migrants working in the UK. | The Movement Against Xenophobia has so far raised £15,000 of the £44,000 it needs to put the plan into action, with posters set to feature the words 'I am an immigrant' followed by a variety of job descriptions from real migrants working in the UK. |
| 'I am a brain surgeon, I have saved 2000 lives,' one reads. 'I am a Tube driver, I take millions of people to work every week' says another. The actual posters will be created by a Vogue photographer | |
| "The poster campaign is a response to the increased anti-immigration rhetoric occurring in politics and the need to shed positive light on immigrants and the social, economic and cultural prosperity they bring to the nation," MAX explain on Crowdfunder. | "The poster campaign is a response to the increased anti-immigration rhetoric occurring in politics and the need to shed positive light on immigrants and the social, economic and cultural prosperity they bring to the nation," MAX explain on Crowdfunder. |
| "It ... aims to rid the dialogue on immigration policy of racism and discrimination. With the 2015 General Election, the language and the rhetoric will only get worse." | "It ... aims to rid the dialogue on immigration policy of racism and discrimination. With the 2015 General Election, the language and the rhetoric will only get worse." |
| The group plans to select fifteen migrants, including a few celebrities, from different occupations such as health service professionals, teachers, cleaners, Tube/bus drivers, business entrepreneurs, journalists and lawyers. They will then be photographed by Vogue photographer Philip Volkers. | |
| It says £44,000 is the bare minimum it needs to create a nationwide poster campaign, which would be distributed on all London Underground and National Rail stations. | It says £44,000 is the bare minimum it needs to create a nationwide poster campaign, which would be distributed on all London Underground and National Rail stations. |