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Thank you for
navigating your way to www.citizentshirt.com, the
home of a non-partisan effort to discuss the virtues of being a
citizen in the United States of America. What is this site going
to do? Who is running this site? Why be so obvious about who you
are? Where can I help? When did this idea start?
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What:
This site will also encourage both lifelong and newly "naturalized"
citizens to become active in their community and understand that no
matter where you are on the political or social spectrum, we are all
citizens and demand respect from each other.
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Who:
A lifelong citizen and resident of Pennsylvania! I have lived my entire
life in the state that has such a critical role in both the country
now as much as in pre-colonial days. I married an immigrant to this
country from the former Soviet Union. The appreciation for what she
and her family persevered also further pushed me to create some token
of appreciation for every other citizen and what can be done when
given the freedoms that we enjoy.
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Why:
The impeteous of this shirt design and website comes from seeing military
people wear rather drab shirts stating the branch of service in which
they are enlisted. The remainder of us are United States citizens,
how best to celebrate that? Be creative and display the rights that
we are guaranteed and are defended by our military. I have been fortunate
not to have been called into duty, but many members of my family have,
and I understand the sacrifice that comes along with being both a
citizen and the sacrifice of our military personnel. Our only duty
is to be active in our community. Our uniforms as citizens is to be
creative and express ourselves, this t-shirt can be our uniform, standing
up for our country.
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Where: Help is
needed in so many places. Volunteering time is one of the best ways
to improve our country. In every block, townhouse, development,
town, city, help is needed by someone. Taking time to use your talents
to support your neighbors and friends strengthens us as a country
because we are aware of each other and the events and changes occurring
around us.
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When:
Prior to the 2008 presidential election I wanted to express how important
we each are as citizens in continuing our shared vision of a greater
tomorrow. On the way to a meeting with a client, after seeing images
on bumper stickers, t-shirts, and both left and right wing commercials,
I sketched an initial design. I believed there was something that would
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