I-Mich i CAN Project
UMichigan wathola okungaphezu kwesabelo sawo esihle sokunyathelisa okubi ngonyaka odlule njengoba kunzima ukubikezelwa nokulahlwa. Ukwengeza ukuhlambalaza ukulimala, imboni yombuso kahulumeni yaba umgomo wokuphikisana kwezwe ophikisanayo, okwakulandelwa ukucindezelwa okungamanga nokugxeka.
I-T-Shirt
Ogulayo waseMichigan bashing, uTerri O'Brien noLisa Burnia bahlela uhlelo: i-t-shirt enesiqubulo esingenakuvikela kuphela isimo kodwa sihlanganisa ama-Michiganders ngesizathu esivamile.
"Sasigula kakhulu yilowo nalowo onenkinga yokusho," kusho uBurnia wephefumulo leqembu. Ngenkathi kwakungekho imibono yokukhishwa ngokungaqiniseki (okuthunyelwe futhi ngaphandle kwalokho), lo mbhangqwana wanquma iziqu ezimbili ze-t-shirt yabo: Mich i CAN , okwathi ngemva kwalokho babamba inkampani yabo entsha, futhi Ungavumelani ne-Mitten .
Ukukhiqizwa Kwendawo
Yiqiniso, kungcono ukuthi leli qembu lisebenzise amathalenta aseMichigan ukuklama izici: Scott Pryer ka-Ann Arbor. I-t-shirts nazo zathengwa futhi zanyatheliswa endaweni yangakini. Ukuqhubeka nokufakazela ukuzinikela kwabo kuhulumeni, bobabili banquma ukunikela ngemali engu-$ 1 kusukela ekuthengisweni kwehembe ngayinye kwenye yezinsiza ezintathu zendawo, okubandakanya iGleaner's Food Bank, iBridgepointe, Schoolcraft College Foundation.
Ukuphendula
Lezi zengubo zaziqale zithengiswa ku-Art Plymouth ku-Park kanye ne-Ann Arbor Art Fair, lapho i- Do not Messaging ne-Mitten shirt ithengiswa kahle futhi igxila. Ngenkathi iningi laleyo nkinga lalinempilo, lo mzwelo wabuhlungu kakhulu kuMichigander (noma ababili) nokudideka kubantu abavakashela ngaphandle kwezwe.
Ngaphakathi Joke?
Kulabo abangase bangaqondi imidwebo ethi "mitten", kubhekisela kuMichigan ngoba inhlonipho yezwe ephansi, eqinisweni, ifana ne-mitten efanele. Iphuma, abakwa-Michiganders bathola ukuzithokozisa ngokuzenzekelayo futhi cishe yonke indawo basebenzise isandla sabo sokunene njengemephu ye-impromptu yombuso.
Yini Okulandelayo?
Ihembe litholakala ezitolo eziningana kulo lonke elaseMetro-Detroit, kuhlanganise neDancing Eye Gallery eNorthville, Ngemuva KweMvula eMilford naseStown Style eBerkley. Ibuye itholakale ku-inthanethi, lapho ama-oda angaphandle avela ekuthengiseni.
"Sijabule ngakho," kusho uBurnia wephrojekthi ye-t-shirt. "Singathanda ukuthatha i- [ Musa Ukuthumela Nge-Mitten ] ukunamathela."