Hi all: Please forward this to everyone!
CALL TO ACTION:
Start out your tweet and/or facebook and instagram posts on social media with #MyNameIs and end with #iwillvote—share the meaning of your name and why you're against racism/supporting Biden/Kamala.
Some examples:
@paragie #MyNameIs Parag. It means nectar. My mom named me after the hero in a Bengali romance novel she read as a kid. She wanted her son to have a great love story. And I did. Our names matter. They have meaning and beauty.
#MyNameIs Curtis. When my mom was growing up in Hong Kong, her favorite film was the American comedy Some Like It Hot starring actor Tony Curtis. Basically she named me after the worst drag performance ever. Mocking drag queens is wrong. So is mocking Kamala’s name. #iwillvote
#MyNameIs Sreenath Sreenivasan. Little white boys used to make fun of my name when I arrived in NYC as a kid. Now, a Republican Senator mocks the name of
#MyNameIs is Howard from Old Norse Hávarðr, which means "high guard" but was a play on words from my birth name Chen-Hao. I’m proud of both bc names are blessings from our parents, esp ones the ignorant refuse to pronounce. I stand w/
#MyNameIs Paurvi (it’s pronounced “pour-vee” or “poh-ravi”. Not poorvee or Polly). My nickname is “Dipti” Together- my names mean Light from the East. My parents waited for the stars to signal the best names for a powerful woman. #KamalaHarris VOTE. https://
My great grandmother’s name was Kamala. Not “Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever.” #MyNameIs Gautam. It means bright light. The kind of bright light a Biden-Harris Administration will represent. And that is why #IWillVote.Join me & make a plan at http://IWillVote.com.