DUBAI: A US-based nonprofit group is marking this American Mother’s Day in a special way — by sending greeting cards to Muslim and immigrant mothers.
Forward Together is distributing 15,000 customized cards to these mothers across the United States this month, the group told the Huffington Post.
As part of its annual initiative – called Mamas Day – the organization hires artists to depict diverse images of motherhood.
This year, in part due to the Trump Administration’s stance on Muslims in the US, the group decided to focus on immigrant and Muslim families.
“Since the start of [the Trump] administration we’ve seen executive orders that target both communities,” Kalpana Krishnamurthy, policy director at Forward Together, told the Huffington Post in an e-mail.
“There are many ways to resist Trump’s policies ― and Forward Together encourages our supporters to contact members of Congress, call the White House, etc… We can also resist by supporting individual Mamas and their families with extra love and support.”
One of the messages reads: “You are welcome here. Your family is welcome here.”
Forward Together is set to print and mail the cards to 28 partner organizations in the country, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, to distribute at mosques and community centers.
US Mother’s Day falls on May 14.
