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Being A Broad launches Lindsay Ann Hawker T-shirt campaign |
“We would like to state that we are very grateful for your help and assistance at this very tragic time.
The more people that wear the T-shirts, the more support that we will feel, is being shown for us. Lindsay was a teacher, who loved her life in Japan. She would have been first in the queue to buy and wear such a T-shirt for another victim. She had a strong sense of justice, and would have done anything she could have to have helped others.
By wearing this T-shirt, everyone will be aware that the capture of this man is of paramount importance. We are aware that he is a danger, and all women remain in danger whilst he is still at large.”
—The Hawker Family
22-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker was teaching English in Japan when she was brutally murdered at the end of March this year. She was last seen with 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi and her body was discovered on the balcony of his flat in Tokyo. He remains the Japanese police's only suspect and has still not been found.
In support of Lindsay’s family and the Japanese police in their hunt for this man, Being A Broad is launching a T-shirt campaign. We hope that enough people — men and women, Japanese and foreign — will wear this T-shirt so that this man’s face is seen by as many people as possible in Japan, on a daily basis.
The Japanese words on the T-shirt roughly translate to ‘Until this man is caught, I won’t sleep at night’, which can be interpreted in many ways: perhaps you are that bit more nervous at night knowing this man has not been caught; perhaps you are a father and worried about your daughter; perhaps you are a husband and worried about your wife; perhaps you want to make a statement against all violent crime against women. For men and women, Japanese and foreign, this T-shirt can have many meanings.
What wearing this T-shirt will definitely mean, however, is that you are playing a part in assisting Lindsay’s family in keeping this man’s face right where people can see it. Wear it at the gym, dropping the kids off at school, going shopping, on the train, and just walking around — wear it anywhere you will be seen by many people.
Caroline Pover, Being A Broad Founder
What can you do to help?
Buy a t-shirt and WEAR it where you will be seen http://www.printfection.com/beingabroad.
Buy LOTS of t-shirts and we will give them to people to wear http://www.printfection.com/beingabroad.
Volunteer to help with the campaign caroline@carolinepover.com.
Get your company involved caroline@carolinepover.com.
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