Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Wear Red

Today marks Equal Pay Day, it's not an arbitrary date.  Today's date is a symbol of how far in the calendar year women must work to earn what the other gender earned in the prior year, for the same work.  

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So why wear red?  Wear red to communicate.  Red is meant to symbolize how long women and minorities are in the red with their pay.  It is a way to communicate this issue when you don't have the opportunity to go out and protest.  Wear red.  Red is meant to speak on this issue loudly in a culture of gag orders.  Wear red to be seen and heard on an important issue.  



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