The Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful art project is led by youth activists in the Bay Area who are creating a visual representation of the migrant children in detention in order to raise awareness and inspire action to end child detention. The youth started with a goal of creating 15,000 butterflies. Butterflies symbolize that migration is beautiful, and they are all different and beautiful in their own way, just like people. The butterflies are a symbol of support and friendship to all of the migrant children affected by US immigration policies.
Butterflies are being created and displayed in public institutions like libraries, schools, city halls across the US. Last year, the youth-led a rally with 1,000 people at Lake Merritt in Oakland in solidarity with migrant children, and then brought 15,000 butterflies to Capitol Hill in Washington DC. They delivered butterflies to every US Senator’s offices with a request to end child detention.
As of Jan 2020, we have led the creation of over 43,000 butterflies. Our next goal is to create 76,020 butterflies to represent the 76,020 children who were detained at the border in 2019.
The Butterfly Effect youth leaders write: “this year, we are planning to take butterflies down the US/Mexico border and to detention centers to show the kids that we care about each one of them. We imagine a day when all kids are free and with their families.”
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The Butterfly Effect: Migration Is Beautiful's website is http://butterflyeffectmigration.org/
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California Youth Connection (Cyc),
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The Butterfly Effect: Migration Is Beautiful's categories are Civic and Social Organizations
The Butterfly Effect: Migration Is Beautiful's founding year is 2019
