{"id":43825,"date":"2017-07-18T09:49:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T03:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/boston-launches-poster-campaign-to-combat-islamophobia\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T09:49:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T03:49:46","slug":"boston-launches-poster-campaign-to-combat-islamophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/boston-launches-poster-campaign-to-combat-islamophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Launches Poster Campaign to Combat Islamophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston has launched a new public service campaign to fight Islamophobia by offering the public ways to address aggression toward others because of their appearance or beliefs. The campaign launched Monday involves 50 posters that provide a step-by-step guide to handling when someone is being harassed. They will be posted on bus stop benches and other public places around the city. Titled \u201cWhat to do if you are witnessing Islamophobic harassment,\u201d the posters encourage people to engage with the person who is being targeted and to draw attention away from the harasser. The technique is called \u201cnon-complementary behavior,\u201d and is intended to disempower an aggressive person by countering their expectations. \u201cThese posters are one tool we have to send the message that all are welcome in Boston,\u201d Mayor Marty Walsh said. \u201cEducation is key to fighting intolerance, and these posters share a simple strategy for engaging with those around you.\u201d The city\u2019s Islamic community lauded the campaign. \u201cWe encourage all of our fellow Bostonians to apply the approach in these posters to anyone targeted \u2014 whether Muslim, Latino or otherwise,\u201d said Suzan El-Rayess, civic engagement director at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center. San Francisco has a similar campaign. Thea Colman, whose sister had worked with San Francisco\u2019s Bay Area Rapid Transit to have posters installed throughout that system, approached Walsh\u2019s office. The posters, designed by French artist Maeril, will stay up for six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boston has launched a new public service campaign to fight Islamophobia by offering the public ways to address aggression toward others because of their appearance or beliefs. The campaign launched Monday involves 50 posters that provide a step-by-step guide to handling when someone is being harassed. They will be posted on bus stop benches and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}