#BuildLove in the News
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2 min readMar 21, 2017
Check out what people have been saying about the #BuildLove project.
“Students from the East Harlem Tutorial Program work alongside world-famous artist Manny Vega to paint a giant five-story mural celebrating diversity. One of EHTP’s core values is courage, and this banner is an example of how they live their values across the whole community — parents, teachers and scholars.”
“East Harlem students, artist Manny Vega create Build Love mural celebrating diversity” -PIX11
“The piece is titled #BuildLove, and the school says it was made in response to a climate of division in national politics. ‘It’s always a pleasure to collaborate with the community and to provide a venue for the kids to actually be able to have a voice and to protest,’ Vega said.”
“#BuildLove Banner Brings Diverse Message to New Heights in East Harlem” -NY1
“‘We can’t support our students if we don’t support who they are and where they’re from,’ Ginsburg said. ‘We’re celebrating that New York City is an immigrant city.’”
“East Harlem kids, artist team up paint mural protesting Trump’s immigration policies” -New York Daily News
“La monumental obra se exhibe en la escuela ubicada sobre la Segunda Avenida y la calle 105 y representa a varios países. México en medio, rodeada por banderas de los siete países de mayoría musulmana. Esos siete países que inicialmente fueron vetados por la orden ejecutiva de Trump que prohibía el ingreso de sus ciudadanos.”
“Estudiantes de una escuela pública construyen un mundo con más amor” -NY1 Noticias
