YBW / Yellow Black & White / Blog — 2010 — January
January 21st 2010

The “OK” Tee

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Available now on our website for pre-order only, is a new shirt that will continue support the relief effort in Haiti. We wanted to come up with something that would last not only through these next couple weeks, but also through the long rebuilding process. So we’ve teamed up with Greg at printmygoods.com (who is donating the printing for this project) and we are releasing this new tee that reads “Tout Bagay Deja Byen.” We have been able to visit Haiti a couple times in the past. This past summer I actually spent a week and a half there, about 100 miles outside of Port-Au-Prince. While we were there we saw a sign with these words on it “Tout Bagay Deja Byen.” In english this phrase would be translated as “All things are already good” or “Everything is already OK.” It was explained that this was a statement that Haitians use as a means of spreading hope. To us this statement best represents what we have experienced for ourselves and we have learned about the Haitian people in the last few days. They are incredibly strong and hopeful.

This video was taken a few days ago in the streets of Port-Au-Prince. If you listen close you can hear what they’re singing.

January 19th 2010

The Response

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This week we decided that any sale from our site would go directly to the people in desperate need in Haiti. We put it out there and you all responded. Because of your purchases this week YBW will be sending just over $2000 dollars to the relief efforts in Haiti! As you can see we are nearly out of everything and have called for reprints on alot of our desings. We appreciate your patience as some of your orders will take longer than normal to arrive. Special thanks to Peter Facinelli for spreading the word on Twitter, and special thanks to Genevieve Penn. Thank you so much for your support of the Haitian people. We will be releasing a shirt in the next couple days that will be specifically for Haiti Relief as a way to continue supporting the relief effort there, because the problem is far from over. Be on the look out for that shirt. Thanks again YBW fans!!

January 13th 2010

Aid for Haiti

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If you haven’t already heard there was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake today in Haiti. In an effort to help, every dollar of every sale on our site this week will got to aid the people of Haiti. If you don’t like our stuff please give somewhere else, but please do something to help those people. Thank you.

January 6th 2010

Freeset

picture-2Recently we got a chance to meet the people at Freeset Tees. Freeset is a company that is based out of Calcutta. It’s main focus as a company isn’t to make nice tees (which they do anyway). Their main focus is rescuing women from sexual slavery. Slavery is a huge problem in countries where jobs are scarce. People trying to support their families are forced to turn to other means of making money. Freeset offers training and a steady well paying job, healthcare, and a retirement plan to women who would otherwise be prostitutes and slaves. We got a chance to check out their tees and we were really impressed with the quality and the fit. Plus all their tees are produced with organically grown cotton. Needless to say, YBW will be working with Freeset in the near future. Check out Freeset, click here.