Underground Ads (Advertising, Design & Strategy for Non-Profits

Immigration is an issue that I care a lot about, because I think the way we treat people who want to come live in our country says a lot about who we are as Americans. That’s why I was so happy when Nebraska Appleseed contacted us about creating some ads for their “Nebraska is Home” campaign.

“Nebraska is Home” is part of a larger national campaign called Welcoming America, and it’s not just advertising– it’s real grassroots community organizing mixed with smart messaging designed to remind people of the true face of immigration in our country. The ads we created for them aren’t designed to confront every aspect of the anti-immigrant movement in this country. Instead, they’re about starting to create a counter-narrative: new families make us– all of us– stronger.

It’s a message, and a campaign, that we’re proud to support. The other ads for the campaign are after the jump.

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Along with many other couples, my girlfriend and I will be marrying at the end of June. We’ve been entrenched in the whirlwind of wedding planning. We’re looking at bridal magazines I thought I’d never read, making a registry, buying rings, etc. It’s been an exciting journey and poignant because we finally have the legal right to enter into this world of wedding planning madness.

Like many of California’s newest unions, our marriage will be viewed with mixed feelings. While we are used to and expect the religious right and conservatives to have a particular point of view about our pending nuptials, our wedding planning has revealed surprising, subtle discrimination from people who would consider themselves open-minded and supportive of gay marriage. Read the rest of this entry »