Angel City Fc Expands Pro-immigrant Campaign With A Message In 13 Languages

Angel City Football Club announced connected Thursday nan description of its “Immigrant City Football Club” campaign, unveiling a limited-edition apparel postulation featuring nan motto “Los Angeles is for Everyone” written successful 13 languages representing nan city’s divers communities.

The T-shirt and cap, disposable successful nan club’s colors, characteristic languages specified arsenic Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Armenian, Farsi, Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Yoruba, and Zapotec — nan second representing 1 of nan city’s largest indigenous migrant communities, originating from Oaxaca, Mexico.

“Los Angeles is 1 of nan astir divers cities successful nan world, and that diverseness is our strength,” said Chris Fajardo, Angel City FC’s vice president of organization relations, successful a statement. “This run is much than a t-shirt. It’s astir showing up for our community, celebrating our differences, and making it clear that everyone belongs here.”

The backmost of nan jersey, written successful 13 languages, including Zapotec.

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The products are disposable connected nan Angel City online shop and will beryllium disposable astatine nan club’s shop astatine BMO Stadium opening May 2, during nan Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month commemorative lucifer against nan Utah Royals.

Proceeds from nan waste of nan merchandise will beryllium donated to nan International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA), a nonprofit statement that provides migration ineligible assistance, exile support and basal services for migrant integration successful nan city.

The inaugural expands connected nan original run launched past year, erstwhile nan nine distributed nan first T-shirt successful solidarity pinch Los Angeles’ migrant communities facing uncertainty successful nan metropolis owed to migration raids. During nan raids, galore Los Angeles teams, including nan Dodgers and nan Galaxy, were criticized for their silence, contempt having a ample Latino instrumentality base.

Last year, 10,000 T-shirts were printed. They were worn by players arsenic they arrived astatine nan stadium, while Angel City coach Alexander Straus and his coaching unit besides wore them connected nan bench, and 1 of nan team’s investors, vocalist Becky G, said to fans successful nan stadium successful support of immigrants earlier nan game.

This article first appeared successful Spanish via L.A. Times en Español.