Dissent Pins"I Enjoy Not Having Polio" Pin
Brand: Dissent Pins
Color: I Enjoy Not Having Polio
Categories: Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry, Women, Jewelry, Brooches & Pins

Here's the story behind Dissent Pins: In the week following the 2016 election, I heard one story that inspired me. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a special collar she wears on days when she dissents from decisions being handed down by the Supreme Court. (She also has a collar she wears when she's reading majority opinions.) Justice Ginsburg wore her dissent collar on November 9, 2016, a day when no opinions were read. I decided to make replicas of RBG's collar as a holiday gift, and contacted one of my favorite illustrators, Caitlin Kuhwald, who produced the illustration that was turned into 100 hard enamel pins. As I gave them out, I got more and more requests for them. Then, on January 28th, I watched videos and photos of lawyers lining up in airports to offer assistance to people coming into the US. My first thought was: these are lawyers that should never want for resources. So I asked Caitlin to help me make a package for the Dissent Collar pins, and we opened this store. 50% of the profits from every Dissent Collar pin will go to organizations doing important work right now: the work of defending our democracy. Nick Jehlen

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT: In the past, polio paralyzed or killed over half a million people every year, but thanks to vaccination and herd immunity, polio cases have been reduced to hundreds a year. Support vaccination by wearing this pin!
DISSENT FOR GOOD: Dissent Pins donates 50 percent of all profits from these pins to Voices for Vaccines
ABOUT THE CAUSE: Voices for Vaccines is a parent-driven organization that is fighting against misinformation by providing tools you can use to talk to your loved ones and podcasts that spread science-based information about vaccines
MORE INFORMATION: This pin is 1.1" tall and has two pinbacks to hold it in place