Some of you may be familiar with the batik Awaremess shirts with the lighthouse logo that are sometimes worn by people in the awareness team at championships. In recent years, people have also worn these shirts casually in everyday life or at championships without being part of the Awaremess team. This is of course very unfavourable for a functioning awareness, as the awareness team should be clearly recognizable and unmistakable at all times! But all of this gave us an idea:
The Friends of Awaremess!
In consultation with the founders of Awaremess, the old Awaremess shirts will be repurposed from now on. By wearing the shirt, people now have the opportunity to show their active support for Awaremess to the outside world and be recognizable as a direct ally. This means that although they have not taken on an official Awaremess shift, they know what Awaremess is, know the concept behind it and support it. It is very much in our interest that people are still approachable when wearing the shirt and are able to take affected persons to the respective Awaremess team should this be necessary.
NO MEANS NO AND ONLY YES MEANS YES.