about
project rosebush
equality, inclusion, choice = freedom
Project Rosebush is an opportunity to move from the sidelines into right action. Whether it’s a micro action or a major contribution there will be inspiration, how-to’s and downloads to help you get the job done. Project Rosebush offers a way to ignite a critical mass of public action and constructive discourse to protect democracy from the threat of a far right agenda.
Project Rosebush is not about a single voice or movement. While we may not be able to find agreement on all the major issues, we can agree on the need for a massive shift in voter participation. It’s clear that our basic rights are at risk. We can’t move forward on any issue of importance, unless those basic rights are protected. We may lose decades of progressive movement if the far right’s agenda is implemented. Here’s the good news. A loss is not inevitable.
symbolism
OF the rosebush
from
the scarlet letter
The rosebush represents the main characters strength as a woman and a mother in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the story, Hester Prynne has been imprisoned for ‘committing adultery’, having sex with someone she was not married to, while the male involved is never caught. The rosebush has ‘been kept alive in history’ and ‘sprung up from under the footsteps’ of another powerful and influential woman of that time. The rosebush grows and blossoms outside of Hester’s prison cell and represents her opposition to the brutal, puritanical views of that day and as a symbol of hope. The rosebush and its blossoms represent the strength the rosebush needed to survive in the harsh elements surrounding it.
- Strength
- Defiance
- Endurance
- Hope
Objectives & principles
