A group of San Diego small business owners will be delivering anti-hate posters with the slogans “All are Welcome Here” and “Hate Has No Business Here” to businesses in Mission Hills, City Heights and Kensington.
Juan Pablo of Super Cocina, Mikey Knab of Ponce’s and John Bertsch of Meshuggah Shack will be walking door to door in popular shopping and business districts encouraging other shops to display the welcome posters.
The goal of the posters is to celebrate cultural diversity, making all men, women, immigrants, minorities and members of the LGBTQ community feel safe and welcome in these local businesses.
“It’s a message of openness and inclusiveness. It’s nice to celebrate the things that make us proud of ourselves, that make us feel like a positive member of the business community and the human community,” said Knab.
In light of what they called intolerant rhetoric surrounding the presidential election, these business owners thought now was the perfect time to unveil the posters.
Knab said: “Now is the time to remind ourselves and everyone that could be a guest of our establishments that we are inclusive of all people. It’s a happy message.”
Those spearheading the poster campaign hope that Kensington, Mission Hills and City Heights are just the first neighborhoods among many.
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Knab said: “We’d like to see it grow from these three districts out through metropolitan area. Little Italy, downtown, then up to Encinitas, Carlsbad and down the border.”
The posters will be distributed Thursday, starting at 2 p.m.
