Michelle Campos Bleach Portrait T-Shirt (X-Small)

Michelle is a Lumad land defender and community organizer. She is a graduate of Lumad elementary and high schols. When she was a teenager, her father, Dionel Campos, was infamously killed in the Lianga Massacre of 2015, explicitly targeted for his anti-mining stance. In her second year of college, Michelle decided to leave school to focus on organizing in Lumad and peasant communities. On March 5th, she was arrested by the military.

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Each bleach portrait T-shirt was hand-drawn, then painted with bleach, taking at least 16 hours to make. Each drawing is based on a photograph that was taken either by the artist or by organizers and activist photographers in the Philippines.

"These portrait tees are a salute to the people's efforts to resolve the hardships of the masses, and to make sure their efforts are not forgotten." - the artist

He made these shirts as part of the effort to fundraise for political prisoners. In prison, his father is also working to organize and support the needs of other incarcerated people (aka. Persons Deprived of Liberty or PDLs). For his and his family's security, he wishes to remain anonymous to the public.