My Letter To VA Senators Mark Warner And Tim Kaine

    and then it went viral...

    TARA HOSSEINI
    by TARA HOSSEINI

    Community Contributor

    1. I was inspired by my cousin after he posted this letter to Mark Warner and Tim Kaine:

    Saalar Aghili

    Reaction: a bit of anger, a bit of pride, a lot of motivation.

    2. Here's the original post:

    Via Facebook: tara.hosseini.16

    I thought I'd write my own letter and I posted it on FB with a photo to go along with it. At the end of this post, I added the hashtag #ShowYourDual. Needless to say, it caught on...

    3. Then people started sharing it...

    Pretty cool, pretty cool.

    4. Went to bed, woke up to this

    Plus 400 more requests*

    5. Then a friend let me know that a Persian TV channel had shared my post:

    Via Facebook: NeginTV

    Mama, I made it! :')

    6. Then more people joined the movement (YAY)

    NIAC / Via Facebook: NIACouncil

    YESSSS GIRL!

    7. And more...

    Via Facebook: sfauve

    Peep my excited comment ^

    8. AND MORE!

    Shirin Rose / Via Facebook: shirin.hakim

    9. Florida, Illinois, California, Caribbean, Maryland, D.C., - the list goes on!

    Sepanta Mohseni / Via Facebook: sepanta

    Got some lovely gentlemen involved.

    10. 'Tis the season to #ShowYourDual falalalalaaaa

    Mehdi Abderezai / Via Facebook: mehdi.abderezai

    11. :)

    Shadon Ghassemlou / Via Facebook: shadonghassemlou

    "Half Iranian and 100% American" - love, love, love it.

    12. Even some marriage duals! (is that a phrase?)

    Lauren Kellogg / Via Facebook: profile.php

    Lauren shares her story about marrying her Iranian husband and proudly becoming a dual citizen. "I am proud to live in a country where hyphens can be used to join two seemingly different parts of the world. What brings us together is more than what keeps us apart. Don't let fear win." Yes x10

    13. 5,580 shares and counting...

    Post a photo of yourself with your two passports and write a letter to your senator explaining why they should vote AGAINST HR158. Remember to use the hashtag #ShowYourDual so we can get more and more people united and involved.In a time of fear-mongering, polarity, and violence, we the people must be UNITED. We cannot let the fear of terrorism separate us and bring with it greater discrimination.