Everyone has a journey
At Flutter, our mission is to encourage everyone to take pride in their heritage, build solidarity with their fellow human, treat others with dignity and grace, and to go through life's journey with resilience. The creators of the goodies on this website come from far and wide, but their businesses are based right here in the USA.
why we fly
Flutter is a subscription box service that sells an assortment of food & beverage products (non-perishables, snacks, instant beverages, spices, condiments, etc) from businesses that are immigrant-owned.
The service supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and believes that no human is illegal on stolen land. Flutter is also partnered with organizations like Global Refuge and Border Angels and is verified by the ACLU.
One of the goals is to encourage people to support small (or large) immigrant-owned businesses instead of exploitive corporations. Not only for the betterment of the individual, but for the betterment of society. Flutter is for the people.
20% of the profit of each box is used to support a variety of different immigrant-rights groups that support different groups of immigrants with different needs.
The subscription box service’s website can be used for browsing immigrant-owned products and learning about immigrant rights issues. The website can technically be used by anyone as a tool, the user doesn’t need a subscription service to use the platform to gather information. The access to information is not behind a paywall. The platform democratizes access to information.
Flutter aligns itself with the butterfly because butterflies are widely known as symbols of peaceful and natural migration. Butterflies do not obey borders. The monarch butterfly has become a symbol of the Dreamers, or undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, representing their resilience and the right to move freely, similar to the butterfly’s migration.
Much like immigrants, butterflies generally mind their own business, cause no harm, and actually benefit society, but because of reasons in which they cannot control, people have an irrational fear of them. Flutter deliberately supports the DACA immigration policy for this reason.
Flutter aims to support the immigrant community by amplifying their voices and helping them build wealth and prosperity. Flutter represents borderless dreams.
who your box supports
20% of the proceeds of each box go to these organizations and many more!
Working With the Best
Our vendors are incentivized to work with us because we spread the word about their products to broader audiences and support causes that benefit them.
At Flutter, one of our purposes is to economically and systemically benefit immigrant business-owners. Small, medium, and large businesses work with Flutter because we take their products and sell them on their behalf at a national scale, ultimately expanding their audiences.
What we stand for
Pride
/prīd/
A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
Consciousness of one's own dignity.
Flutter takes pride in representing the heritage of immigrants from every corner of the world. We believe that the pride that immigrants have for their home-countries should be celebrated. We are proud of our immigrants because they make us great.
Solidarity
/säləˈderədē/
Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.
Flutter believes that without solidarity between immigrants and non-immigrants, we will fundamentally struggle as a nation. Solidarity for your fellow human is essential for the success of any community. Without it, we cannot thrive.
Resilience
/rəˈzilēəns/
The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
Flutter knows that immigrants from all walks of life display immense resilience in the face of hardship, and have no choice but to go through life's journey with said resilience. Migration is a natural and beautiful thing and those who endure it are the most resilient of us all.
Grace
/ɡrās/
Simple elegance or refinement of movement. Courteous goodwill.
Much like butterflies, immigrants often travel with grace. Effortlessly beautiful. Those brave enough to live a borderless life should be treated with dignity and grace.
