We are supporting artistic, cultural, and humanistic work that centers the voices and knowledge of people directly affected by the carceral system.

Susan Lee-Chun, “Peace, Love, Harmony,” 2007. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” On view at MoMA PS1 September 17, 2020 to April 4, 2021. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1. Photo: Kris Graves

Six orange hooded sweatshirts hand in a gallery on display with other artworks

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“Imagining Freedom”: Supporting Creatives & Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 

University Everywhere

Students walk through the campus of the University of Hawaii

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