For Freedoms: Another Justice By Any Medium Necessary

Since the summer of 2020, Assembly youth fellows Amir Akram, Geremia Romain, Latham Butler, Darrell Santana, under the mentorship of artist and Co-Director Shaun Leonardo, have developed a series of visualization and embodiment exercises, inviting us to challenge our preconceived notions, while developing a historical understanding, of policing. By collectively imagining and learning solutions for conflict, we hope to create a community that is able to establish safety without the use of coercion, policing and violence.

For Freedoms is an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse and direct action. Founded in 2016 by a coalition of artists including Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Michelle Woo, and Wyatt Gallery, For Freedoms is dedicated to fostering an environment of listening, healing, and justice through a wide range of creative engagement. For Freedoms works closely with a variety of artists, organizations, institutions and brands to expand what participation in a democracy looks like and reshape conversations about politics.