NEW ARTWORK: “Community Roots” by
@radicistudios . Now available for purchase, proceeds go to
@revloveproject —link in bio
I want you all to see what I saw on the ground in Minneapolis—
In response to every act of brutality by ICE, ordinary people risk themselves to witness, protect, and help one another. And with every act of care, those roots grew deeper and stronger — creating a powerful network of care.
This is love in action. It is our most powerful resistance to authoritarianism. And it is the blueprint Minnesota has given us.
I asked
@radicistudios to capture this blueprint for all of us.
Look at the art closely. Above the surface: a community holding food, flowers, and each other, facing masked armed agents. And below — roots. Vivid, living roots connecting and powering every person in that web of care.
Do you see Liam wearing a little blue bunny hat? Five-year-old Liam was used as bait in Minneapolis to lure his father into an arrest. The outcry was immediate and relentless. And because of that pressure, a court ordered Liam and his father released and returned home.
Even when our loved ones are arrested, detained, and deported, our roots connect us. Those bonds of love are not broken. That love is what this administration cannot see, cannot understand, and cannot defeat.
Look even deeper — beneath the agents’ feet, small buds. A seed planted, a possibility of redemption. Revolutionary Love leaves no one outside the circle.
People on the ground in Minneapolis told me: Take the blueprint of love-in-action and build that network of care where you are.
ICE is now buying giant warehouses in cities across the U.S. to turn into detention centers. This is a time of preparation.
Where do you see yourself in this artwork? What is your role? How can you enact that role now, right where you are?
Liam is home — because we refused to look away. Many children are not. 3,800 children have been detained since this administration took power. As long as there are children and families who keep us, our job is to stay in the labor.
🔗 Purchase the print — link in bio