Flower People Favorite 

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Date: 

Dec 11 2020

Location: 

North Carolina

“As a Black woman, I can grow absolutely anywhere," Aiyanna explains. "I can adapt to any storm, any weather, any changes. In the Black community, that's something that we're really good at.”

So when Aiyanna, 25, was asked to contribute the first L in a Black Lives Matter mural made by a group of artists in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, she knew her letter would include a flower person.

External sources: 

https://www.boundlessblackness.com/post/this-multitalented-artist-is-pushing-bou…
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/life/2020/06/22/protest-art-stories-behind-mov…
Posted by zsk204@nyu.edu on Jan 29 2024

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
Provides (a useful service)Provides a useful social service.
Shifts (culture)Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.
Strengthens (community)Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
Sustains (change)Support and celebrate change that has already been won and needs to be sustained.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
Conveying Black empowerment and authentic Black experiences has always been a significant part of Dakotah’s work. Dakotah describes herself as “gracefully radical” and hopes to change mindsets and uplift Black people through art that is powerful yet elegant.

Notes

It's unclear what actions have been taken in response to Dakota's art