What does freedom mean to you today?
Regularly based in our Nation’s Capital, The Dap Project sojourned to their second home on Martha’s Vineyard and invited community members to consider the question: “What does freedom mean to you today?” This inquiry is timed to mark 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, a date 89 years before our enslaved ancestors in Texas learned of their freedom on Juneteenth, and 900 days after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. As the work of Angela Davis and our nation's history has proven, Freedom Is A Constant Struggle. How do we define independence, emancipation, and freedom in the present moment?
Share your perspective at the Mariposa Museum, located on Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs, during Summer 2026, and explore what members of the Martha’s Vineyard community have contributed.
Want to engage virtually? Tell us what freedom means to you today at the link below.
In their own words: Hear from members of the
Martha's Vineyard Community
First Person
Initially resistant to a suggestion to visit the Anacostia Arts Center, Browder, an aspiring fashion entrepreneur, stopped by and soon thereafter secured a location to incubate what will become the first location of HOMME men's boutique.
First Person
Douglass has lived in the Anacostia neighborhood for over twenty years, and taught GED instruction classes at the ARCH jobs training program. Founder of the Family Arts Museum, she has curated socially engaged art at the Anacostia Arts Center.
