https://www.mosapmadison.org/about-us daily 0.75 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631155633216-KY2M1BDV725HIQTVYWME/MoSAP-at-the-Market_2_051621_web.jpg About Us - Our Roots In 2020, Madison, Wisconsin, like cities across the United States, saw large and sustained protests geared toward drawing attention to the problem of systemic racism in American society. During this time, a rash of racist flyers began appearing on the local streets of the Dudgeon-Monroe and Bay Creek neighborhoods on the near westside. They were filled with words deeply rooted in white supremacy and intolerance. In response, a small group of residents joined forces to send a counter message of justice and inclusion to the neighborhood. The interest has grown into something focused on more than just flyers and into an effort geared toward using art to dismantle racism and to forge a path toward social justice. It is this driving force that led to the development of the Monroe Street Anti-Racism Project, or MoSAP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631980140824-CWRSVDXHRSHND6ESGSOL/IMG_4075-%25281%2529_web.jpg About Us - Community Collaborating with neighborhood organizations, school groups, businesses, and local leaders, MoSAP is calling the community forward to engage in dialogue about the value of justice and inspire youth with the long-term impact of art and activism. To further stimulate this growth intergenerationally, the hope is for local area schools and other youth-focused groups to facilitate related programming and anti-racism education during the school year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631738272530-IZM87RIMCY5CPHZKR11I/MoSAP-at-the-Market_1_051621_lo.jpg About Us - What’s Next? At this point, we are not certain what lies ahead. We do hope that the MoSAP Harrison Street project inspires more public art installations and other activities geared towards social change. Art can be a powerful tool for educating and moving the needle towards a more just and equitable community. Let’s keep the momentum going! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631742926087-30VY1XPU5JU0CCBT10MY/MSAC_Worksheet1_051721_lo.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631639352939-J1OR8WVX3KG657X2A23W/MOSAP_Meeting_1_lo.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631633102850-98T2V7IWNTHOTESZFZUC/MSAC_Worksheet2_051721_lo.jpg About Us https://www.mosapmadison.org/resources daily 0.75 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607638148090-Y6OFDI575CM3NQV732RJ/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Resources https://www.mosapmadison.org/home daily 1.0 2022-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/a2a07183-44a7-460a-bce3-bf0e7e73c2a0/DSC_7185_headshot_lo.jpg Home - Meet the mural artist. Simone Lawrence is a black, queer womyn and artist hailing from the Bay Area, California. Since residing in Madison, WI, Simone has worked at cultivating her lifelong passion and self-taught talents in acrylic painting, drawing, and performance art in the form of drag. Her work most commonly centers the lens of art activism and revolution in an effort to educate and create conversation around the history of various art and social justice movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631742265575-QOKO0FRC9F5W3RW2RNO4/MoSAP_GoFundMe_sq.jpg Home - What is MoSAP? The Monroe Street Anti-Racism Project (MoSAP) is a grassroots community-organizing effort that emerged in response to discriminatory and anti-Black flyers found scattered across the Dudgeon-Monroe and Bay Creek neighborhoods in 2020-21. Using public art, MoSAP aims to stimulate dialogue and inspire action to advance social justice and racial equity. It engages residents, schools, organizations, businesses, and children and families by way of new partnerships to stimulate long-term change through awareness and action. MoSAP sits at the nexus between an individual artist and a larger community and is driven by collaboration and the intersection of artistic expression and grassroots activism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1633352989207-NQPACAWTJ757UFR9PCT5/MoSAP_FinalWall_lo.jpg Home - The Machine Are your intentions (in)directly blocking the pathway for systemic change? Is your allyship helping or harming the cause? The motive behind this mural is for folx to question whether their actions are backed by an authentic commitment to the fight against injustice via continuous education, self-interrogation, empathy, humility, understanding, and advocacy. The fight is not conditional, convenient, savioristic, apolitical, or self-promoting. It must be an unequivocal and daily life path that rectifies the relentlessness and ubiquity of injustice. The fight also has to exist in solidarity with marginalized folx whose voices must be heard, and who need not stand in complicity, but rather rework the system from within or unplug the machine all together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631742323231-KMR0AQK5UBV2XPBT6LN7/MoSAP-at-the-Market_3_051621_web.jpg Home - Ready to take the next step? You’re here. You’re interested. You want to find out more. We have compiled an extensive list of resources - from local organizations, to conversation-starters, to books and articles. Becoming an authentic ally is a commitment to doing the work. Start by getting informed. https://www.mosapmadison.org/projects daily 0.75 2022-01-15 https://www.mosapmadison.org/projects/mural-on-harrison monthly 0.5 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/5b8b531e-985d-4e04-937c-cb3462f991c7/IMG_6293_final-wall_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631067347053-3IT24TJRDPPW8BU0M370/Simone.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631481896612-2MRUTMLBKRIYNBQRCIH5/Simone-Lawrence_lo_214-State-Street_web.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631805440931-6W4YZGE27RC669EFUCLS/MOSAP_Meeting_2_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison - Community In a great effort to include the neighborhood opinion at large, organizers collected feedback from nearly 100 people, gauging input about the differences between being non-racist and anti-racist, what inclusion and equity looks and feels like, and how to make these ideas actionable within the community. MoSAP co-leaders, along with a broader group of community members, with support from Peg Beckman, the owner of Neuhauser Pharmacy, District 13 Alder Tag Evers, the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, and representatives from Black-owned businesses including The Fit and Empire Photography, established an advancement plan over the course of the first year of the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1d7d20dd-c22d-4a8d-8ce7-7fcc6a925d2d/Underbelly-Zines_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/1631741392574-02N25TY34L8EN5VPQ99E/Logo+Mashup.png Projects - Mural on Harrison And an anonymous donor and many individual contributors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/21380233-9b15-4efc-a0ec-b0379907eef8/MoSAP_PajaAndEmily_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison MoSAP organizers Pajarita Charles and Emily Balsley Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/c02f63ef-d0b7-4516-8f30-32b39ebb9dc6/IMG_5370_picking-colors_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Simone contemplating paint colors Photo courtesy of Emily Balsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/dd706a03-504c-42e0-8976-124185be24d8/IMG_5371_paint-chips_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison The palette is coming together Photo courtesy of Emily Balsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/cbf491a1-8823-436a-9f30-d43111788979/MoSAP_PajaSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison MoSAP Co-organizer Pajarita Charles Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/3b42ca55-a2d9-459a-9e9e-657c9d5f0f29/DSC_7088_doodle-grid_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Simone starting the doodle grid Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/aa5d2b17-8924-42cf-b4d3-8e5d550e596b/MoSAP_SimoneSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Artist Simone Lawrence Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/a252d02d-6922-466c-9311-4f5494bac844/IMG_5399_painting-doodle-grid_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Sketching the design Photo courtesy of Emily Balsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/3685c929-3573-4843-ae52-0f07c8ac6440/MoSAP_SimoneSpeaking2_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Artist Simone Lawrence Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/bcb94b14-0aa8-431a-8f88-7b01e4d49ea4/DSC_7102_painting-low_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/dbcc2445-47d0-4f35-88ad-e76b1aa02a75/MoSAP_CorindaSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Corinda Rainey-Moore Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/be36df9b-11d5-4648-9e48-c18ebb2249cc/DSC_7155_corner-shot_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Simone painting the side of Neuhauser Pharmacy Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/14a7dc25-c603-403b-831c-aa96ce10e241/MoSAP_BrynnSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Member of Outdoors We Learn youth group Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/f62d4b23-3db1-4678-b8ed-de9177421abc/DSC_7238_rolling-close-up_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/96a890e2-c817-4ab8-863e-7f04b4f83f0f/MoSAP_PippaSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Member of Outdoors We Learn youth group Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/4b20761f-2af3-42b8-987c-c0aa14fa691f/DSC_7246_detail_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/7030863f-e5c0-432a-9813-f8ec870e493c/MoSAP_LailaSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Member of Outdoors We Learn youth group Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/9880dbdc-386e-4306-982b-4181e223860f/DSC_7251_lettering_lo.jpg Projects - 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Mural on Harrison Alder Tag Evers Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/42de2581-b373-4d44-af68-60e0d58a83c7/IMG_5698_night_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison A night painting session Photo courtesy of Emily Balsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/5817dccd-604c-4279-8e2d-b8b7f9a49999/MoSAP_SatyaSpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Mayor Rhodes-Conway Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/8a14e79e-3f32-4b1e-aef9-40a40e0034a2/DSC_7971_with-sign_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/889768e4-5e99-4b92-b9cb-53b22bb11949/MoSAP_EmilySpeaking_lo.jpg Projects - Mural on Harrison MoSAP co-organizer Emily Balsley Photo courtesy of Empire Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613245aa84c1650ce5cdd7ff/2e504a35-2ee4-4375-9c81-f1e356a825f3/DSC_7979_painting_lo.jpg Projects - 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