In Our DNA 1 Favorite 

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Date: 

Jan 8 2022

Location: 

Cleveland OH

Shooting Without Bullets incubates young artist activists and eliminates systemic barriers in art and society for Black and Brown youth, all while spreading bold messages of justice and equity across Northeast Ohio and beyond. In Our DNA, their new public art initiative, uplifts Cleveland’s Black history to catalyze present and future racial equity, social justice, and civic engagement efforts across Cleveland communities. It values the trailblazing contributions of historic Black Clevelanders — their leadership, intellect, ethics, creativity, determination, and resistance — and envisions Cleveland as a model city for social transformation with Black and Brown residents leading the way.

"Our GOAL is to use public art that uplifts Cleveland’s Black history to catalyze present and
future racial justice and civic engagement efforts across Cleveland communities.

We VALUE the trailblazing contributions of historic Black Clevelanders —their leadership,
intellect, ethics, creativity, determination, and resistance is in our DNA.

We ENVISION Cleveland as a model city for social transformation with Black and Brown residents leading the way."

External sources: 

https://www.clevelanddna.com/
https://case.edu/schubertcenter/events/inourdna
Posted by spkells on Feb 5 2025

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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.
Celebrate Cleveland's Black history and encourage racial equity in the community

Notes

It is unclear what the effect of the project was, but it was a good way of celebrated Black history and encouraging civic engagement among Black and Brown Clevelanders