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Pictured: Duke Riley's "Thank You to Health Care Workers". Riley's faceted glass project "Be Good or Be Gone" (2011) is permanently installed at Beach 98th Street (A) station in Rockaway Beach. Mel Chin's interactive installation "Signal" (1997) is located at the Broadway-Lafayette/Bleecker Street (B,D,F,M) station in Manhattan.

Drove past this beautiful thing today in Lexington, KY

When Zoë & I first talked about the concept for this installation, we agreed that it should echo the sense of celebration that 100 years of #PlannedParenthood deserves. Yet the imminent threat of its funding being pulled turns the meaning of our collaboration with #ForFreedoms into something far more dire. Why must we continue to fight for the freedom to choose for ourselves what we want for our own bodies and our own lives? How is it possible that we are still battling over this? These images represent the sense of euphoria, power and solidarity we all felt at this momentous occasion. I hope those sentiments continue to fuel the support that this incredible organization needs now, and that we can continue to stand together to defend our freedom to choose. As Hillary rightly said #WomensRightsAreHumanRights It's as simple as that. @plannedparenthood x @forfreedoms @zoebuckman @michelinwoo @lionelbrock @_jfgl @totallywithit @togetherwi_ (at New York, New York)

@chris.berntsen is showing his 9 (yes n-i-n-e) projector analog film Reflectus @momaps1 for the next few days, as part of @hankwillisthomas #ForFreedoms artist-run super PAC. here's a snap of the piece from the Visual Resistance Forum this week @aperturefnd #chrisBerntsen

For the #100YearAnniversary of #PlannedParenthood, I had the honour of co-creating an installation alongside artist #ZoëBuckman, on behalf of #ForFreedoms. This was the first time I took on the role of artist and I am so proud that it was for this incredible, and incredibly resilient, organization. It was a momentous night with both Shonda Rimes and Hillary Clinton being honoured for their contributions to protecting women's rights and the right to make choices for our own bodies. Being a part of this celebration by conceptualizing and directing this piece for For Freedoms expanded the meaning of the #LeaveSheAlone campaign to a whole new world. As women we continue to fight for autonomy over our space, our bodies, our freedom to be our fullest, most powerful selves. Planned Parenthood has shown us what this entails, and I hope we can learn from their example with #TogetherWI's efforts in the Caribbean. Thank you to all who made this installation happen! @plannedparenthood @forfreedoms @zoebuckman @michelinwoo @_jfgl @lionelbrock @totallywithit @togetherwi_ (at New York, New York)

Repost from @forfreedoms Boulder. Atlanta. El Paso. Parkland. Tree of Life Synagogue. Las Vegas. Orlando. San Bernardino. Sandy Hook Elementary School. Aurora. Columbine. Another 10 lives were lost to gun violence yesterday in the nation's second mass shooting in just 7 days. The victims: Eric Talley; Denny Strong; Neven Stanisic; Rikki Olds; Tralona Bartkowiak; Suzanne Fountain; Teri Leiker; Kevin Mahoney; Lynn Murray; and Jody Waters. While the motives of this shooting are still being investigated, artist @paulacrown_art's message is clear: we don't need more thoughts and prayers in America, we need policy changes to ban assault weapons and save lives. #PaulaCrown’s #ForFreedoms billboard was installed in Cheyenne, Wyoming as part of our 2018 #50StateInitiative. Photo by @jscrogginsphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzXyvUDTmB/?igshid=78ft84mq64z5