Fundraising to Awaken the Underground Railroad Mural!

On Green St. under Aurora St. in Ithaca, NY
Meet the local Black Artist Activists leading this project:
Jackie Richardson​,
Maryam Adib,
Cyepress Rite, 
Terrance Vann.
Summer 2020, a group of Black artists, community leaders, elders, and supporters are adding critical context to the current resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests by re-imagining and expanding the Green Street Underground Railroad Mural.

Ithaca has a rich history of resistance and collective power that needs to be recovered, honored, and preserved, and that's exactly what awakening this mural with fresh new layers of paint intends to do. As formerly enslaved abolitionist, Frederick Douglass said himself:
"We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future."
This project is the result of a collaboration between Southside Community Center & Ithaca Murals, but it's made possible with support & donations from community members - like YOU!
Help us tell Ithaca's story of the Underground Railroad with meaning!

Our goal is to raise $20,000+
 to support 4 Black artists in leading the colorful renewal of these walls! 

Fundraising dates:
​August 16th - September 5th 2020
Donations will go toward:
  • preliminary wall repair,
  • high quality painting materials, and
  • fair compensation for each artivists' labor. 
Every donor gets a free gift of stickers!
Donate $120 or more for a mural mug!
Thank you to people who have already contributed: 
Buffalo Street Books, Kate & John Finn, Sarah McNaull, Deborah Jones, Melissa Allen, Charmaine Brathwaite, Carolyn Paul-Alexander, Juliana Quaresma, Betty DeCaires, Illume Projects, David Kraskow, Nicholas Mino, Kyara Moran, Nora Burrows, Mariellen Brown, Kellie Swensen, Elizabeth Richards, Sofia Villenas, Rebecca Creamer, Margaret Wakeley, Tony Ciccone, Katharine Constas, Amanda Schaufler, Alex Sosebee, Chris Griswold, Jessy Certain, Hannah Sumner, Greta Unetich, Jennie Cramer, Shayna Grajo, Katie Sims, Yvette Rubio, Justin Chandler, Daisy Fan, Tricia Klitsch, Kelly Patwell, Lori & Dave Brewer, Nerissa Russell, Taylor Peck, Simon St.​ ​Laurent, Dorota Kossowska, Rebecca Evans, Ashley Cake, Stephanie Valletta, Stephanie Moore, Sarah House, Norma Gutierrez, Southside Community Center!

Reading In Between the Paint Strokes

Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and unsung abolitionists.
Acknowledgment of the Cayuga Nation
​and Ithaca's hidden history.
Preserving the blueprint and
Art as a Call to Action.
​I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would ​give every drop of the blood in my veins to free them.
-Harriet Tubman
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Let's send a message to our community that
ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
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The Time is Now.
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Look This Up!
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Artists are Fundamental in Revolution.
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Click here to join the fundraising/organizing support team.
​Ken Glover, Nia Nunn, Harry O Smith, Keyanna Mozie, Janilya Baizack, Khalil Bey, Bhavya Brushan, Marie Verga, and Caleb Thomas.
In September 2019, Southside Community Center youth walked to Green St. to clean years of car dust off the mural.
Underground Railroad Mural by Jonathan Matas painted in 2010.
Click here to learn more about Jonathan Matas and this beautiful mural.