Coming soon!

Roots to Routes is a digital map that follows the story of Haitian social action movements connected to East Flatbush and identifies not only the physical locations related to those movements but the organizations that were involved with those movements as well. To draw local attention to the map, physical photographs, ephemera, and microfilm of those moments were placed on the facades and in the windows of (2) buildings in East Flatbush that serve as places of information exchange. These watershed social action movements are what gives our map cultural context and value.

 

The complete project will feature connections to the following five moments in Haitian history: The Fall of “Baby Doc” in 1986, March on Brooklyn Bridge in April 1990, The Military Coup of Jean Betrand Aristide in 1991, Police violence against Haitian Immigrants (Abner Louima/Patrick Dorismond), and The 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti in January 2010. At the close of this residency three stories will be captured: the assault of Abner Louima, the murder of Patrick Dorismond, and the march across the brooklyn bridge on April 20th, 1990.