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PROJECT: LIZANIA CRUZ, Freedom Budget
Lizania Cruz’s “A Freedom Budget Provides Healthcare For All” at STONELEAF, April 2021
STONELEAF is proud to present Lizania Cruz’s “A Freedom Budget Provides Healthcare For All” and “A Freedom Budget Provides Childcare For All”. These works are a continuation of Cruz’s “Freedom Budget” project, with previous works presented at BAM Brooklyn, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah which was featured in the New York Times.
“A Freedom Budget for All Americans,” an economic policy plan put together by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin and cosigned by Dr. King. “What is most striking is that a lot of the things they were asking for are things you would see today — health care for all, basic income, education for all, clean air and clean water,”Cruz said. For example the current fight to raise the minimum wage to $15. The freedom budget proposed a raise to $2 in 1967 which will be equivalent to $15 today. “I’m interested in pushing this conversation further. What could be a freedom budget from the government for the people?”
