In the Face of History
Freedom Cape Fashion Workshop


Prospect Park Alliance Artist-in-Residence Adama Delphine Fawundu in partnership with the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute, hosted this empowering and uplifting event

Sept 29, 2024

Prospect Park Alliance Artist in Residence Adama Delphine Fawundu and the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute hosted a fun, family-friendly event at Lefferts Historic House to create and showcase superhero capes inspired by the legacy of Shirley Chisholm and Fawundu’s performance piece In the Face of History Freedom Cape. Fabric was provided to decorate and sew your own superhero cape. Once capes were completed, portraits of each participant was taken wearing their freedom cape and they even got to participate in a fashion show!

View Press Release here.