Responses to Artefacting’s community event Spire - Beacon of Hope
A collection of video responses of the event as well as responses to the dismantling of the Beacon of Hope can be found on this page.
Neighbor Otis talking about the Beacon of Hope and his wish for Artefacting to come back and do a similar project:
Detroit resident Tim talking about the peace flags:
Detroit resident Pria talking about the hands that build and vandalized the house and her take on Artefacting adding flags of hope:
Detroit residence Samuel on how Artefacting has changed his perspective of Detroit:
Also, the Detroit news did an article on Artefacting’s community event which was picked up by the Associated Press and appeared in articles across the country from Alaska to Washington DC and New York’s New York Observer and the Wall Street Journal. The news was also picked up by ABC7 who did an short story too (link). Artefacting immediately contacted ABC7 after they broadcasted the story but to date they have not gotten back to us.
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CHICAGO (CBS) Ukraine s plight against Russia is getting a lot of support from Chicagoans and a couple of U.S. Senators.
WBBM s Veronica Carter reports it was a standing room only crowd at the Ukrainian Cultural Center for Illinois Mark Kirk and Arizona s John McCain.
At the Ukrainian Cultural Center a standing room only crowd listened to Illinois Mark Kirk and Arizona s John McCain talk about how more U.S. support for the Ukraine is needed.
WBBM 780?? Veronica Carter WBBM 780/105.9FM
McCain told them Russia s president isn t going to stop with just that country.
??ladimir Putin?? ambitions are to restore the Russian Empire and that doesn?? just mean Ukraine, but it means first and foremost Ukraine because Ukraine was where the Russian Empire began,??McCain said.
McCain says he s embarrassed by the United States??refusal to send lethal weapons to the Ukrainian army. Senator Kirk echoed that.
??e should send the Ukrainians anti-tank weapons, we should send offensive, lethal weaponry,??Kirk said.
The crowd treated the two senators like rock stars, especially when McCain joked about being sanctioned by Putin.
??t means I can?? spend spring break in Siberia again,??he said.