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Black Forest by Poetic Justice aims to plant 40,000 trees and collect 40,000 stories across the U.S. as a memorial for Black life

When Poetic Justice was founded in 2019 out of MIT Media Lab by Ekene Ijeoma, the Black-led collective’s goal was to research how mixed media art can respond to structural injustice in the U.S. This week, the group revealed its newest project, Black Forest.

Black Forest will take shape in the form of 40,000 trees planted across the U.S. over the next eight years. To date, more than 300 mid- to large-size trees have already been planted in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Rhode Island, and Washington.

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