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Fund “The Disappeared” A Political Art Installation Demanding Justice for the Vanished
An evolving public art project using protest, portraiture, and visual memory to expose ICE disappearances and resist the rise of fascism in the U.S.
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✊ THE PROJECT
The Disappeared is a growing, traveling political art installation that refuses to let the victims of ICE vanish without a trace.
Through large-scale photographic banners, poster installations, and public interventions, this project confronts the U.S. government’s use of detention, deportation, and disappearance as tools of state violence.
Each face in this project is someone who has been detained, deported, or disappeared.
Each image says: They were here. We remember. We resist.
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WHY IT MATTERS
In 2025, we are witnessing the escalation of fascist strategies:
Over 56,000 people currently held in ICE detention
More than 207,000 deportations reported by mid-year
Countless people taken without due process, legal representation, or public accountability
Black-site detention centers operating in secrecy on U.S. soil
These are not numbers. These are families, neighbors, workers, and friends.
They were disappeared — and the system counts on our silence.
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WHAT THIS PROJECT INCLUDES
Enlarged portrait banners of disappeared individuals displayed in public
Poster campaigns and visual disruptions in urban and community spaces
Memorial actions designed to hold space for grief, resistance, and remembrance
A growing digital presence to archive stories and mobilize awareness
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WHAT YOUR DONATION SUPPORTS
Your donation makes this work possible by helping cover:
Printing and mounting of large-scale portraits and protest posters
Transportation, tools, and materials for installations across multiple sites
Outreach, translation, and accessibility (including Spanish-language resources)
Digital infrastructure to preserve and share this work nationwide
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THE PURPOSE
To refuse the erasure of those taken by ICE and deportation forces
To break through public silence around mass detention
To demand accountability from those enabling state violence
To build solidarity through visibility, remembrance, and political resistance
To say: We see them. We remember them. We demand their return.
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WHAT YOU RECEIVE
All donors will receive:
️ High-resolution poster artwork downloads
Regular project updates and news about upcoming installations
Optional listing on our public supporters archive (unless you prefer to remain anonymous)
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STAND WITH THE DISAPPEARED
They are not gone. They were taken.
Help us show their faces. Say their names.
Refuse to let them be erased. Refuse to be silent.
TRUMP MUST GO NOW
✊ #TheDisappeared #ResistFascism #AbolishICE #ArtAsResistance
⚠️ Disclaimer
This project is an independent, non-commercial political art installation. It is not affiliated with or officially endorsed by any political party, nonprofit organization, or government entity. All portraits and names featured in The Disappeared are drawn from publicly available reporting and are used with the intent of honoring their memory and raising awareness of systemic injustice.
Funds raised through this GoFundMe will be used solely to support the production, distribution, and installation of visual materials related to the project: including printing, materials, transportation, outreach, translation, and accessibility.
This is not a legal defense fund, nor do we claim to speak on behalf of any individual or family represented. If any family members or individuals featured in this project request removal or modification, we will respond respectfully and promptly.
The views expressed through this campaign and project materials reflect the creators’ political beliefs about immigration justice, abolition, and human rights and are protected under the First Amendment.
Organizer
The Disappeared Project - Refuse Fascism LA
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA