In November 2020, Ali Deane and myself took over Cafe Domestique on Madison’s east side to create an event that reaffirms our connectedness in the midst of a pandemic. For the entire day every drink in the shop was free, all we asked is that you tell us about a good deed you have done for the community. With this open ended prompt we wanted to help community members see their contribution to the neighborhood - we had a firefighter, a mail carrier, a person that teaches their neighbor guitar, one that takes out the garbage for their apartment building and more. After a moment to think every person that came in could think of a good deed they had done, and left like spokes on a hub to be a center in the neighborhood. Below is the documentation of some of the mugs people selected to take home alongside the ticket that describes the deed and the beverage choice. (photos by the artists)
