Alumni Join Local Artists To Make Some Noise At Freedom Fair

Art Takes Action is a group composed of students, artists and musicians in the DC area.

David Sexton | The Diamondback

"When Donald Trump won the presidency in November, many disappointed voters were unsure how to respond. For local musician and University of Maryland alumnus Asher Meerovich [ '16, philosophy], the answer was simple: use art to unify people and support the causes he believes in.

"A few days after the election, Meerovich and friends assembled Art Takes Action, a group composed of students, artists and musicians in the Washington area.

" 'We wanted to take what we were already doing — that is, booking shows, hosting shows, going to shows, working in the arts — and apply it to helping those around us in more concrete, immediate ways,' Meerovich said."

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Image: Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post. Asher Meerovich, left, and Joe Doyle of the Tomato Dodgers play Bardo in Washington, D.C., in September, 2015.