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“Margaret is a passionate advocate against gun violence,” explained Ellen Fagan, director of the artist’s gallery, ODETTA. “She’s seriously invested in being a true activist-artist.” Based in Connecticut, Roleke has a direct connection to the families who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre. According to her website, the artist has donated a percentage of her artwork sales to gun control advocacy for the last several years.

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