The main entrance of MOHAI housed a collection of powerful images and quotes from women in the women who rock community and powerful women leaders in history and current pop culture. Of these women included Celia Cruz, Laverne Cox, Ida b Wells, Ma Rainey, and Tarana Burke. This served not only as an example of powerful women making a difference, but also as a social activism platform. Specifically, this addressed gentrification in the Seattle area, bringing attention to the issue of low income communities being pushed out of their homes and an increasingly homogenized Seattle.
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