“In a nation where oppression is primarily carried out on an ideological level through control of communication , we recognize the central importance of making powerful cross-cultural images, of creative opposition to the dominant culture. One of PAD/D’s most crucial tasks is to build an understanding of the importance of the artist in the construction of a new "people-not-profits” society. By initiating and sponsoring public-art actions through our Public Works Committee, PAD/D hopes to expand contact between artists and nonartists and make progressive art a more forceful and accessible presence in the culture at large.“