As of yesterday, June 17, 2025, Kroegeor Green is finally free.
After spending about 13 months in jails and federal prison, Kroegeor has been released—and he’s just as committed to justice, compassion, and care as ever.
Kroegeor has always devoted himself to others—working with people experiencing homelessness, providing nursing care, and volunteering with refugees in Texas. Prison didn’t shake that commitment. If anything, it deepened it.
In 2023, acting with Declare Emergency, Kroegeor took part in a peaceful protest at the National Gallery of Art. He painted the words “honor them” next to the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial, a painting that depicts an African American regiment who fought for the Union in the Civil War. His action was a call for leadership to face reality—and declare a climate emergency—recognizing that those most scapegoated in American history are now among the first to suffer the worst of the climate crisis.
On Valentine’s Day 2024, he and Donald Zepeda returned to action—this time at the National Archives, where they threw red tempera powder around the case holding the U.S. Constitution. The powder covered the case, the floor, and themselves—but caused no permanent damage to the building, document, or any person.
Still, both were charged with and convicted of felony destruction of government property. Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Kroegeor to 18 months in prison and ordered him to pay $58,000 in restitution—despite the symbolic nature of the act and the absence of lasting harm.
But today, Kroegeor is home.
And we couldn’t be prouder to welcome him back.
Welcome back, Kroegeor.