The mission of Visioning Beyond Violence (formerly known as Vision Quilt) is to empower communities to create solutions to gun violence through fostering visionary thinking through the power of art, dialogue and systemic change efforts. We harness art and community voice to create real change against gun violence in our neighborhoods and schools. Visioning Beyond Violence trains educators, artists, art therapists and community leaders to facilitate the VBV programs in their communities. Our core focus is: Empowering youth and community leaders through education and leadership training Hosting Community Conversations about gun violence Amplifying unheard voices through art and storyte... read more The mission of Visioning Beyond Violence (formerly known as Vision Quilt) is to empower communities to create solutions to gun violence through fostering visionary thinking through the power of art, dialogue and systemic change efforts. We harness art and community voice to create real change against gun violence in our neighborhoods and schools. Visioning Beyond Violence trains educators, artists, art therapists and community leaders to facilitate the VBV programs in their communities. Our core focus is: Empowering youth and community leaders through education and leadership training Hosting Community Conversations about gun violence Amplifying unheard voices through art and storytelling Building coalitions to create safe neighborhoods and schools
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By Visioning Beyond Violence | Leadership Team
Building on the success of our spring Addressing Gun Violence (AGV) Exhibition, Visioning Beyond Violence has continued creating opportunities for young people's voices, artwork, and perspectives to... Read the full report ›By Siobhan Cohee | VBV Leadership
Since our last update, Visioning Beyond Violence has continued making progress toward expanding our community-based training programs and creating more opportunities for healing-centered... Read the full report ›By Siobhan C | VBV Leadership
Over the past several months, Visioning Beyond Violence has continued building the foundation to expand our community-based training programs. We have been developing and strengthening our facilitator... Read the full report ›