Justice and Human Rights United States Project #35814

Help Moms of Slain Youth Tell Their Stories

by Unsilence

Project Report | Jul 9, 2019
Unsilence & The Sisterhood: UPDATE on what's next...

By Dr. Danny M. Cohen | Unsilence Founder & Interim Executive Director

Thanks to your generous support, we are close to completing the "photography phase" of our project with The Sisterhood -- a collective of mothers, all women of color, whose children have been killed by senseless violence. Will you contribute today to help our project cross the finish line?

This spring, renowned Chicago artist Cecil McDonald Jr. has been working with the women to create artworks that tell the story of each mother and their children. This summer, Unsilence is integrating the testimonies and photographic artworks to create a new online exhibition and learning experience for schools and communities. Your donation today will help us build the exhibition and develop Unsilence educator guides.

Our project goals: (1) To unsilence the personal and collective grief, trauma, activism, and healing of mothers of color. (2) To humanize their murdered children who are so often portrayed in a negative light in the media. (3) To help communities across Chicago talk about systemic violence. (4) To connect Chicagoland communities, because we’re in this crisis together and we can only solve it together.

We are so grateful for your support. We cannot unsilence injustice without you.

All my best,

Danny M. Cohen

Founder & Interim Executive Director of Unsilence

www.unsilence.org

Unsilence is working to amplify the voices ofThe Sisterhood, a collective of Chicago mothers, all women of color, each of whom has lost a child to gun violence.

Links:

Unsilence Voices: The Sisterhood

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Unsilence

Location: Chicago, IL - USA
Website: http://www.unsilence.org
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Project Leader:
Danny M. Cohen
Chicago , IL United States

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