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“The Vision Quilt workshop provided an avenue through which students could open up about the trauma of gun violence... Students felt activated as advocates with a say in their communities.”
                                                                                                     Angela Thai, FACES for the Future, Public Health Institute, Oakland, California
Workshop with the Peace and Justice Academy, Catholic Charities East Bay
Founder Cathy DeForest speaks at the nationally televised Disarm Hate Rally.
A joyous event as Chicago displays 60 panels made by youth and veterans. See full story below.

EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES


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Vision Quilt works with communities in several ways: holding rallies, vigils, panel-making workshops and dialogues to empower communities to bring change to their own neighborhoods. Through this virtual scrapbook and our blogs we are creating a living document of our results. We hope to inspire others to join Vision Quilt as we stand up to gun violence.

Building Partnerships to Prevent Gun Violence

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Vision Quilt works with local community leaders and organizations to form partnerships focused on gun violence prevention. Our video "Amplifying Voices" focuses on some of the partnerships at the heart of work work.

Sharing the Vision with Students in Oakland, California

Middle school students at Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, California make Vision Quilt panels after studying gun violence for three months during the school year.
Lighthouse Community Charter School students host an exhibition for friends and family to address gun violence in their communities.

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Youth ALIVE! teen leader, Gregory Hampton, works on his Vision Quilt panel.

Community Partners in Oakland

Partnering with organizations like Attitudinal Healing Connection, Youth Alive!,  Oakland's Violence Prevention Coalition and the Oakland Frontline Healers, Vision Quilt has worked with youth and survivor families throughout East and West Oakland.

After the tragic Uvalde, Texas shooting in 2022, the popular news source, Oaklandside, featured the curriculum toolkit developed by teachers from East Oakland's Lighthouse Community Charter in partnership with Vision Quilt. This toolkit is FREE to middle school and high school teachers nationwide.  Find out more details here. 

In 2019, Oakland Magazine named Vision Quilt as the city's "Best Violence Healing Project."

Vision Quilt Focuses on Chicago

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Working in partnership with the National Veterans Arts Museum, the Chicago Public Library and local youth groups, 60 young people create panels that are displayed at the museum. The students shared the stories behind their panels in a powerful blog you can read here or watch the video here. 

Students Display Panels for Leaders in D.C.

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Vision Quilt workshop with the Peace and Justice Academy in Richmond, California.

Reaching Out to Incarcerated Youth 

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Young men at Camp Sweeney near Oakland, California make panels and journal about their experience.
“The Vision Quilt Project is needed in every community.”
Regina Lites, Deputy Probation Officer, Oakland, California


To see our photos from our most recent workshops and more, check us out on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!

“To feel the buzz of action and history happening in D.C., hear our middle school students advocate for safe gun use and mental health support... talk about a game changer for these young lives, and mine."
Jamie Haden, Ashland Middle School, Health and Leadership Teacher

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Vision Quilt is a 501(c)(3) and all donations are tax deductible. Vision Quilt is fueled by volunteers dedicated to underserved students and communities. Donations are  used to disseminate our curriculum toolkit nationwide, to purchase materials for students, and to exhibit Vision Quilt panels in community centers, town halls, libraries, museums, marches, vigils and legislative advocacy days. 
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    • West Oakland Middle School Attitudinal Healing Connection
    • Northwest Academy of the Arts
    • Mass Shooting Quilts
    • Artists For Peace & Wings4Peace
    • Youth Alive!
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    • Catholic Charities Peace and Justice Academy
    • FACES Public Health Institute
    • Grandparents For Gun Safety Kansas City
    • Gracie Pekrul: #Artists For Peace
    • Naomi Spinak
    • Khadafy Washington Survivor Project
    • SF Poster Syndicate & San Quentin
    • International Day to End Violence
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