“Vision Quilt is an effective tool that allows people from all parts of our society to act to counter this danger we all face.”
                                                                                                                     Jane Hunter, MD, adjunct professor for UCSF Medical School, San Francisco, CA

Ashland Middle School students display Vision Quilt panels in our nation's Capitol and meet legislative leaders. More details below.

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

​​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.

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. Read blog.

Founder Cathy DeForest talks with students about the project. Students shared how gun violence affects their lives and how their studies have changed their views – watch video. A follow-up video focuses on the impact of the students in their community.

Our latest video shows the Lighthouse students and their impact on the community in Oakland, California. With the intention of creating local dialog and change, the students curated an exhibition at e14 Gallery in downtown Oakland.

Vision Quilt Focuses on Chicago

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Students Display Panels for Leaders in D.C.

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. 

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Reaching Out to Incarcerated Youth 

 “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

Several 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

National Gun Violence Awareness Day

Vision Quilt brings people together in Ashland, Oregon for a day of awareness featuring  music, art and dialogue about preventing gun violence. 
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“The Vision Quilt project is a true form of social activism…”
Lacey Renae, M.A., Art Therapist & Program Manager for Maslow Project for Homeless Youth, Medford, OR

Community Panel-Making Workshops

Workshops in seven states have generated more than 300 panels in Vision Quilt's first year. The panels have been displayed in schools, museums, places of worship.
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"There really ARE solutions to these problems, if only we could find the collective will to enact solutions."
                                                                               Alison Duren-Sutherland, Panel Maker

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HELP US REACH MORE COMMUNITIES
Donate to Vision Quilt to help us extend our work to more communities throughout 2017. 
Vision Quilt is a 501(c)(3) and all donations are tax deductible. The money is used to purchase materials for working with students, organizations and community members in creating individual panels and exhibiting the Vision Quilt.

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