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In the News - Best of Oakland and Feature in Quilting Magazine!

4/19/2019

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Highlighting our work with youth at Lighthouse Middle School, Oakland Magazine recently named Vision Quilt as the city's 2019 "Best Violence Healing Project." We are honored to receive this recognition of our work. 

Vision Quilt director Cathy DeForest spent the winter in Oakland, deepening our alliances connections with various nonprofits and community leaders throughout the city – as these developments continue, stay tuned for new announcements. We are thrilled to work in such a vibrant city and alongside so many inspiring community organizations and youth. 
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In other news, Vision Quilt was featured in an article by Pam Rocco for the April/May issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. We are thrilled to receive such support from the quilting community, and we hope many magazine readers are inspired to create their own Vision Quilts!
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"A Week in America," Powerful Installation on Capitol Hill

4/4/2019

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In the United States, 735 people die in the from gun violence each week, reports the Center for Disease Control. In March, youth from March for Our Lives created a powerful art installation and memorial to personalize this tremendous statistic. Staged on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., "A Week in America" visualizes these deaths with a memorial marker for each individual. 
Each week in the United States, fifteen children are killed by gun violence. To reflect this reality, "A Week in American" depicts a student sitting at a school desk. But the student's face is replaced by a mirror -- the installation asks each viewer to reflect on their own role in preventing gun violence. The installation asks, What are you doing to prevent gun violence?

The installation also marks one year since the March for Our Lives rally on Washington, D.C., which was supported by regional rallies and marches around the country. March for Our Lives has urged lawmakers to enact measures to curb gun violence, and the installation features a prominent message from you the youth: "Your complacency kills us." A year later, the organizing youth want to remind the country -- and Congress -- that the momentum of their movement continues. ​
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To learn more about "A Week in America," watch this short video produced by Now This. We applaud and support the March for Our Lives youth for their courage, tenacity, and lucidity -- they are powerful leaders in a much needed movement.

735 people reportedly die from gun violence every week in the U.S. — and this #MarchForOurLives art installation is calling out Congress' inaction pic.twitter.com/DEQLecqFF2

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 28, 2019
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