Date: August 15, 2009
Host: Giving Children Hope
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Venue: Various
Issue: Human Trafficking
In case you missed the My Hands Have a Voice event back in April, put on by Giving Children Hope to raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking, their art exhibit will now be going on tour.
Date: June 12-18
Host: Freedom in Creation & Alex Mejias
Location: Various
Venue: Various
Issue: Child Soldiers
A big thanks to Alex Mejias for passing this info along to me. Art therapy and art as a means of healing seem to be exploding everywhere, and this series of events sounds fantastic. Be sure to check out more on the Freedom in Creation website for more background on the organization, as well as the Freedom in Creation Tour website for more specifics and information on the tour itself. Here’s the run down:
Date: May 2, 2009
Host: Falling Whistles
Location: Bryan, Texas
Venue: art979
Issue: Child Soldiers
This is a bit late notice, but I wanted to get this event up so you can be sure to check it out if you’re in the area. Should be lots of energy, as Sean Carasso and several others within Falling Whistles will be coming off of a momentous journey with the Rescue Riders of the Invisible Children crew.
Falling Whistles is a non-profit organization building a coalition in the west to enable an art therapy program in Eastern Congo dedicated to providing war affected children in the region with hope, as well as diplomatically developing long-term change in the region.
Date: May 21, 2009
Host: Preemptive Love Coalition & A Thin Place
Location: Luton, United Kingdom
Venue: The Hat Factory Gallery Space
Issue: Health Care/Disease
The Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization seeking to eradicate the backlog of more than 4,000 Arab and Kurdish children waiting for life-saving heart surgery, will be hosting an exhibition, along with A Thin Place, an international artists collective, this May.
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- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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