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-Children’s Windows art workshop leader
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The Children's Windows Program provides weekly art workshops to children and teens in domestic violence shelters, transitional housing, and outreach centers. They tell their stories, express their feelings, and rebuild their self-confidence.
Witnessing domestic violence has a devastating impact on children, who often lack the words to describe their experiences. Art gives children positive ways to handle their anger and pain, an essential step in breaking the chain of family violence for future generations. Children blossom when they are valued during the workshops, and art provides them with a lifelong tool to explore their feelings, hopes, and dreams.
AWBW actively supports partner agencies with leadership training, art supplies, personalized consultation, and 24/7 access to an online support network that includes over 100 sample art workshops, leader focus groups, and online program reporting.
Program Results in 2007:
- Reached over 24,000 participants (4,690 children participating in an average of 5 art sessions during their shelter stay).
- Held 4,123 workshops at 101 sites, including 18 new agencies that launched their art programs this year.
- Trained 103 new leaders to facilitate art workshops for children who have witnessed domestic violence.
We invite any person or group working with domestic violence survivors to consider implementing the Women’s Windows Program to help survivors heal through art.This year the Children’s Windows workshops were held nationwide
in the following areas:
