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Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Christina Kataoka, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving race and human relations for over three decades using mediation, r…
PAVE
Wisconsin
  • Incarceration
This “Vision Seeds” video features Sylvia Ortiz, of PAVE, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Sylvia anchors her vision for supporting Rooted in Resilience, seeing the leadership of each facilitator as branches of a collective tree, and…
YWCA - San Gabriel Valley
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
Abuse had been a part of my life since childhood. There was no place in which I could express myself, no person to whom I could reveal what was happening. My family told me that what happens at home stays at home. At 21 I met my husband, a policeman, and I …
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Missouri
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Arzie Umali, MPA, who is the Senior Assistant Director of the Women's Center at University of Missouri - Kansas City. As students return to school, it is essential to acknowledge the value of self-…
A Greater Hope
CA
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  This was my own personal journey on Thanksgiving Day. When I first was introduced to Nikki Crow's project, Fix Your Side of the Feather, during the AWBW Durational Art Symposium I was moved to tears. I can remember my maternal grandmother, who was th…
YWCA - San Gabriel Valley
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
Ceirra and Melissa are AWBW facilitators who work in the WINGS (Women in Need Growing Strong) Domestic Violence Program at YWCA San Gabriel Valley. They provide educational support groups in both emergency and transitional shelter settings, as well as through …
Helping Hands Resource Center
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Sexual Assault
This powerful "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Karen Gonzalez, founder of Helping Hands Resource Center in Los Angeles. Karen is a domestic violence and sexual abuse survivor herself and became a Windows Facilitator in 2014. Here she shar…
Tides of Change
Oregon
  • Domestic Violence
These photos are of art that a survivor created during the workshop Befriending Your Feelings. This woman, in her fifties, has complex trauma beginning in early childhood and continuing into adulthood. She has shared experiences of neglect and child abuse whil…
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
California
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
I work at a substance use disorder and mental health dual diagnosis outpatient facility with adults, most of whom are conditionally released to treatment by courts. Our supplies are limited and I adapted the Affirmation Mandala Shrinky Dink workshop by printin…
Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence & Their Families
Connecticut
  • Domestic Violence
The opportunity to create a Permission Canvas, as an AWBW facilitator, was very timely for me. I realized there are so many things I don’t give myself permission to do. I picked feeling safe and warm because during the training I realized that I had a big conn…
A Greater Hope
California
  • Foster Care
The structure of the AWBW training (online and interactive), coupled with the detailed curriculum that provides easy to follow step by step instructions any paraprofessional can follow, combined with the universally engaging nature of the workshops makes AWBW …
North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center
California
  • Sexual Assault
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Sexual Assault
This is a new client who is a survivor of sexual assault and child abuse. She is resilient and smart and a great artist. I noticed that through art she opens up and is able to share her thoughts and feelings, she can be shy and it has improved her unwilling…
Proud Mama Bears
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Advocacy (legislation, voter mobilization, etc.)
  • Community Engagement
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Founder of Proud Mama Bears and AWBW Board Chair, Stacia Kato. In this moving video celebrating Pride Month, Stacia shares about using her training as a Windows Facilitator in her journey as the mothe…
South Gate Police Dept. Family Violence Prevention & Education Program
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
I have been working with a 45-year old Latina woman, who has one 11-year old child. In 2012, this client was pleased to announce to our support group that she had finally started the divorce process that she had contemplated for many years. Seven months later,…
PFLAG San Gabriel Valley / API Chapter
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Stacia Kato,  president of the PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islander chapter which has supported parents, individuals, and allies at the intersection of LGBTQ+ and Asian for the past ten years; building upon …
Downtown Women's Center
California
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
While providing parents in a Southern California school district with parenting workshops, we are closing out the series with healing arts through AWBW. The goal is to aid their own creative approaches in leading healing arts with their children and mutually e…
Teta's Workshops
Massachusetts
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
This story is from a workshop with survivors of violence who are isolated from family and friends during this pandemic. I chose this workshop to teach the art of journaling and its use as a meditative practice. One participant shared “I wasn't very eager to…
Sure Helpline Center
California
  • Domestic Violence
This “Vision Seeds” video features Johana Ramirez, of Sure Helpline Center in El Centro, California. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Johana reflects on her own journey of using art to anchor herself in the midst of trauma and chaos, and how today, she is hon…
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features La Shonda Coleman, LCSW, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Pepperdine University and Founder of Trauma and Healing in Colour, a program that fuses art, somatic based healing modalities, …
Fresno Pacific University
California
  • Schools & Universities
Participants of this workshop were university students exploring personal growth. The goals of the workshop were to explore negative messages from their childhood and become aware of what negative messages are still with them they need to let go of. Student…
Blossoms Windows
California
Blossoms Windows
California
A good friend of mine, Dougie, crossed over the Rainbow Bridge at the end of May. He was only 56 years old. Within days of his passing, his widow, Sigrid, and I began talking about how brave he was – the way he handled his diagnosis, the thousand dec…
A Greater Hope
California
A Greater Hope
California
The structure of the AWBW training (online and interactive), coupled with the detailed curriculum that provides easy to follow step by step instructions any paraprofessional can follow, combined with the universally engaging nature of the workshops m…
Downtown Women's Center
California
Downtown Women's Center
California
While providing parents in a Southern California school district with parenting workshops, we are closing out the series with healing arts through AWBW. The goal is to aid their own creative approaches in leading healing arts with their children and …
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
California
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
California
I work at a dual diagnosis substance use treatment center and mental health services outpatient facility with adults. Many of our patients are court mandated to treatment and have been previously incarcerated. Most patients have mental health diagnos…
Fresno Pacific University
California
Fresno Pacific University
California
Participants of this workshop were university students exploring personal growth. The goals of the workshop were to explore negative messages from their childhood and become aware of what negative messages are still with them they need to let go of. …
Catalyst
California
Catalyst
California
Leading the workshop "Inspiration Rocks!" to introduce A Window Between Worlds to the group at the domestic violence shelter where I work just made sense. Survivors in shelter have done rock painting for far longer than my tenure at the agency. Th…
Just Detention International - South Africa
Gauteng Province
Just Detention International - South Africa
Gauteng Province
“Therapeutic,” “Educational,” “Healing,” “Phenomenal” and “Spiritual” are some of the words used by participants to describe JDI-SA's three-day trauma-informed art and human sexuality workshop with members of the LGBTIQ+ community, some of whom are s…
Sure Helpline Center
California
Sure Helpline Center
California
This “Vision Seeds” video features Johana Ramirez, of Sure Helpline Center in El Centro, California. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Johana reflects on her own journey of using art to anchor herself in the midst of trauma and chaos, and how today, …
PAVE
Wisconsin
PAVE
Wisconsin
This “Vision Seeds” video features Sylvia Ortiz, of PAVE, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Sylvia anchors her vision for supporting Rooted in Resilience, seeing the leadership of each facilitator as branches of a collective…
Pathways to Healing
South Carolina
Pathways to Healing
South Carolina
This “Vision Seeds” video features Jessica Blizzard of Pathways to Healing in South Carolina. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Jessica shares what is at the core of her journey as she embarks upon facilitating workshops for individuals living in cus…
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features La Shonda Coleman, LCSW, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Pepperdine University and Founder of Trauma and Healing in Colour, a program that fuses art, somatic based healing mo…
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features La Shonda Coleman, LCSW, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Pepperdine University and Founder of Trauma and Healing in Colour, a program that fuses art, somatic based healing mo…
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
Trauma and Healing in Color
California
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features La Shonda Coleman, LCSW, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Pepperdine University and Founder of Trauma and Healing in Colour, a program that fuses art, somatic based healing mo…
Dallas Office of Arts and Culture
Texas
Dallas Office of Arts and Culture
Texas
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features Martine Philippe, Director of the Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. A Windows Facilitator since 2021, Martine shares how she used the AWBW Windows of Connection series to transform culture …
A Window Between Worlds
California
A Window Between Worlds
California
In this Artists Talk video, AWBW Founder, Cathy Salser, dives deep into the heart of AWBW’s mission and the transformative power of art in healing and community building. This special “window of time” is part of the Artists Talk series of the Souther…
Children's Institute
CA
Children's Institute
CA
  The REACH Team supports children and families exposed to violence in South Los Angeles. We host workshops and support groups educating on the effects of being exposed to violence, how to cope with trauma, and promoting wellness to help buil…
PFLAG San Gabriel Valley / API Chapter
California
PFLAG San Gabriel Valley / API Chapter
California
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Stacia Kato,  president of the PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islander chapter which has supported parents, individuals, and allies at the intersection of LGBTQ+ and Asian for the past ten years; buil…
Unite American Indian Involvement
California
Unite American Indian Involvement
California
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Nicole “Nikki” Crow, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes, is a Care Coordinator at United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (UAII) in the 7 Generations Prevention and Aftercare program. United A…
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
California
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
California
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Christina Kataoka, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving race and human relations for over three decades using me…

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