Teens

Light Machine Arts
California
We were traveling on a bus to DC with the Youth From Standing Rock, and we created touchstones to hold onto during the actions that would help ground them before they had to speak. Then we created some after to remember something that they learned that gave th…
  • Social Justice
  • Advocacy
  • Social Justice
Wichita Children's Home
Kansas
I work in a group home for teens that have been involved in human trafficking or are at high risk due to sexualized behaviors. Many of the youth have been sexually abused and are in foster care. Although the youth started out not wanting to do this, they al…
  • Foster Care
  • Foster Care
  • Human Trafficking
  • Sexual Assault
DOVES of Big Bear Valley, Inc.
California
Emily, age 15, and her mother experienced physical, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse at the hands of their perpetrator. The effect on Emily has been profound. She shared, “Seeing my mother get thrown around, my brother getting his lip busted, and my sist…
  • Domestic Violence
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Domestic Violence
  • Sexual Assault
Riverside County District Attorney's Office
California
Kintsugi, the art of repairing broken pottery with gold metals, is a powerful metaphor for life and personal growth. The fragments of broken pottery symbolize the challenges and trauma in our life journey. We acknowledge that our scars do not diminish our wort…
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
Women's & Children's Crisis Shelter
California
When 15-year-old Vanessa arrived at our shelter with her mother she was feeling defeated and hopeless. This shy girl wouldn’t make eye contact or trust anyone. I introduced her to the AWBW art workshops to help her express her feelings through art in a safe an…
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Domestic Violence
Vistamar School
California
My name is Courtney Avrit and I am a senior at Vistamar School in El Segundo, California. During my final semester of high school for my senior project I was inclined to reach out to AWBW after hearing about it from a family friend. I am passionate about menta…
  • Schools & Universities
  • Advocacy
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
A Greater Hope
California
We had two different corporate funders come for a socially distanced site visit at A Greater Hope's Headquarters in Victorville, CA. That office, once a thriving hub of activity with foster youth, families, therapists, and social workers buzzing about from pla…
  • Donor Engagement
  • Donor Engagement
  • Foster Care
Wichita Artworx, Inc.
Kansas
My Permission Canvas represents “Permission to Succeed.” I started having hearing trouble when I was a teen, and I was always made fun of because of it. I was “the deaf girl.” I went totally deaf about 8 years ago and it was devastating. Fortunately, I was …
  • Mental Health
  • Community Engagement
  • Domestic Violence
  • Mental Health
  • Physical & Terminal Illness
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Gary Job Corp
Texas
I would like to share the story of a client I will call "T." T is part of the art transforming trauma art group for youth in transition that is held at a Job Corp facility. This program is a job training school where young people stay to earn a certificate and…
  • Homelessness
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Foster Care
  • Homelessness
Stepping Forward LA
California
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Pat Conlon, Director of Programs at Stepping Forward LA. Pat reflects on how the Windows Facilitator Training empowered his journey as a leader in supporting foster youth and their transitions to adul…
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Foster Care
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Stanislaus Family Justice Center
California
A 16-year-old girl was referred to our art session because of prior sexual abuse. We spent a lot of time focusing on anger and how that was expressed. She shared what she saw or how the individual causing harm looked. She used this image to discredit them a…
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Assault
Nuview Bridge Early College High School
California
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Carlos Mares, Wellness Therapist at Nuview Bridge Early College High School providing Social Emotional Learning opportunities to students enrolled in grades 9th-12th. As an AWBW Innovator, Carlos is ecstatic to prov…
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Community Engagement
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Homelessness
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Rialto Unified School District
California
This is the activity that I led with our high school students at lunch for the month of October. I created this self-care tag activity and had the students illustrate how they would practice self-care on the back. Self-care is never really practiced within …
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Rialto Unified School District
California
Our 9-12th grade students joined us at lunch to participate in the Touchstone Journey. These students come from intersectional communities including homeless and foster populations, and have dealt with some type of marginalization along their journey. Stude…
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
  • Social Justice
WomenShelter of Long Beach
California
This participant, a 16-year-old female who I have met for one-on-one sessions, always had difficulty discussing the violence she witnessed at home. After a few sessions, I wanted a project that would allow her to focus on herself. I have seen times where she d…
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
WomenShelter Long Beach
California
Windows Facilitator Eydie recently shared with us, “Art is a wonderful medium for compassionate intervention because it gives our clients the opportunity for self-expression … They walk out of the room seemingly lighter, and with a certain stride that makes me…
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Community Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
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 modalities, …
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Forty Carrots Family Center
Florida
My client, a 14-year-old, was referred by a Teen Court program after an incident that occurred at school. She came in with very high levels of anxiety and depression. As an intervention to help depersonalize her anxiety and depression, we completed the worksho…
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health
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 modalities, …
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
The Nest
Kentucky
“Being a part of AWBW makes me feel supported and connected to this community of healers working to make this world a better place,” shares Patricia, an AWBW facilitator. After being trained by AWBW in early 2017, Patricia and her colleague Katie began offe…
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Domestic Violence
  • LGBTQIA+
Wichita Children's Home
Kansas
Wichita Children's Home
Kansas
I work in a group home for teens that have been involved in human trafficking or are at high risk due to sexualized behaviors. Many of the youth have been sexually abused and are in foster care. Although the youth started out not wanting to do thi…
Light Machine Arts
California
Light Machine Arts
California
We were traveling on a bus to DC with the Youth From Standing Rock, and we created touchstones to hold onto during the actions that would help ground them before they had to speak. Then we created some after to remember something that they learned th…
WomenShelter Long Beach
California
WomenShelter Long Beach
California
Windows Facilitator Eydie recently shared with us, “Art is a wonderful medium for compassionate intervention because it gives our clients the opportunity for self-expression … They walk out of the room seemingly lighter, and with a certain stride tha…

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