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April is just around the corner. . .
What are YOU doing for Sexual Assault Awareness Month?

This April, you can make a difference.
Speak out – Break the silence –
Give voice to the voiceless – End abuse!

WALK UNAFRAID is an interactive public art project that brings awareness to sexual assault and dating violence. Your group can easily create this powerful crime scene installation that is recognized as an effective tool for empowering individuals to recognize and prevent abuse.

What’s in the box?
Everything you need to get the word out!

• License to create the WALK UNAFRAID crime scene
• Art Materials to create a full 6 x 8 foot installation
• Quick-Start Guide with full instructions
• Walk Unafraid T-Shirts for project leaders (2)
• Worldwide Membership Pass to Online Community
  
• Other surprises, resources, tips and goodies packed in every box!

Walk Unafraid Anti-Violence Awareness Kit $250.
(Everything needed for 12 participants)

FREE SHIPPING through April 15th!

(Within the Continental US)

ORDER YOUR KIT TODAY FOR APRIL DELIVERY!

WALK UNAFRAID CHELSEA, 2006

With the Walk Unafraid Anti-Violence Awareness Kits
you can:

• Raise public awareness
• Help victims of abuse
• Empower individuals to recognize and prevent abuse
• Heal survivors, families and perpetrators
• Build stronger, safer communities

Your purchase supports The Red Collaborative while empowering your community.  Thank you!

After many an adventure on the road and in the air, the two Gabrielle’s land gracefully in the lap of Southern hospitality and warmth.  

When I first mentioned Red Collaborative was heading to New Orleans to my friend, Derek Gentile (journalist for the Berkshire Eagle) he insisted that I talk to our State Representative, William “Smitty” Pignatelli right off the bat.  Smitty, like Derek, shares a passion for baseball and doing the right thing.  

Derek accompanied Smitty and a team of volunteers to New Orleans in to rebuild the home of Stanley & Betty Stewart in the Lower Ninth Ward – one of the hardest hit – and most neglected – areas ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2006.  Click here to read the letter from Sen. Edward Kennedy published in The Congretional Record acknowledging Smitty’s dedication to helping rebuild New Orleans.

Smitty has made numerous trips to the crescent city and was instrumental in putting me in touch with several folks there, among them, another passionate baseball professional (and  former Executive Vice President of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints), New Orleans City Council President, Arnie Fielkow. 

In addition, Smitty gave me the names of a few local Berkshirites who have organized teams of volunteers to travel down to help rebuild the city.  All these folks helped prepare us for an amazing trip to New Orleans. 

Without this team of amazing players, our mission to bring Red Collaborative’s empowering initiatives to the devastated city might not have gotten off the ground.  I am forever grateful for their assistance.

Red Collaborative’s mission is to empower individuals, give voice to the voiceless and initiate public dialogue on the silent epidemic of physical, sexual and emotional abuse through community-building creative art initiatives.

WAMC’s Carrie Saldo Interviews Artist-Activist Gabrielle Senza:

Art Installation Designed to Raise Awareness, Artist Says.
Carrie Saldo

PITTSFIELD, MA (2006-03-21) An art installation designed to help educate the public about abuse and violence has been moved to a park near City Hall in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A more prominent location in the middle of the city has been ruled out after some locals complained that the installation would send the wrong message. Our Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo, spoke with Gabrielle Senza who is the artist spearheading the project;

© Copyright 2006, WAMC

Sunday afternoon: Red Ribbon Week Free Art Workshops

Red Collaborative, in partnership with the City of Pittsfield, hosts a free event to kick off the City’s Red Ribbon Awareness Week. The Red Ribbon Awareness Week Fun Day will feature Free Art Making Activities for All Ages including: The “Seeing Red” Project, where participants can create artwork that answers the question: What Makes You See Red?; A “Dee Dee Rescue” Art Contest, where children and adults are encouraged to draw and sculpt Red Collaborative’s four-legged mascot, Dee Dee the Doxie (see photo at left); Plus, Free “Rescue Pooch” Face Painting for Children.

Sunday, October 23 | 1pm-4pm | Storefront Artist Project Space | 124 Fenn Street | 528-3917 Click here for more information on Red Ribbon Week