A Long Walk Home
http://www.alongwalkhome.org/
A Long Walk Home (ALWH) is a non-profit organization that uses a blend of art therapy and the visual and performing arts to end violence against women and girls. ALWH created an institute called Girl/Friends Leadership Institute where teenage girls are trained to be leaders, peer advocates, and peer educators in their community in the movement to end sexual violence. I was the primary art therapist at ALWH and the following are examples of art directives I used as interventions for individual and group therapy.
Individual Art Therapy & Self-Care Art Therapy Group
Professional Development
-Mount Mary Art Therapy Conference 2012,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
-"Expressive Arts Therapy and Trauma Treatment" 2013,
A symposium at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-"Territories of Encounter: The Art Therapy Assemblage" 2013,
A symposium on interdisciplinary, community-base arts practices
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-"Restorative Justice. Gender Justice. Global justice" Bold Conversations at the Global Activism Expo 2013,
University of Illinois at Chicago
-"African American/Black Art Therapist Forum" 2013,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
-"Expressive Arts Therapy and Trauma Treatment" 2013,
A symposium at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-"Territories of Encounter: The Art Therapy Assemblage" 2013,
A symposium on interdisciplinary, community-base arts practices
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-"Restorative Justice. Gender Justice. Global justice" Bold Conversations at the Global Activism Expo 2013,
University of Illinois at Chicago
-"African American/Black Art Therapist Forum" 2013,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Advocacy and Activism
-SOARS (Story of A Rape Survivor) 2013, Chicago
-One Billion Rising 2013, Chicago
-Vagina Monologues 2013, Chicago
-ConsentFest 2013: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/in-the-cac/consentfest-conversation-sexual-assault_b_2768176.html, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
-Light Up the Lake Front: Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2012, Chicago
-One Billion Rising 2013, Chicago
-Vagina Monologues 2013, Chicago
-ConsentFest 2013: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/in-the-cac/consentfest-conversation-sexual-assault_b_2768176.html, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
-Light Up the Lake Front: Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2012, Chicago
SPEAK: Empowering Students to Use Their Voice
https://www.facebook.com/SpeakSAIC
SPEAK is a student organization at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) founded and coordinated by Johannil Napoleon 2012-2013. It is a student organization at SAIC of artists and leaders who create art based projects to educate the SAIC community about sexual violence. Our aim is to create a community dialogue, reduce stigma, and provide resources to individuals impacted by sexual violence. SPEAK collaborates with programs within the school and Chicago non-profit organizations such as: Rape Victims Advocates, A Long Walk Home, and Catharsis Productions. The following are programs that were created and hosted since October 2012.
