Freedom of Expression: VIRTUAL PROGRAM
Fri, Oct 02
|Live Stream
1 HOUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/wrongful-conviction-day/11 Featuring Jennifer Thompson, founder of Healing Justice and renowned author of “Picking Cotton” on International Wrongful Conviction Day.
Time & Location
Oct 02, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Live Stream
About the event
JOIN AT: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/wrongful-conviction-day/11
A photography exhibit capturing art made by crime victims, the exonerated, and family members of both. Through art, HEALING JUSTICE strives to restore the voices of those harmed and provide them with individual healing.
Freedom of Expression: Giving Voice to Victims of Wrongful Conviction
Healing Justice Art Projects
The Masks We Wear: We all develop self-protective disguises at times to bury the pain, hide our vulnerable selves from the world, and protect ourselves from getting hurt again. These "masks" evolve from emotional injuries or traumas that occur throughout our lifetimes, and we sometimes wear them so long that we forget our true selves, that part of us that was whole before we were broken. Creating physical representations of our masks offers a safe way to express why we don these disguises in the first place and provides us the freedom to remove them and begin healing.
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