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71ab7949-1504-4f14-b78f-0a3ed599c48b Back to Gallery Mural # 62 Community Matters Singing Tree of Bully Prevention 1/1 I am honored to have co-created the Community Matters Singing Tree of Bully Prevention this week. 25 Warriors for Children contributed - my fellow trainers, my supportive administrative staff. I am strengthened by our time together. We envision every child safe and thriving. We captured moments of transformation in our trainings on the leaves and our dreams for Community Matters on the birds. Date: July 28, 2018 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Community Matters Location: Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA Previous Next

< Back Kanizius Nsabimana Certified Singing Tree Facilitator Kanizius Nsabimana is a social entrepreneur who has lived at the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, with his wife and three children, since 1996. While at Kyangwali, Kanizius co-founded and worked at Y outh Challenge-4-Change, Uganda (YC4C, Uganda), a social enterprise that empowers youth to build and sustain businesses and create jobs. Kanizius Nsabimana is a social entrepreneur who has lived at the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, with his wife and three children, since 1996. He fled his native Democratic Republic of the Congo when he was seven to escape the war. While at Kyangwali, Kanizius co-founded and worked at Y outh Challenge-4-Change, Uganda (YC4C, Uganda), a social enterprise that empowers youth to build and sustain businesses and create jobs. He has also addressed gender- based violence in collaboration with the American Refugee Committee in Kyangwali, developing a system to track the status of refugee survivors. Kanizius pursued a Bachelors of Art in International Relation and Diplomatic Studies at Victoria University (Kampala). At ALA, he worked on a micro finance project, and Agro Expert, an on-campus student-run-enterprise. He spent the summer of 2015 at the Global Scholars Program in South Africa Kanizius has won a number of awards including the Saville Foundation Pan-African Award for Entrepreneurship in Education, recognizing the best young social enterprises across Africa. He was also a finalist in the Acumen East African Fellow Program. His passion for international development, policy-making, and social entrepreneurship has taken Kanizius on mission trips to the USA and to several African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda.

07fe6f86-55b0-4095-91da-925dd08ecec9 Singing Tree Murals of 2013 32 Jewel Singing Tree Of Kindness More 31 Madrone Singing Tree Of Vision to Action More Previous Next

< Back Elenna Goodman Board Member Elenna holds a BA in Political Science, an MA in Anthropology and Social Change. Her work is devoted to gathering and nourishing community. Elenna has worked with individuals, organizations, communities and spontaneously arising groups at the threshold of change, navigating the sometimes chaotic, often grief laden and ultimately inspiring terrain between one iteration of life and another. As it best benefitted the situation, she’s been known as an Organizational Consultant, Program Founder/Director/Team Member/Designer, Community Organizer, Guide, Mentor, Coach, Counselor, Teacher, Writer, Dancer/Storyteller, Curator of Healing Spaces, Ritualist & Ceremonialist. And often, simply a Healing Presence. Her work is devoted to gathering and nourishing community as creative spaces of healing and sanctuary to support communication and connection where separation may have prevailed. Reciprocity, collaboration, deep listening, curiosity, rigorous hope, gratitude, compassion and commitment to the well-being of Mother Earth and all Life are values that guide her. Elenna holds a BA in Political Science from Barnard College (NY) and a MA in Anthropology and Social Change from CIIS (SF). She has been trained in Council Facilitation rooted in the Ojai Foundation lineage, and is a Practicing Rites of Passage Guide trained by School Of Lost Borders founders Steven Foster and Meredith Little. She has had the privilege of training with Joanna Macy in the Work that Reconnects, Deena Metzger - healer, community holder, medicine person and writer, Francis Weller in the sacred work of grief and renewal, and with Marti Spiegelman in her work of bringing the original technologies of consciousness into meaningful relationship with the modern world. She is deeply honored to have been mentored in a diversity of Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Practices.

3f4b5356-5679-4cb7-b163-a38ecdd2d87e Back to Gallery Mural # 93 Oak, Sassafras Singing Tree of Heartfelt Transitions Flow 1/1 Work in Progress Date: Facilitator: Cynthia Sudduth Partners: NA Location: Calaveras County, CA, USA Previous Next

11379825-db8c-4cf9-badc-5dc3f4be94d8 Back to Gallery Mural # 52 Phoenix Singing Tree 1/1 My high school and Geyserville elementary are the only two schools in the district. I collaborated with the kinder class that my son was In at the time. After the mural was painted I brought it with the leaves and birds to the annual Geyserville Fall Colors event and set up a booth where community members contributed. With the elementary and high school student bird and leaves and the communities we put it together. Shortly after, a few students of mine from my elective class and I went over to the elementary during a gratitude ceremony for the first responders and presented it with the kids at the assembly sharing the origin of your singing tree and our community story and vision for the tree. I’ll send pics. It was magical. - Amy Wilson Date: December 3, 2017 Facilitator: Amy Wilson Partners: Geyserville Elementary Location: 1320 Moody Ln, Geyserville, CA 95441 Previous Next

009a41a8-8fe6-44fe-8810-751c441b61bd Back to Gallery Mural # 133 The Willow Singing Tree of Trust 1/1 The Willow Singing Tree of Trust was made by 21 eighth graders in Albany Middle School. As the lead design team they chose the theme of the project and chose “Trust” as the most important element to heal the heartbreak around them. They primed and built the frames and boards, gridded, painted the mural, and made leaves for students to add their messages of trust. Date: April 30, 2024 Facilitator: Dr. Sweta Chawla Partners: Albany Middle School Location: Albany Middle School, Brighton Avenue, Albany, CA, USA Previous Next

2953fb4f-cada-453b-8b77-f5476c7dc5c1 Back to Gallery Mural # 67 Redwood Singing Tree™ of Purification 1/1 Redwood Singing Tree of Purification designed by 8th graders from Woodland Charter School . Date: October 1, 2018 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Woodland Charter School Location: 301 Murphy Creek Rd, Grants Pass, OR 97527, USA Previous Next

1a08f0d3-9c25-4520-a0ca-93d8676b7c2a Back to Gallery Mural # 97 Mahogany Singing Tree to Reunite Children with Their Families 1/1 The Mahogany Singing Tree to Reunite Children with Their Families (11 x 7) was co-designed with middle school students from Hearthstone School , Sperryville, VA. UTC then partnered with ReDesign Training to add a leaf for each of the 368 children who were still separated from their families as of June 2021 since being split apart in 2018 at the U.S./Mexican border. People from Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, California, Canada gave leaves and birds with prayers for reuniting. $13,000 was raised for Kids in Need of Defense who has helped to bringing together 1100 families out of the 5700 who were torn apart. Date: September 11, 2021 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Hearthstone School ReDesign Training Kids in Need of Defense Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Previous Next

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7a34e456-305b-450b-9118-84fa3775815c Back to Gallery Mural # 131 Songs of Our Mothers: The 131st Singing Tree 1/1 “We are mothers and grandmothers. We are women who lived through turbulent times in our 20’s. Then, explored our passions through careers in advocacy. Now, we are women maturing into elderhood with strong life stories to be shared with the next generation of younger women.” Members of Healing & Uniting Every Sista (HUES) , a group at San Francisco AIDS Foundation , came together to explore how to share their experiences as long-term survivors of HIV. Our women, our Mothers of the Movement, detail points of their lives, focusing on the 4 phases of womanhood—growth in childhood; the twisting & turnings of young adulthood; the Sisterhood years with the passions of love, friendships and careers; lastly, we learn that the phase of elderhood widens us into a balanced state between matured individuality and dependence upon others. “We needed to draw our tree with big solid roots, because roots are the stories our mothers and grandmothers told us. Stories of their struggles and their hope and their joys. Stories of the hard, often violent injustices and inequities. We need to share these stories so we know that we too can and will survive. Hearing these stories is what makes us grow up with a strong trunk. That solid trunk branches out into four phases of womanhood. Each branch grows leaves, each leaf as unique as each person.” “The Singing Tree Mural Journey has been a vibrant exploration of cultural identity and resilience for me.” - Ebony Gordon Funded by San Francesco AIDS Foundation Date: January 31, 2024 Facilitator: Diana Sciarretta Partners: San Francisco Aids Foundation Location: 1035 Market St fl 4, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA Previous Next

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6ffdfcd8-f14e-4c34-acb5-68c879ab9014 Back to Gallery Mural # 115 The Hawthorne Singing Tree of 100 Joys 1/1 A work in progress created for the Cumbria, England, Unity Festival and at the meetings with Furness Refugee Support group that are hosting and caring for Ukrainian refugees and Furness Multicultural Community Forum. 50 contributors. Facilitated by Gabi Lipska Date: November 10, 2022 Facilitator: Gabi Lipska Partners: Location: Cumbria, England, UK Previous Next

Peace Leaders on a Mission Transforming… Purpose out of Pain Beauty out of Trauma Connection out of Isolation Envisioning positive futures using creativity and collaboration Speakers Topics Testimonials Partners and Clients Contact Speakers Laurie Marshall For 35 years, Author, Innovator and Artist Laurie Marshall has empowered youth and adults through creative collaboration. Her B.A. from Antioch College in history and education, and M.A. in art and education from Beacon College laid the groundwork for her innovative use of visual art and storytelling in consensus building, leadership training and conflict prevention. Edward Schuldt Edward Schuldt has 37 years experience in non-profit administration and organizational development, including fundraising, finances, regulatory compliance, public relations and marketing, personnel development, staff administration and coordination, conflict resolution, and board development. Dr. Sweta Chawla Sweta Chawla PharmD, MS is a Former Professor of Pharmacy and Clinical and Residency Director turned Speaker, Facilitator & Leadership Coach and Author. Through her natural leadership model, she empowers her clients to create personal structures that leverage their natural brilliance. Bobbie Rae Jones Bobbie Rae Jones believes arts is an essential aspect to solving our social problems. A credentialed visual arts educator with over twenty years of experience instructing groups of all ages in a variety of modalities, she recently served disaster relief and long term recovery for 2018 Camp fire, 2020 COVID pandemic, 2020 Bear fire, and 2021 Dixie fire. Diana Sciarretta Diana Sciarretta (She/They) is a Healthcare Justice Advocate, Somatic Expressive Healing Artist and Director of The Red & Orange House. Diana’s creativity centers around exploring our growth edges and the dignity of risking through art-making in community. She/they bring a trauma-informed art programs called Bodyscapes Healing Art Experience. The project’s signature focus is on exploring and reclaiming our relationship to our unique human bodies. Speakers Laurie Edward Sweta Bobbie Diana Topics Community-Building Through Creative Collaboration Laurie Marshall speaks about Creativity, Purpose and Connection to Prevent Violence Feminine Leadership to Build a Peaceful World Nature-Based Parenting Treating All Children Like Graduate Students A Vision of Feminine Leadership In Dr. Sweta's signature talk and workshop, she guides you to new depths. She ignites her audience to cultivate deep self-awareness and confidence in speaking truth, sharing unique talents and courageously moving into action that makes a difference. Through humor, tangible and practical tools, Dr. Sweta will inspire and give you the path to show up in the world with courage & flow, both personally and professionally. Edward Schuldt speaks about The Beatitudes Topics Testimonials Dr. Sweta Chawla “The best part was that she gave concrete strategies on how to counter chronic self-doubt, and then asked people to commit to try something new. I am so grateful that she cared so much about tailoring it to our needs and truly listened and delivered superbly.” - Ingrid Lim, Emergency Physician, Kaiser Laurie Marshall “One thing I was really surprised about was how connected we all were. It seemed like when we shared each others pictures and concepts that a couple of us would have the same ideas."Of course it looked different and everything: but like water was a theme, having an Africa, just over and over again, our minds were automatically thinking alike.” Like I said this was wonderful for me. I’m a behind the scenes girl so just being open and sharing, this was definitely new for me. I’m looking forward to it. I learned that I can actually make a picture, that was wonderful for me because even though I like to color I’ve never drawn like this. I would have never done that (drawing/study).” - Ashanti York Testimonials Partners and Clients Young Audiences Rotary Club U.S Department of Interior United Religions Initiative U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs UNICEF The Peace Alliance FEMA Sonoma State University Bioneers Community Matters Roots & Shoots - The Jane Goodall Institute Project Drawdown Peaceful World Foundation Create Peace Poject RJOY - Restorative Justice of Oakland Youth Pathway to Peace Interfaith Alliance of the Southwest IONS - Institute of Noetic Science George Washington University Destiny Arts Center The Creating WE Institute Ukiah Daily Journal Rappahannock Radio TreeSisters Well of Creativity Peace Community Magazine Think Tech Hawaii Peace Podcast Hill Education Center Credo High School Living Wisdom School Monterey County Office of Education Musea Museum Lu Sutton School AIMS Oakstop Hearthstone School San Francisco Unified School District East Oakland Boxing Association Azbil Seven Vision Studios Eco El Paso InterFaith Alliance of the Southwest Partners and Cients Peace Leaders on a Mission: Community-Building Through Creative Collaboration We would love to hear from you! Call at 415-612-0401 or email at hello@unitythroughcreativity.org . We would be happy to discuss speakers for your upcoming event. Peacebuilding through Art Inspired by Nature Contact

76d5165e-a2c8-4ed9-9606-51358d4785f3 Back to Gallery Mural # 14 Bay Laurel Singing Tree of Worldview Exploration (Literacy) 1/1 Bay Laurel Singing Tree of Worldview Exploration (Literacy) Mural for Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) Made at Earthrise, former headquarters of Institute of Noetic Sciences (partner), Petaluma, CA with educators and counselors from 15 states who were being trained in Worldview Exploration. Co-Facilitator, Dr. Katia Petersen . Date: August 4, 2010 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall and Lili Lopez Partners: Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) Location: 101 San Antonio Rd, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA Previous Next