Silence Is Violence

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Silence is Violence

The mission of SilenceisViolence is to call upon both citizens and public officials to achieve a safe New Orleans across all communities. We engage youth in positive expression and actions to counter the culture of violence. We demand respect for every life, and justice for every citizen in our city.

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S/V Programs

Peace Clubs: Anti-violence arts projects taught by professional artists from a variety of disciplines in several different public schools in Orleans parish. 

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Music Clinics: After-school program were youth learn the basic techniques of musical performance with some of the city’s great musicians, Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs.

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Victim Allies Project (VAP): The Victim Allies Project partners volunteers with family members of homicide victims to help navigate the criminal justice system and encourage active and respectful pursuit of cases.

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Peace Walks: Community-led evening strolls through our neighborhoods intended to nurture connections among neighborhoods, establish a positive, anti-violence presence on our streets, and to bring new faces to businesses around the city.

Dedicated to our dearly departed

• Press
  • American Radio Works - publicradio.org
  • Best Of New Orleans
  • From The Mouth piece On Back
  • Newcomb Interview
  • ABC26: Peace Clubs - Allison Padilla SilenceisViolence Peace Clubs in the News: video
  • Anti-crime groups encouraged by cooperation in toddler murder case
• Resources
  • Dinerral Shavers Educational Fund A fund established in memory of Dinerral Shavers to benefit his son, Dinerral Javon Shavers, and the cause of music education in New Orleans.
  • Project NOLA: through a network of volunteers, this website posts real-time crime statistics pulled from the NOPD blotter.
  • Court Watch Nola
• SilenceIsViolence Thanks:
  • Thread Heads
  • Sweet Home New Orleans
  • David Blanchet of Good Look Creative
  • Campbell Foundation
  • Griffin Family Foundation
  • Open Society Foundations
  • New Orleans Musicians Clinic
  • Greater New Orleans Foundation/Transform NOLA Fund
  • Arts Council of New Orleans
  • United States Department of Justice
  • Music Rising
• Donate
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