Shannon Jauregui, Kristy Robinson

Overview of Nonprofit A Window Between Worlds (AWBW) is a

nonprofit organization that is dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence.

They provide an environment that encourages those abused to regain self confidence and to get past their struggles.

Since 1991, AWBW has offered creative expression as a healing instrument for over 49, 500 beat-up women and children in crisis shelters, transitional homes, outreached centuries throughout the USA.

Values & Missions They use art has a resource for

survivors, to assist other domestic violence agencies in creating art programs.

AWBW is dedicated to utilizing art programs to end unscrupulous physical & mental abuse.

Through this form of creative expression of those battered women and children, they are able to achieve and uncover a sense of power and hope in their lives.

Personal Connection I felt a personal connection to this

organization because I was healed from being mentally and emotionally battered from a relationship through writing poetry. I felt that when I wrote I was expressing feelings that I couldn’t express or explicate out loud and this gave the strength to finally say them.

Specific Program Survivor’s Art Circle- They are

workshops that create connections and give support for domestic violence survivors. Who are unable to receive help from shelters.

It provides a creative “circle” that is formed by survivors that gives a safe and happy environment for the members to be able to express themselves through an art form.

Community Need Women who are battered and have

children feel the need to take the abuse because they feel alone and are unable to escape the rote cruelty.

With this organization, we provide the strength and scaffolding to help these women and children heal from their haunted past and escape the abuse.

Appeals to Funding Institution Shuttleworth Foundation is geared

towards artistic ideas. This would link to CT & CA by having

these women and children: to analyze other points of views about their past incidents, to think creatively, to question the actions of others in the future, to make educated decisions, to act in an informed way, and to replace their weak thinking with strong thinking.

Inputs 175 new leaders (2009) A board of 12 directors A staff of 14 A growing base of advocates Money is raised from mainly donations

Outputs We provide art workshops for battered

women and children. We have separate programs for each. We are able to do workshops in different

shelters in order to help both of these groups.

Process & Outcomes Process

We train new leaders in order to get our programs in as many shelters as we possibly can.

Outcomes We were able to reach 172 new shelters

from the addition of leaders. Helped 56,000 participants

Audience Involvement There are various ways to get involved in

our organization: Donate Tributes Anonymous Gifts

“Maybe it fell apart for a reason? Maybe it fell apart to show us how in

love we used to be.?Maybe, so we could start over again”

-Anonymous