100 Families Oakland
Art & Social Change
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- Event has passed (Sat Jan 20, 2007 - Sun Apr 22, 2007)
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- Museums, Cultural Organizations, Childrens Museums, Organizations
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“When the 100 Oakland families worked with our project artists, the young people had a way to channel some of the negative things they are surrounded by in their lives into something positive,” Howard said.“These kids are so vulnerable—they have quicker access to guns than to books. We need to intervene, one family at a time, if need be,” she said.
It was the powerful installation Howard created for the museum’s 2003 Days of the Dead exhibition—a map showing the names and locations of the 114 homicides in Oakland the year before—that inspired social entrepreneur and philanthropist F. Noel Perry to found the "100 Families Oakland" program.
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