Artists for Trauma and Next Step Fitness partnered again at their most recent Movie Night on Thursday the 18th of July to screen the documentary, “The Dhamma Brothers”. The film was followed by a short meditation session led by AFT Volunteer Artist Etan Boritzer. NextStep members shared...
It seems that every morning, we wake up and see more and more evidence of trauma around us. A plane crash in San Francisco, a police shooting in LA, a train explosion in Canada…it demonstrates so vividly how trauma can happen to anyone and anyone we...
It is Sunday evening, and I’m on a mother/daughter retreat far away from home, Los Angeles, and the United States. From far away in another country, we learn of another act of unacceptable violence and the trauma it brings to the lives of the innocent. I...
[gallery ids="1056,1057,1058"] Artists for Trauma is pleased to announce that we are the new Healing through Art program for Next Step Fitness based in Lawndale, CA. Next Step Fitness was founded by Janne Kouri and his wife, Susan, after an accident left him paralyzed, and rehabilitation facilities...
“The 2 million veterans who are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan have had their lives changed by war. As they come home, they have the potential to change the lives of civilians, too.” At the recent UCLA and Zocalo event “How Veterans Are Changing America,”...
To the runners, families, friends, supporters and the people of Boston- No one should ever have to feel the fear, hurt, and pain that yesterday’s events manifested. This is, unfortunately, not the first bombing of innocent victims we have seen, nor will it likely be the...
Following up on the recovery of our very own Superman, AFT’s first student artist, Ford Austin, we were blessed with a letter from Lauree Dash Austin, who shares her perspective as the wife and primary caregiver of a trauma survivor. Thank you to Lauree and...
Just a year ago Artists For Trauma started with Ford Austin who survived a horrific automobile accident on March 11, 2011. Ford wrote me a beautiful email on March 30 of this year that I want to share with you. He expresses so much of...
