VACPS's Advocacy Through the Arts Committee works toward capturing the hearts of those who don't feel personally involved or have given up hope that anything can ever be done about the problem.
We want to utilize the arts to demonstrate the pain and suffering caused by gun violence. We do this by encouraging artwork, theatre, poetry, films and music related to this theme and putting on exhibits and performances of these works.
The Rev. Dr. Mark Hayes is walking the walk, spending hours of his time working tirelessly to eliminate gun violence in Hampton Roads.
The Virginia Center for Public Safety is proud to partner with Rev. Hayes in his quest to bring safety to our youth.
The Virginia Center for Public Safety sponsored an evening in memory of Patrick McKinley, the late son of former Board member Jeanette Richardson. Patrick was murdered in front of their Denbigh home less than an hour into the new year in 2004.
"Patrick Wyatt McKinley - A Portrait Unfinished" focused on the young man as a promising artist whose future was snuffed out by gunfire. An exhibition in his honor was held at the YWCA, 5215 Colley Ave., Norfolk, VA on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
