Causes: Crime & Law, Sexual Abuse Prevention

Mission: Childhood Fractured is a non-profit humanities-based human rights initiative centered on preventing the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, through contemporary art. Our initiative operates on a multitude of levels. We are fostering civic engagement with regards to the individual and their level of awareness surrounding the international epidemic of child sexual abuse. We are challenging them to engage and challenge their communities to do the same. Decisive and swift action is necessary if we are to ensure the psychological, emotional, and physical safety of the children here today and the generations to come The foundation of this project is a series of 14 paintings each with a written narrative meant to explore the childhood sexual abuse of artist, Allen Vandever. This contemporary artwork functions as a creative interface for the public to be made aware of the realities of childhood sexual abuse told from the male perspective and to foster constructive, critical, and positive dialogues on this topic. The artwork and their respective narratives are currently being compiled into a book. This book will also feature expository writings on the topic of childhood sexual abuse, a working understanding of current medical research, and critical analysis of what we can do as a society in relation to childhood sexual abuse and exploitation.

Target demographics: End Child Abuse

Direct beneficiaries per year: We gave away over 10,000 cups of coffee in exchange for a conversations about child sexual abuse at our free coffee shop in Chicago. Reached over 1000 people at speeking engagments, and had over 100 people come to our suport groups and that was just our first year.

Geographic areas served: Fighting for Childrens rights, ending child sexual abuse, hepling survivers of child abuse become activist to help fight for childrens rights.

Programs: Art shows, speaking engagements, support groups, training for survivors to be more than survivors.