On Saturday, a group of women gathered for Healing Trauma Through the Arts where they created something called the inside out mask.
Whether they’ve lost someone themselves or know of someone — they say it’s causing them trauma and grief.
Purpose 4 My Pain provides mentorship, media engagement, and victim advocacy for those affected by gun violence. “The concept is on the outside of the mask, you write how everyone else sees you. What are the positive things people are seeing? But on the inside of the mask, it’s the things I say about myself. The things that I may not feel so good about," she said.
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