PeaceLove Foundation

Our CREATORS Program equips human service workers with the training, curriculum, and supplies to lead expressive arts workshops — helping people of all ages tap into the joy of creative expression ?? Watch our latest video to hear from trainers Joy and Abbie, and learn how becoming a CREATOR can help you bring creativity and conversations about mental wellness to your community: https://lnkd.in/eDZ7mSkn

We’re excited to share these moments from our recent workshop run at the Family Visiting Celebration with RIPIN and the Rhode Island Department of Health! ? Over 200 staff members engaged in this day of fun with our workshop Patterns and Motion. Together, we discovered the power of play through movement, drawing, and joyful self-expression.?Thank you to everyone for sharing your creativity and stories with us,?and with each other. To learn more about our Team Building workshops, visit https://lnkd.in/eCJFd32p

As we approach the end of the year, let's take a moment to celebrate the incredible impact we've achieved together. In 2024, our CREATORS Training Program has continued to grow, empowering more frontline professionals and their communities with tools that unlock the transformative power of creativity. Explore this year's Community & Impact Book?and see how our CREATORS are fostering peace of mind in the lives of so many.?Your support has been crucial to this work, and we’re excited to share these inspiring stories with you! Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eYsF2EjF

What an honor to create and share with Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey last week! We facilitated our Story Shoes workshop with their incredible Culture and Wellbeing Champions, helping them explore their unique journeys and learn about one another’s. ????? With over 150 participants, the energy, creativity, and vulnerability were truly inspiring. A special shoutout to Tria Deibert for your leadership and commitment to prioritizing connection and wellbeing on your teams. ?? Curious about our Team Building workshops? Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eCJFd32p

Creativity changes lives! ???? Empower your community to express their emotions through art by becoming a CREATOR. Our CREATORS Training Program equips you with expressive arts curriculum to have conversations about mental health with the people you serve — in a way that's low-pressure, zero-judgment, and fun. You get the high-quality art supplies to make it happen, too. (Shoutout to our amazing supply partner, MacPherson's! ??) Learn more and apply to the program today at peacelove.org/CREATORS

Shoutout to Kala, a Recreational Therapist and incredible CREATOR, for sharing her testimonial with us! She went on to say, "We all have mental health and being able to express our anxieties, concerns, and fears in a healthy way, within a safe environment, helps us build and maintain peace of mind.” These inspiring words echo the impact our expressive arts workshops create — fostering spaces of connection, safety, and healing for frontline professionals and the communities they work with. ????? Join our network of dedicated professionals, and empower the people you serve to care for their mental health in approachable, creative ways. Apply to become a CREATOR today! Visit peacelove.org/creators to learn more.

?????? We had a great time leading our Gratitude Gardens workshop and creating peace of mind with Tri-County Community Action Agency! It was an honor to witness the moments of connection and vulnerability that come naturally when you empower your community to share their stories. Want to support mental wellbeing at your organization, and make it fun? Our team building workshops give groups the opportunity to practice self-care, release stress, and connect in meaningful ways — with creativity as the cornerstone. Visit https://lnkd.in/eCJFd32p to learn more.

We're so proud of our CREATORS, and the work they do to support the wellbeing of their communities through creativity. We love this story that CREATOR Charlee recently shared, from her first Creative Calisthenics workshop with youth at Davey Lopes Recreation Center in Providence. The workshop was full of smiles, laughter, and collaboration. These youth don't often get to make a mess, and being instructed that they could was freeing. They got their hands in the paint and were cheering the entire time! ???? Wrapping up, Charlee did a one-word check-in, asking participants to share how they felt after the workshop. Their responses say it all: "amazing," "calm," "happy," and, "very very amazing." ?? Thank you, Charlee, for providing youth at Partnership for Providence Parks with safe spaces to get messy, embrace their creativity, and have fun. Want to help your community express themselves and their emotions through art? Become a CREATOR! Learn more about the program at https://lnkd.in/gBNEfWS9 and apply, or share to your network to help spread the word.

Sending extra love to our Rhode Island community! ?? We're thrilled to share that we received the honor of a dedication for this year's "Love" stamp from the United States Postal Service of Providence. How beautiful (and fitting) is the artwork?! Designed by art director Antonio Alcalá from an illustration by artist Katie Kirk, we think it's pretty cool how it brings the themes of peace and love together ????? Thank you to the USPS, Postmaster Jeanne Jackson, and the Providence Postal Customer Council, for this recognition of our work to help people make stuff and feel better.

Grateful for the opportunity to create with our friends and neighbors at Project Weber/RENEW! We facilitated our Symbol of Courage workshop during their staff meeting — diving into what courage means to us, and creating inspiration to help us walk with it in our daily lives. ???? Looking for a team building workshop that makes space for reflection, meaningful connection, and fun? We offer in-person and virtual team builders, custom-crafted for your group! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ewkRSmq6