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A public art project featuring women who are lifting up the voices of others.

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Portrait of @daniellepondermusic at Martin Luther King Park. Detail from a larger collaboration titled “This is Triumphant music” with @bwilliamsart and @mrprvrt (final pics to come) in partnership with @walltherapyny, @rocpaintdivision and @cityofrochesterny. It was an honor to paint local musician and activist Danielle Ponder (referenced from a beautiful photo by @livesstyled ). I am in awe of the power she holds and the inspiration she brings to so many in our city. It’s been incredible to watch her bloom both within Rochester, and beyond. While this mural isn’t directly related to @hervoicecarries, it is everything the project is about. Thank you Danielle, for all you give to our city. • • • #danielleponder #hervoicecarries #cityofrochester

Thank you to everyone who came out to last nights National Tour Launch Party @hcmediahaverhill. We were excited to share the origins of this project, honor the voices from Haverhill and kick off the weekend festivities. The support we have received from our first national tour city has been incredible and gives us faith for the rest of the journey. Thank you to @stephguyotte for a wonderful job moderating our Q&A! • • A huge thank you to @switchboard_haverhill for playing the role of community liaison and making events like these possible. Thank you also our event sponsor #thegreaterhaverhillfoundation and to generous food donations from @thehiddenpig. We even got to rep Rochester with a gift from our friends @three_heads_brewing. • • There is another chance to see the film tonight at 7pm @hcmediahaverhill. Suggested donation $10 at door. Hope to see you there!

We are excited to kick off three days of events in Haverhill, MA celebrating the mural here which also marks the beginning of our National tour. Tickets are still available for tonight’s event, 6-9pm @hcmediahaverhill!

And they have arrived! Limited copies of @bspfilmsorg‘s film #HerVoiceCarries are now available for purchase through our website (link in bio). Cover design by @karirobs and photography by @livesstyled. (Please allow 10 days for delivery). • • The film covers the Rochester edition of HVC from its very beginnings in 2016, diving into each woman’s story, mission and impact. Featuring Trelawney McCoy, Rachel McKibbens, Imani Olear, Safi Osman and KaeLyn Rich. • • A portion of the proceeds will go towards honoring women’s voices across the country as we continue the national tour. Check out the film as well as additional ways to support the project, including limited Rochester edition posters and bags. • • Finally, thank you for all the support we have received at various points throughout this process here in Rochester - we are excited for big things to come.

Join us tonight at 6pm for @bspfilmsorg film debut of #hervoicecarries, to view the MAG installation "Her Voice Carries | Prelude" and enjoy a reception in the Pavilion sponsored by @brownhounddowntown • • • • About the Film: Film by David Marshall with Co-producers Christine Christopher and Hélène Biandudi-Hofer Her Voice Carries shares mural artist, Sarah C. Rutherford’s journey of discovery as she identifies and collects the stories of ordinary-yet-extraordinary women, visually punctuated by the emerging mural art that will honor their work far beyond the neighborhoods they call home. Blending compelling storytelling and provocative visuals, the film weaves back and forth between the women’s stories and Sarah’s work as she seeks to discover what inspires these women, what drives them, what they have seen, why they do what they do. Women of Her Voice Carries: Rachel McKibbens | Imani Olear | KaeLyn Rich | Safi Osman | Trelawney McCoy *There will be no museum admission charge to anyone coming in to see the movie.

“We will continue to rise because we are the voices of the caged bird, so let us speak because we deserve to be heard.” -Shalinda Bollar • • Final photos of the first wall of the national tour featuring Shalinda Bollar from Rochester, NY painted in downtown Haverhill, MA. In the mural, Shalinda holds out the microphone to the next generation of youth voices. Behind her an arched window is embedded in the wall, originally seen at Eastman Gardens in Rochester, symbolizing a window or gateway from one community to the next. • • Thank you to our sponsors! @opositivefest @switchboard_haverhill @marrcompanies #cityofhaverhill #traggorthcompaniesllc and to everyone in Haverhill that helped to make this wall a success. 📸: @kodyfoto • • • • #hervoicecarries #hervoicecarrieshaverhill #theswitchboardhaverhill #muralism #teenempowerment #HVCNationalTour #shalindabollar #mtncolors #sarahcrutherford

#HVCNationalTour (Haverhill MA Edition)- progress pictures. Mural featuring Shalinda Bollar from Rochester, NY. A huge thank you to our sponsors! @opositivefest @switchboard_haverhill @marrcompanies #cityofhaverhill #traggorthcompaniesllc • • • • #hervoicecarries #hervoicecarrieshaverhill #theswitchboardhaverhill #muralism #teenempowerment

Introducing our first featured woman in the national tour, Shalinda Bollar.✨ We are beginning the project by painting a woman from Rochester, NY in Haverhill, MA and then working with community members to select a woman in Haverhill who will be painted in our next mural city, continuing across the country in an effort to bridge communities across state lines and create a network of murals across America that weave a collective story laced with individual truths. • Shalinda Bollar is 19 years old and resides in Rochester, NY. Following years of experience as a youth organizer, Shalinda works as an Associate Coordinator @te_roc_city. Young people regularly tell Shalinda how she inspired them to choose alternatives to resist the lures of street life. Her involvement in a youth-adult partnership to end the school-to-prison pipeline in Rochester schools earned her a “Princeton Prize on Race Relations” in 2017. The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc, with offices in Boston, Somerville, MA and Rochester, NY, helps low-income, urban youth hone their understanding of the obstacles they face while utilizing their talents and skills to create change in their own lives and in their communities. • • • • #teenempowerment #theswitchboardhaverhill #hervoicecarrieshaverhill #hervoicecarries #rochesterny #haverhillma

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HVC National Tour Donor Package (DVD, Bag, Rochester Print)

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