Where Healing Takes Root

The Art & Science of Community Peacemaking

Inspired by research on gun and community violence, this triptych traces the far-reaching effects of violence while illuminating the perseverance, care, and collective action through which communities heal. Fractured glass and sidewalk memorial candles evoke lives lost and grief carried across families and neighborhoods. From the cracks, however, a flower emerges, affirming that beauty and healing can take root even amid structural inequity and enduring harm.

Where Healing Takes Root by Ruby Chacón, inspired by research by Dr. Nicole Dolores Kravitz-Wirtz with support from the Artist + Researcher (ARx) program in Sacramento.


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