Broken Wings encourages students to overcome adversity through emotional strength and to diffuse negativity through kindness. The work challenges visitors to come up with their own creative solutions on how to stop bullying and help end school gun violence.
After seventeen were killed in Florida, Jeff Veley, national bullying specialist, wrote about one student who had a different idea on how to respond: Why not show love to seventeen new people? Smile at seventeen new people? Or befriend seventeen new people?
Kindness may not solve every problem. Or stop every bullet. But perhaps the power of love could have changed the deadly consequences in some of our schools. Since none of our current solutions are successful, how can each of us start a positive butterfly effect to help heal our nation and bring an end to the suffering, chaos, and brokenness?
Who is a new person in your life that could use a little kindness today?
Broken Wings
Grand Rapids Public Museum
272 Pearl Street NW (west of the river)
September 19 to October 7, 2018
Vote #66688
In light of the recent tragic school shootings across America, find out how you can create positive change from national bullying specialist Jeff Veley.
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