Since its founding in 1990, CCfH has
produced and disseminated affordable communications that
promote healthier communities in several media. Most of
these educational programs have and continue to receive
significant state and federal funding from a variety of
sources. Among the key projects launched to date are:
Design and dissemination of a
wide variety of culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS posters
promoting compassion, understanding, prevention, and
personal responsibility in the fight against this deadly
disease.
A six-part poster and transit
(bus shelter) campaign titled 'Addiction in the Family' was
designed with the active participation of prison inmates who
wanted to give something positive back to their communities.
This 1996 Design Arts project was partially funded by a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Part of CCfH's
outreach to faith communities, this poster features a stone
statue of the Archangel Gabriel with a cross listing the
names of 109 AIDS victims. The image symbolizes the work of
a Catholic AIDS support program begun by parishioners at St.
Elizabeth Seton Parish in 1991. Each year they hung an angel
with the name of a patient living with HIV/AIDS at Tabor
House Shelter or Mercy House Retreat in Hartford, CT on
their Christmas tree. These adopted 'angels' then become the
focus of the prayers, family support, and good deeds of the
parishioners. The program helped over 109 persons that died
of AIDS and their families between 1991-2000.
Creative direction of a statewide mural program using
the conceptual and artistic talents of young urban students
to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Full color
billboards are displayed in 45 statewide sites along with
the production of posters and print materials featuring the
mural artwork. These materials are disseminated to
communities of color and correctional programs across the
state.
A three-part series of anti-violence murals entitled
'Choices-Consequences' was designed and painted by teenage
artists some members of street gangs under the supervision
of CCfH. These images were displayed on 50 community-based
billboards in CT cities. They were also produced as full
color posters and are disseminated to youthful offender
programs and schools across America.
