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Executive Director and Founder @Heart Gallery Nyc
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Executive Director and Founder @Heart Gallery Nyc
New York, NY, US
Founder of Heart Gallery NYC and Heart Gallery New YorkEstablished in 2006, Heart Gallery works collaboratively with notable photographers to raise awareness of and find adoptive families for children in the foster care system.Beautiful photographs of these children are displayed in high-traffic venues through a traveling Heart Gallery exhibit and virtually on the website to connect them with prospective adoptive families.Key Achievements:Produced successful statewide Heart Gallery events in New York and the National Heart Gallery Exhibit, which launched on Capitol Hill in November 2011 and traveled across the nation for a year.These initiatives have demonstrably helped match children with adoptive families and raised national awareness of the needs of children in foster care.In December 2017, Heart Gallery NYC and the New York Office of Children and Family Services collaborated to launch Heart Gallery New York the first Heart Gallery to offer statewide family recruitment for youth in New York foster careExtensive Media Coverage:The Heart Gallery\'s impactful work has been featured on major media outlets, including CNN, ABC, CBS, The View, NBC Nightly News, Fox 5, People Magazine, The New York Times, Camera Arts, and Parade, reaching millions of viewers.Impact:Thousands of children have found their forever families thanks to the Heart Gallery exhibits.Heart Gallery NYC also has partnered with the NYC Department of Homeless Services, leveraging the power of photography as a tool for empowerment and advocacy for unhoused individuals. Through the Eyes of the Homeless, a collaborative project launched in 2015 showcases the experiences of unhoused individuals through their own lens.
EDUCATION
Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute
2 Year
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ABOUT LAURIE SHERMAN GRAFF
Experienced Executive Director with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit…
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