Gun Violence Gun Violence Prevention Prevention Billboard Billboard

By Erick Toribio

Location was: 451 S Federal between Alaska + Virginia and was displayed the month of August

The Southwest Vida Youth Leadership Team in partnership with the Youth Teen Empowerment team, came together to create a billboard to end youth gun violence in communities. The Denver Police Department, Chief Pazen, Office of Independent Monitor and Councilwoman Jamie Torres supported us throughout this process. The main goal of this billboard is to bring awareness to families, parents, and youth about youth gun violence at home and on the streets.

The teddy bear represents children and youth, while the white coffin is a representation of innocence. Sadly, too many youths today are in possession of guns. The outcome is that innocent youth die and are buried in white coffins.

The Southwest Vida Youth Leadership Team have applied for funding to display similar billboards in additional areas across the city.

El Grupo de Liderazgo Southwest Vida en asociación con Youth Teen Empowerment se unió para crear un letrero publicitaria para poner fin a la violencia armada entre los jóvenes en la comunidades. El Departamento de Policía de Denver, el Jefe Pazen, Oficina del Independent Monitor y la Concejal Jamie Torres nos apoyaron durante este proceso. El objetivo principal de este letrero es concienciar a las familias, los padres y los jóvenes sobre la violencia armada juvenil en el hogar y en las calles.

El oso de peluche representa la juventud, y muchos jóvenes hoy en día están en posesión de armas. El resultado es que jóvenes inocentes mueren y son enterrados en ataúdes blancos.

Hemos solicitado fondos para exhibir vallas publicitarias en áreas adicionales del suroeste de Denver

We were interviewed by Fox 31, 9news, Telemundo and Univision to talk about the billboard Scan QR codes to watch the interviews!

Nos entrevisto Fox 31, 9news, Telemundo y Univision y hablamos sobre el letrero Escanea códigos QR para ver la entrevista