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Santa Rosa, CA 073108 – Graffiti prevention occurs through early intervention, education, and empowerment. Thankfully Ann Cooney and her illustrator Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli are masters at prevention through education. Through the Anti-Graffiti Resource Kit they call Painted Problems, teachers use beautifully illustrated lesson plans and brilliantly designed art projects for young students. Teachers give students unique project completion certificates after completing their art projects. Education was big a theme at this conference. The folks from Painted Problems have an educational anti-graffiti product directed at students in the 8-10 age group that clearly gets the anti-graffiti message across. Anne’s product stands out as a very artistic and meaningful approach to what can later become a complicated behavioral problem.

Through art projects, students learn that graffiti is not a victimless crime. They learn how to report graffiti to the authorities and involve themselves in the community. The illustrated characters are attractively enjoyable reading. As Anne says, “Every community can relate to the graffiti victims in Painted Problems. Everyone can work together to graffiti proof their community.”

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