ODE TO INNOCENCE
Prepare kids to survive school shootings.
The steps of a lockdown drill are ingrained in children’s minds just as much as lyrics to common children’s songs. To highlight that obscenity, I rewrote classic children’s rhymes to juxtapose the innocence of children with the harsh realities they face by just going to school.
The Book.
Ode To Innocence: A collection of songs for America’s youth
The Prints.
The Stunts.
Bearing the Weight
of Your Arms PT. I
Collaborating with schools across the U.S.
Everytown and Chicago public schools have taken the next step to help protect students and educators from school shootings by introducing Ode to Innocence into their curriculum. Together, they hope to shed light on the gun violence epidemic and spark social change from within.
PT. 2
Fundraiser Concert
Everytown and Chicago Public Schools are holding a gun violence awareness and fundraiser concert called Bearing the Weight of Your Arms in honor of the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. The concert will consist of Chicago students playing classic children song’s rewritten as school shooting instructions. The students, parents, and schools hope to raise awareness of gun violence and spark legislative change so that no more children die at the hands of guns at school.
The Microsite.
You can purchase the book and take a look into the Ode To Innocence campaign.
The Takeaway.
Children shouldn’t have to worry about gun violence. It’s up to us to make that happen.
Copywriter: Alyssa Mihalik
Art Director: Vannie Bohlen