What We Do
Inspired by the blueprints he left to follow, JCWWP promotes Justin’s plans for Art, Heart & Peace through various education programs, mentorships, scholarships, heart screenings, and heart health awareness platforms.
Art
JCWWP provides mentorship, tutoring, and ongoing community art workshops and competitions, imparting to youth how to promote peace by expressing their feelings and exercising their creativity with their involvement in visual and performing arts.
WHAT WE DO:
- Spearhead free visual and performing arts programs for K-8th students
- Donate art supplies to underserved programs and organizations
- Provide scholarships for academic or summer enrichment programs for 7th-12th graders
Heart
JCWWP provides peace of mind with health education and programs for families and communities to save lives. The first symptom of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is often death, either because the warning signs of an underlying heart condition were not recognized or health was not administered within minutes of the event. In fact, more than 90%1 of SCA victims die because there was a delay in emergency response. SCA is the leading cause of death in the U.S., taking the lives of 356,000 people annually. But what most parents don’t know is that SCA is the #1 killer of student athletes2 and the leading cause of death on school campuses.3 One in 300 youth has an undetected heart condition that puts them at risk.4 In fact, an estimated 7,000 to 23,0005 youth are stricken annually. More
WHAT WE DO:
- Provide free heart health education, CPR6 & AED7 training
- Offer free heart screenings to youth and young adults ages 12-24
- Donate Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s) to underserved organizations
Peace
JCWWP provides workshops, webinars, and community events to educate parents and children on nurturing and promoting peace. JCWWP uses the Ceeds of Peace model.
WHAT WE DO:
- Encourage students, teachers, and communities to learn the essentials for raising peacebuilders through collaboration, compassion, courage, and a sense of community, conflict-resolution, and critical thinking
- Mentor youth and young adults to contribute and live-in peace and harmony
References
1 http://www.sca-aware.org/about-sca
2 Journal of Athletic Training 2017;52(4):000-000 Harmon et al DOI: 10.1161/CirculationAHA.115.015431
3 https://www.asumag.com/safety-security/fire-life-safety/article/20850611/shocking-statistics
4 This represents the average from a variety of research: Fuller (1997), Corrado (2006), AHA (2007), Wilson (2008), Bessem (2009), Baggish (2010), Harmon (2015), Drezner (2016)
5 American Heart Association Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics 2019 Update
6 Characteristics of paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Okubu et al 20206 CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is when you push hard and fast on the center of chest to make the heart pump; compressions may be given with or without rescue breaths.
7 AED: Automated external defibrillator is a device that analyzes the heart and if it detects a problem may deliver a shock to restart the heart’s normal rhythm.