Turning Isolation into Connection—Inside and Beyond the Walls
CYSOM Affiliations & Founder’s Highlights
Violet Newborn Fine Art Studio collaborates with CYSOM (Color Your Story Onto Mine)
Violet Newborn Fine Art Studio collaborates with CYSOM (Color Your Story Onto Mine), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to use art as a tool for healing, advocacy, and social impact.
Art That Speaks to the Soul
Education: CYSOM
Color Your Story Onto Mine Inc. was founded by Violet A. Newborn, an award-winning artist and life skills expert, to harness the transformative power of art and storytelling. Focused on arts education, the organization offers classes, workshops, and speaking engagements that blend art creation with emotional intelligence and self-reflection. By addressing the impact of adverse childhood experiences, Newborn’s programs provide a safe space for creative expression and personal growth. Aligned with the TN Teaching Artist Roster’s mission, Color Your Story Onto Mine Inc. is dedicated to empowering students and fostering resilience through the arts.
Level 4 Community Service Provider
Level 4 Community Service Provider
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Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative
What is JDAI?
The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) was designed to support the Annie E Casey Foundation’s vision that all youth involved in the juvenile justice system have opportunities to develop into healthy, productive adults. The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative is a detention reform and juvenile justice system improvement initiative that has demonstrated over 20 years that jurisdictions can safely reduce reliance on secure detention.
JDAI promotes changes to policies, practices and programs to:
decrease the number of youth unnecessarily detained;
reduce racial disparities and bias;
discourage failures to appear in court: and,
improve the juvenile justice system overall.