Graffiti Prevention Round Table TAGS The Anti Graffiti Symposium Victoria, BC October 21, 2009 Conni Kunzler Graffiti Hurts® Program Manager Keep America Beautiful, Inc. www.graffitihurts.org
Dec 25, 2015
Graffiti Prevention Round Table
TAGS The Anti Graffiti SymposiumVictoria, BCOctober 21, 2009
Conni KunzlerGraffiti Hurts® Program ManagerKeep America Beautiful, Inc.www.graffitihurts.org
Keep America Beautiful
Mission:
Engage Individuals to take Greater Responsibility for
Improving their Community Environment
Guiding Principles
Individual responsibility Education Partnerships – residents, businesses
& government Volunteerism
The KAB Network
22 statewide affiliates 200 countywide affiliates 337 cities, towns & municipalities 400+ Great American Cleanup participating
organizations
>1,000 Organizations Touching Thousands of Communities from Coast to Coast
What is Graffiti Hurts®?
A program of Keep America Beautiful and its nearly 600 community affiliates
Grassroots graffiti education and prevention
Supported by The Sherwin-Williams Company since 1995
www.graffitihurts.org
First Principles
Prevention First Education & Youth
Outreach Enforce Laws Rapid Removal Employ CPTED
Principles
Web Site Resources 2009 Front Page Redesign
Feature Story “Tip” of the Month Shop Graffiti Hurts® Force4Good Test Your Graffiti IQ
E-Newsletter Downloadable Tools and
Resources
www.graffitihurts.org
Prevention Tools FAQs, Facts, and statistics “Tips for Businesses” and “Tips for
Homeowners” Prevention strategies Removal techniques “Ten Things You Can Do”Anti-graffiti ordinance resource:
National Council to Prevent Delinquency www.anti-graffiti.org
Community Resources
Best Practices Establish a Task Force Organize a Clean-up Create a Mural Adopt-a-Block Work with Police Media Guidelines
Education and Curriculum Curriculum grades 5-8
Curriculum grades 7-9
Graffiti Hurts Trivia (play online and downloadable)
Graffiti Hurts® Poster
Educational Poster
Focus:– Curriculum for broad age
group– Introduces CPTED– Use for in-class, after school,
youth programs– Web-based activities
Outreach Activities
Presentations Keep America Beautiful national and state
conferences Community and trade conferences
Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Training - Graffiti Hurts® 27 new KAB affiliates in 2009 30 state affiliate and national conferences in 2009 Approximately 400 affiliates reached annually
Bi-monthly E-Newsletter National Grants Program
E-Newsletter Bi-monthly online
newsletter
News, community best practices, prevention tools, resources, and more
Sign up at [email protected]
National Grants Program
Available to public and private organizations
Grants categorized by community size
2007 - Three $2,000 grants
2008 – Three $2,000 grants
2009 – Four $2,500 grants
Plans for 2010
New resources Poster contest/pledge Neighborhood “mini grants” how-to
2010 National Grants (4+) Establish “panel of experts” Webinars Presentation at KAB 2010 Annual
Conference Engage with vendors