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Press release: Transforming Tomorrow A Fundraiser for Hope and Peace
November 9th, 2023 For Immediate Release Nonprofit created in honor of Elijah Gomez, the Hamden High student killed in 2022 walking home from school on the Farmington Canal Trail, invites the community to a fundraiser to transform a gun test firing range into a healing garden for anyone impacted by violence Transforming Tomorrow: A Fundraiser… Read more
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No More Violence Campaign
According to 2021 data released by the FBI, the chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hamden is 1 in 257. Something has to change, and it starts with each of us recognizing the problem and working to bring positive change it our community. To bring awareness to the community, we have… Read more
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meet our community violence reduction social worker & programming consultant: trel morrison
Eli’s Garden of Healing is thrilled to announce our partnership with Trel Morrison. Trel will be instrumental in helping to establish a science-backed programming strategy aimed at reducing violence in our community. We are excited to work with Trel on this incredibly meaningful work. Trel will help us by researching, analyzing, and giving suggestions to… Read more
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New York Times Magazine tribute
When Dwayne Betts wanted to reach out to the family of Elijah Gomez to write about him for the New York Times Magazine annual feature The Lives They Lived, he started with Eli’s obituary and used that as a resource to try to find a way to contact us. After a few attempts to track… Read more
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about our logo
The mosaic design represents the many different types of violence for which the garden is intended to offer healing. Though we carry different pain in each of our personal stories, together we heal as a community, represented as a heart The color scheme is a nod to Elijah’s long standing nickname with his family, Blue.… Read more
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meet our lead architect: marissa dionne mead
Marissa Dionne Mead has been selected as the Lead Architect to help design and construct Eli’s Garden of Healing. Marissa brings a wealth of passion and expertise to our mission. As the Lead Architect for the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence, she has expertise working on deeply personal… Read more
