What if I told you 1-in-4 girls and 1-and-7 boys have been victims of sexual abuse before they turned 18? What would you do with that information? That’s a heavy number to process, whether you’re a survivor, a parent or a caregiver.

Our Kids’ mission is to end the stigma, shame and suffering related to child sexual abuse, both for survivors and caregivers.

Founded in 1987, Our Kids provides expert medical care, crisis counseling and compassionate response for children and families struggling with the issue of child sexual abuse. Our Kids’ multi-disciplinary team is on call 24/7 so every child and family in Middle Tennessee who needs services receives them. This starts with medical care to ensure the child is healthy and free of infection and injury, but services also include support for caregivers and collection of forensic evidence for use in expert testimony.

This organization is the perfect Design-a-thon Nashville partner for the 2017 theme of Voice for Nashville Content Week. Our Kids is dedicated to giving voice to an issue that affects a staggering amount of our community. We are looking for volunteers to join us on April 14.

Within the clinic, Our Kids allows survivors and caregivers to have their voices heard in a safe, private environment.

At Design-a-thon, volunteers will work with Our Kids to create a campaign to empower adult survivors to give voice to their stories and to equip the community to use its voice to protect children.

Design-a-thon Nashville will be on Saturday, April 14, at Advent at 2316 Cruzen St., Nashville. The 12-hour event runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., but we ask volunteers to begin arriving between 8-9 to set up computers and meet the team.

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas to join us:
• Web Development
• Graphic Design
• Content Strategy
• Social Media Strategy
• Social Copywriting
• Social Advertising
• Video Editing

Tell us if you want to volunteer.

Sometimes the pieces just fall into place. Months ago, a friend of mine asked if I would be interested in helping a local nonprofit work on a social media campaign.

Braden Gall, morning host on 102.5 The Game in Nashville, had recently joined the board for Our Kids, and the organization had been dreaming about a big idea to create a social media and online campaign dedicated to beginning a conversation around the issue of child sexual abuse.

The numbers are staggering. The stories are heartbreaking. And society is rarely empowered or educated to discuss the issue in the most productive way.

Our Kids has the message, the experts and the credibility to lead this conversation. They just need the tools to do it. I knew I couldn’t help Our Kids on my own, but I knew they’d be a great partner for Design-a-thon Nashville 2018. After months and weeks of discussion and planning, here we are.

I’m proud to announce Our Kids as the partner for Design-a-thon Nashville 2018. And we are looking for volunteers.

Founded in 1987, Our Kids provides expert medical care, crisis counseling and compassionate response for children and families struggling with the issue of child sexual abuse. Our Kids’ multi-disciplinary team is on call 24/7 so every child and family in Middle Tennessee who needs services receives them. This starts with medical care to ensure the child is healthy and free of infection and injury, but services also include support for caregivers and collection of forensic evidence for use in expert testimony.

Design-a-thon Nashville 2018 will assemble a team of designers, writers, social media experts, web developers and more to partner with a local nonprofit to work a problem and launch a project. This year, we will serve as a 12-hour pop-up creative agency to give this year’s nonprofit partner everything it needs to launch a digital and social media awareness campaign.

Design-a-thon Nashville will be on Saturday, April 14, at Advent at 2316 Cruzen St., Nashville. The 12-hour event runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., but we ask volunteers to arrive between 8-9 a.m. to meet the team and set up.

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas to join us:
• Web Development
• Graphic Design
• Content Strategy
• Social Media Strategy
• Social Copywriting
• Social Advertising
• Video Editing

Tell us if you want to volunteer.

There was an idea to bring together a group of of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we needed them to …

While I’ll never be as cool as Samuel L. Jackson wearing an eyepatch, I do have something in common with the organizer of The Avengers. Like Nick Fury, I get to assemble a team of elite, and powerful human beings for a gargantuan cause.

On April 14, Design-A-Thon Nashville 2018 will kick off Nashville Content Week, and we are looking for volunteers to grind through this year’s project.

If you’re new, Design-A-Thon Nashville 2018 will assemble a team of designers, writers, social media experts, web developers and more to partner with a local nonprofit to work a problem and launch a project. This year, we will serve as a 12-hour pop-up creative agency to give this year’s nonprofit partner everything it needs to launch a digital and social media awareness campaign.

We’re building a microsite, mapping social and content strategies, writing web and social media content, and creating shareable online graphics.

We’re looking for the Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Black Panther and Spider-Man of the Nashville creative community to help us out.

In other words, we are looking for volunteers and leadership in the following areas:

• Web Development
• Graphic Design
• Content Strategy
• Social Media Strategy
• Social Copywriting
• Social Advertising
• Video Editing

If you’d like to volunteer, fill out this form.

Who is our nonprofit client this year? Like any good summer blockbuster, we’re going to save that as a cliffhanger …