In commemoration of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019, Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC) invites you to the kick-off event for a pop-up exhibit featuring Honoring Our Past, Creating Hope for the Future: An Interactive Timeline, a community-created installation for the public, advocates, and survivors. This year's NCVRW theme - Honoring Our Past. Creating Hope for the Future. - celebrates the progress made by those before us as we look to a future of crime victim services that is even more inclusive, accessible, and trauma-informed.

Part art, part history, and part letters of hope for the future, this event will unveil a community exhibit to celebrate milestones in DC's crime victims' rights, honor community and individual losses and trauma, and allows partners and participants to discuss innovative approaches for survivor-defined justice that are being piloted or could be explored in the coming year. We invite community organizations to also contribute to the timeline about milestones in their work that has served crime victims.

This event is aimed at increasing the community's knowledge of NCVRW and enhancing awareness of rights and resources for communities in DC impacted by violence. Throughout the week community members will be invited to contribute to the timeline digitally where it will be archived and made available online.