{"id":68650,"date":"2018-03-21T20:54:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T01:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=68650"},"modified":"2018-03-22T07:37:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T12:37:37","slug":"in-evanston-a-group-creates-quilts-as-a-form-of-resistance-and-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/in-evanston-a-group-creates-quilts-as-a-form-of-resistance-and-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"In Evanston, a group creates quilts as a form of resistance \u2014 and therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Vangmayi Parakala<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Over two days in February, about 20 people gathered to sew names of women, girls, and babies who died due to gun violence between 2016-2017.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Melissa Blount, an Evanston-based clinical psychologist, the attendees sewed the victim\u2019s name and age, accompanied by a motif on each of the sewing squares.<\/p>\n<p>The event, held at 1100 Florence, an art gallery in Evanston, was to result in the squares making their way onto a remembrance quilt. 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