Rewrite Beautiful brings together the concepts of Street Art and beauty with this thought:

“Street artists believe just because their art doesn’t sit in a gallery, doesn’t mean it isn’t art. Equally, just because society claims beautiful is found in your appearance, doesn’t mean it is.”

Rewrite Beautiful is a revolution to redefine beauty as an ACTION. Beautiful actually has nothing to do with the way you LOOK; it has to do with the way you ACT. Beauty is found in your actions of Creativity, Kindness and Strength displayed in your community. You can either go along with what everyone else thinks is beautiful, or you can be revolutionary and Rewrite Beautiful. Rewrite Beautiful creates this vision through Art Shows, Beautiful Action Clubs and Street Art in collaboration with local schools, community groups and places of worship.

Our vision is to build a nation of revolutionary girls who don’t focus on their bodies. Instead, these girls focus on the gifts and talents they have been blessed with and figure out how to share those gifts with others. We want girls to focus on changing their communities instead of changing their bodies. Our vision is to see each and every girl say, “I’m beautiful, because I know I am creative, kind and strong. I don’t care what you think of my body, because I know I am beautiful in a way that can never be changed.” These girls would feel so confident they will step out and change their communities through kindness. They will use their creativity to bring awareness to non-profit organizations. They will use their strength to build others up by sharing their faith and their knowledge. These girls will lead the next generation of young women who also want to Rewrite Beautiful.

Programs

SCHOOL PROGRAMS – 

One in four women has an eating disorder. Eating Disorders are the most deadly of all mental illnesses with 95% of those who have eating disorders between the ages of 12 and 25. Rewrite Beautiful speaker, Irvina Kanarek not only educates students on the harms of eating disorders, but also gives them a creative alternative to seeing their beauty. Taking the students on a journey through five women’s personal struggles with eating disorders (as well as her own) Irvina teaches how damaging eating disorders can be to a person, physically, mentally and socially. Having had an eating disorder herself, Irvina teaches the warning signs to look for. As well, she empowers students to Rewrite Beautiful in their own community.

Irvina educates her audience in an engaging, creative and fun ways. The program includes the following:

• Photo-documentary telling the stories of five women who have struggled with an eating disorder
• Live eating disorder testimony
• Q&A panel answering students questions about eating disorders, warning signs, where to get help, how to talk to a friend etc…
• Dispelling myths and rumors about eating disorders
• A creative approach to changing how students see beauty into actions of creativity kindness and strength
• Beauty cards for all program participants
• Rewrite Beautiful wristbands for Q&A participants
• School programs are 60 – 80 minutes (depending on the size of the school / group and needs)
• To host a Rewrite Beautiful assembly please email getinvolved@RewriteBeautiful.org for more information.

BEAUTIFUL ACTION CLUBS – 

Beautiful Action Clubs are a program which allows students to take initiative to prevent eating disorders are on their campus. This is a follow-up program to the Rewrite Beautiful School Program. The Beautiful Actionistas apply for membership on our website. After being approved they are assigned a Beautiful Action Mentor and sent a Beautiful Action Kit which included a handbook, club curriculum, t-shirt and wristbands to get started.
For more information on Beautiful Action Clubs: http://rewritebeautiful.org/beautiful-action-clubs

STREET ART WORKSHOP – 

“Street artists believe just because their art doesn’t sit in a gallery, doesn’t mean it isn’t art. Equally, just because society claims beautiful is found in your appearance, doesn’t mean it is.” This was one of the first thoughts our founder had when she was coming up with the Rewrite Beautiful mission. True to our roots, Rewrite Beautiful hosts an annual Street Art Workshop where we invite the community in to create street art with us. Participants learn Rewrite Beautiful’s vision, view our photo documentary, hear an eating disorder testimony, engage in a Q&A panel and create street art with a professional artist. This workshop allows participants to change how they see beauty in themselves. As well lunch, photo-booth and a raffle are added to the fun – we must admit, it’s pretty awesome!”

Rewrite Beautiful
397 La Perle Lane, Suite A
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949.903.4784

GetInvolved@RewriteBeautiful.org
www.RewriteBeautiful.org