{"id":3041,"date":"2019-10-07T23:15:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2019-11-14T23:36:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T23:36:43","slug":"notbroken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/07\/notbroken\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Not Broken &#8211; A new photography nonprofit volunteer organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Event for Photographers:<br \/>\nLearn more about a new nonprofit organization called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wearenotbroken.org\">We Are Not Broken<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>We Are Not Broken<\/strong> was started as a way to encourage women and girls to view their scars (from injuries, accidents, abuse, illness, surgery, combat, \u2026) not as something to be ashamed of, but as something that helps tell their story.&nbsp; The concept is simple: provide free photography and a video interview, spending time with the women and girls, in a safe studio environment, taking professional pictures and video that highlight their scars of survival and their true beauty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday November 5th, 2019 7pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>At Kevin Gourley Photography Studio&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/map\">11740 Jollyville Rd. Suite 400, Austin<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nWe Are Not Broken \u2013 Volunteers Info Meeting<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/BLZTCQD\">RSVP CLICK HERE<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hey <strong>Photographers<\/strong> and <strong>Videographers<\/strong>!&nbsp; Want to learn more about this amazing new organization and how YOU can get involved? Come to this meeting!<br \/>\nRSVP to:&nbsp;<span id=\"44c061d0f4eff15bf2dc5e7725fd4b66\"><a href=\"mailto:kevin@kgphotoworkshops.com\">kevin@kgphotoworkshops.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do you own a photography studio?<\/strong>&nbsp; Would you be interested in joining our affiliate program?<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you can\u2019t volunteer to help, you can STILL HELP!<\/strong><em><br \/>\nConsider making a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wearenotbroken.org\/donate\">DONATION<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to support this organization!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The website, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wearenotbroken.org\/\">WeAreNotBroken.org<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;explains more about the mission:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wearenotbroken.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_4023-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"345\">Shame and covering up, isolation, hiding, and feeling depressed. These are words that are often used in relation to scars, especially for women and girls. They have fought the ultimate battle of life and death and come out victorious. Yet all too often they find themselves in a mental and emotional battle because of the devastation left on the their body. Our mission is to change that. We want to encourage and enable women and girls to proudly show their battle scars by redefining beauty. If you have scars from some kind of abuse, cancer, life-saving surgery, combat, car accidents, or any other type of life or death situation, please contact us. These are your hard-earned victory marks and we want to give you a platform to show the world your true beauty. You are courageous, precious, victorious, and made for more! You are BEAUTIFUL.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Please <em>subscribe<\/em> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYwT8-1DFd4yg5BmPp3uR-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Are Not Broken Youtube Channel<\/a>. <\/strong>Hear the stories from many women who have scars from a life experience. Hear, in their own words, about who they are and what battle they have fought and won. They are beautiful.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYwT8-1DFd4yg5BmPp3uR-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go to this web page<\/a> and click on the Subscribe button.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><em>A note from Kevin Gourley:&nbsp;<\/em> From the moment I learned about <strong>We Are Not Broken<\/strong> and met the founder Nichola Cotto, I sensed this is a cause I want to wholeheartedly support in any way I can. Nichola has big plans for <strong>We Are Not Broken<\/strong>, envisioning taking this worldwide! In fact, I believe in the mission so much I am now on their Board of Directors!<\/p>\n<p>Any of you who know me, know I believe we ALL should use our gifts to make a positive difference in this world.&nbsp; [I talk about this a bit more in my earlier blog post \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/reflections-of-an-old-photography-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reflections of an Old Photography Teacher\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;]&nbsp;<em><strong>This might be the perfect opportunity for you!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out this news story on KXAN:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bRGI6pHBA7s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event for Photographers: Learn more about a new nonprofit organization called &#8220;We Are Not Broken&#8220; 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