Criminal Justice Commission to Unveil Palm Tran Bus Displays Featuring Anti-Violence Posters

For Immediate Release: Date: August 6, 2008
Contact: Journey Beard, Criminal Justice Commission (561) 355-1881

Artwork Created by Local Students

Reporters and photographers are invited to attend the unveiling of five new Palm Tran bus displays featuring the winning posters of the Criminal Justice Commission’s “Prevent Youth Violence” design contest during an event on August 12.

The student’s artwork is being featured on 24 different Palm Tran buses traveling on multiple routes across the county, and will be displayed for the next year.  The designs were created by Palm Beach County students Carl Ceance, Danielle Post, Javon Jones, Samantha Riveria, and Dairon Giovany Arroyave.     

The contest is part of the CJC’s “Saving The Youths’ Lives Everywhere” (or S.T.Y.L.E.) Super Group, which attracts about 60 to 70 students from Palm Beach County  middle and high schools. S.T.Y.L.E. members focus on building leadership skills, youth empowerment, and reducing youth violence.  During the past year, S.T.Y.L.E. has participated in over 20 community outreach projects, such as Next Media bus shelter displays, marched in the Martin Luther King Day parade, “Get In The Zone” TV show,  Youth Criminal Justice Academy, National Crime Prevention Conference, Survey on Youth Violence, and won the Y.W.C.A. Racial Justice Award.

For the design contest, students were asked to create a poster with an anti-violence message. S.T.Y.L.E. members picked five winning posters from almost 40 entries.  These entries were judged on clarity of an anti-violence theme, originality, and artistic ability.    
           
The media event will be attended by Commissioner Burt Aaronson, the five  students and their parents/guardians, Criminal Justice Commission Executive Director Mike Rodriguez, Palm Tran Executive Director Chuck Cohen, Lamar Advertising Manager R.V. Matthews, and other officials.