about pgf
Meet our Board of Directors
Ali Davis | Executive Director...........................................................[she/they]
This is Ali.
Artist. Activist. Childhood Torture Survivor.
It's me.
The short version of my story is that from the age of 6 months to approximately 19 years of age, I was a victim of childhood torture at the hands of one of my parents (more common than you may think!).
Over the years I have nearly lost my life countless times to the permanent mental and physical health issues I now experience as a result.
But I've also learned how to stubbornly survive, and open doors to survival for others in the process.
I am on a mission to secure humanitarian aid for survivors of non-war-related childhood torture in the United States.
Unfortunately, the United Nations has quite a few things on their plate, and hasn't responded to my Instagram tags with a thorough and immediate package of humanitarian aid (shocking!), so in the meantime, I'm creating the blueprints for the future that survivors like me deserve!
Violette Grey | Assistant Director ............................... [it/it's]
Violette Grey lives in Salem, Oregon.
It is an artist, writer, photographer, end-of-life doula and a CNA.
It is a survivor of both childhood torture and child sexual abuse.
It has served prior as a president of a board of directors for an NPO in Keizer, OR as well as a board advisor for an NPO in San Francisco.
It has been doing human rights advocacy work for the past decade.
Violette’s pronouns are it/it's/itself.
Salem | Administrative Director ..........................................................................[they/y'all]
In their third decade, Salem is a part-time activist, part-time writer and artist, aspiring fashion designer, aspiring filmmaker, and hopeful soon-to-be polyglot (if only they remembered to sign on to Duolingo more often), so they are very used to wearing many hats, masks, scarves and performing a variety of roles and functions, as well as multitasking the best they can at any given moment.
They are not a survivor of childhood torture but consider themselves an ally to the work and mission that is PGF.
Salem does not feel comfortable sharing a personal image at this time. And instead has a placeholder image of the ampersand, which is one of the symbols in the plural positivity/healthy multiplicity movement and community, of which they are also a part.
Generally pronoun agnostic (they/them/y'all - for simplicity).
Olivia Wageman | Media Coordinator ......................... [any pronouns]
Olivia Wageman grew up in Minnesota, went to DePaul University in Chicago and got his Bachelor's in Journalism.
She recently moved to Denver, Colorado.
They deeply care about sharing delicate stories with the passion and dignity they deserve. Amplifying and connecting people's voices is their lifelong mission.
They are not a survivor of childhood torture, however, healing has been a full time job for the last 7 years.
Olivia loves movies, art, hiking, swimming, animals, and kids!
He is a poet, painter, collager, writer, and documentarian.
She is so grateful for the rich relationships she has with people all over the country.
Statement of Purpose:
The Pretti Graffiti Foundation is established to provide funding for humanitarian aid for survivors of non-war-related childhood torture in the United States.
Humanitarian aid includes but is not limited to: funding for medical, psychiatric, and psychological care, housing assistance, educational and vocational assistance, and any other needs that are pertinent to the recovery, healing, survival, and thriving of people who survived intrafamilial or institutional torture as children.
Non-war-related childhood torture is defined for these purposes as severe childhood maltreatment involving a longitudinal period of abuse characterized by at least two physical assaults, and two or more forms of psychological maltreatment, resulting in prolonged suffering, permanent disfigurement/dysfunction, or death [as proposed by Knox et al., 2014].
Non-war-related means not the direct result of a recognized national or international conflict, and generally inflicted by family members or caregivers, or organizations such as schools, churches, foster care, troubled teen organizations, conversion therapy, and other non-governmental organizations.
To request a copy of pretti graffiti's 1023-EZ Application for Tax Exempt Status please email admin@prettigraffiti.org.