What is Graffiti Hurts?
Graffiti Hurts® - Care for Your Community is aimed at educating individuals about the consequences of graffiti in their communities. The fact is, graffiti is harmful to everyone -- homeowners, businesses, schools, and you.
Graffiti clean up alone costs U.S. cities tens of thousands of dollars each year. And, research shows that graffiti can result in more graffiti, vandalism, and crime in suburban and urban communities.
Using the Graffiti Hurts® resources, communities can get educated about graffiti and build local partnerships to prevent and remove it.
We hope you will help keep our communities clean and explore positive ways for artistic expression that support individual talent and instill community pride.
What is the Graffiti Hurts® Program?
the program
At the heart of the Graffiti Hurts® Program are four goals:
- Educate citizens about the importance of graffiti prevention and abatement.
- Provide communities with tools and resources to respond to graffiti vandalism.
- Help foster partnerships that will encourage involvement from all members of the community in addressing graffiti vandalism.
- Help communities establish anti-graffiti programs that get results, creating healthier, safer, and more livable comunities.
Graffiti Hurts® - Care for Your Community is a grassroots community education program. It was developed in 1996 by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. through a grant from The Sherwin-Williams Company, maker of Krylon® brand paint.
The Graffiti Hurts® Program is dedicated to raising awareness about the harmful effects of graffiti vandalism on communities.
The Graffiti Hurts ® Program helps communities initiate local graffiti prevention activities, and educate youth and adults about the impact of graffiti vandalism. To do this, the Graffiti Hurts® web site contains all the tools communities need to begin graffiti education, prevention, and clean-up.
