The Apologues is a fashion, music and art exhibit that uses the arts to assist individuals in healing, empowering themselves, and advocating against gun violence and trauma that plague urban communities. The Apologues honors the emotions of untreated trauma through the realm of storytelling to trigger healing. We do this through the combination of self portraits of victims, co-victims and survivors, wearable art and musical experiences combined, humanizing the emotions of those left to heal after loss while connecting families and attendees to mental health and community resources, art therapy and one another.