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 Dr. Marty K. Casey performance artist and activist has procreated and given meaning to a new word “Actrivist!” Leveraging the ARTS for HEALING, Dr. Casey, founded UnGUN Institute, focused on healing trauma through applied arts. 

Dr. Casey has found a way to connect and communicate through the Arts; in 2020 she performed on stage in the Big Apple for the AARP association, to a sold-out crowd, just days before the global pandemic forced a lock down. 

While the pandemic slowed us all down, Dr. Casey, still found ways to push her agenda for activism and community healing and as such her efforts gained recognition, by the St. Louis Business Journal, featuring her on the cover as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Businesswomen in St. Louis. 

Dr. Casey’s community and philanthropy efforts over the past ten years have yielded numerous awards and accolades; however, the greatest reward of them all is realizing the positive impact that her commitment to engaging, connecting, and communicating with the community has had. Dr. Casey actively serves on three boards;  

Hope Creates,  

Gateway to Dreams and 

Purpose Earth, 

all aligned with her mission to heal communities through the empowerment of recovery through expressive arts. 

In 2021 Marty K. Casey received the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award signed by President, Joseph R. Biden. 

https//www.unguninstitute.com https://www.purposeearth.org/dr-marty-casey 

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