Joaquin Oliver - Honor his 20th Birthday

Tuesday, August 4th, 2020, would have been Joaquin Oliver’s 20th birthday. 

Instead, our son Joaquin, lovingly known as "Guac", was stolen from us as a result of gun violence during a mass shooting that occurred at his High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14th, 2018. 

Our goal is to raise at least $25,000 for Change The Ref (CTR) in honor of Joaquin's 20th birthday.  As founders of Change The Ref we will be joining friends, activists, celebrities, and you on Tuesday, August 4th for a 20 hours Facebook Live Guacathon in honor of our son's Joaquin on what would have been his 20th birthday.

This would have been the year of his first vote for a presidential election. While he can’t vote, his voice has not been silenced. 

We need his presence. Sadly, we can’t have that, but you can honor Joaquin’s life by continuing his legacy and ensuring that no other family has to endure our pain. 

We don’t want prayers. We want to change.

Our goal is to raise at least $20,000 for Change The Ref (CTR) in honor of Joaquin's 20th birthday.  As founders of Change The Ref we will be joining friends, activists, celebrities, and you on Tuesday, August 4th for a 20 hours Facebook Live Guacathon in honor of our son's Joaquin on what would have been his 20th birthday.

We formed CTR, a Non-profit 501 c-3 organization, to empower our Future Leaders. CTR gives the kids of today the tools they need to be empowered to make changes to critical issues that affect our nation, through education, conversation, and activism. We use urban art and nonviolent creative confrontation to expose the disastrous effects of the mass shooting pandemic. We also bring focus to the NRA's corrupt maneuvers to buy lawmakers while forcing solutions that are essential to healing mass shooting victims' families' lifelong grief. CTR's ultimate goal is to give the young generation of survivors and victims’ a disrupting voice to help lead the way to change - a more peaceful future. 

Donations of all sizes are welcomed and appreciated - we know there is true power in numbers.

#20kforJoaquinOliver

 Our sincere thanks for standing with us,

 Joaquin's parents, Manuel & Patricia Oliver