The All Souls Unitarian Church’s AIDS Task Force

Estab­lished by the Rev. For­rester Church of the All Souls
Uni­tar­ian Church on Sep­tem­ber 29, 1985.
Formed only four years after the Cen­ter for Dis­ease Con­trol issued clin­i­cal evi­dence of a new dis­ease, now known as AIDS. It was the first faith-based AIDS task force in Man­hat­tan.
The first major action of All Souls’ AIDS Task Force was a pub­lic edu­ca­tion cam­paign in which 10,000 plac­ards were placed in this city’s buses and sub­ways.
The graphic designed by Robert Merola, was used on large ban­ners and lapel pins and helped pro­mote and raise funds for the organization.

Website design for The Inner Resilience Program

New Web­site design for the Tides Center’s Inner Resilience Pro­gram. The mis­sion of the pro­gram is to cul­ti­vate the inner lives of stu­dents, teach­ers and schools by inte­grat­ing social and emo­tional learn­ing with con­tem­pla­tive prac­tice. Since its incep­tion, they have offered 5,000 edu­ca­tors and 1,500 par­ents the tools, skills, and expe­ri­ences nec­es­sary to strengthen their own inner resilience and to model these prac­tices to the chil­dren in their care.

The new iden­tity was also designed by Merola. Visit the Program’s web­site.

Logo design for Tide Center’s Inner Resilience Program

Robert Merola cre­ates new iden­tity for the Inner Resilience Pro­gram. The mis­sion of the pro­gram is to cul­ti­vate the inner lives of stu­dents, teach­ers and schools by inte­grat­ing social and emo­tional learn­ing with con­tem­pla­tive prac­tice. Since its incep­tion, they have offered 5,000 edu­ca­tors and 1,500 par­ents the tools, skills, and expe­ri­ences nec­es­sary to strengthen their own inner resilience and to model these prac­tices to the chil­dren in their care.

Merola also designed Inner Resilience’s new web­site as well. Visit their site.

Logo, letterhead and invite design for NY non-profit

The Neigh­bor­hood Coali­tion for Shel­ter spring fund raiser invi­ta­tion

The Neigh­bor­hood Coali­tion for Shel­ter is a not-for-profit orga­ni­za­tion that pro­vides hous­ing and sup­port­ive ser­vices to the home­less men and women of New York City.

The “Swing into Spring” ben­e­fit was held at New York’s leg­endary Copaca­bana. Save-the-date post­cards, invi­ta­tions, and spon­sor guest books were cre­ated for the din­ner. Merola design also cre­ated the NCS cor­po­rate iden­tity as well.

Trinity Lutheran’s Garden Jazz Party

Pro­mo­tional poster for the Trin­ity Lutheran church’s social Jazz Party which hap­pened every Wednes­day night through­out the Sum­mer of 2004.

Trin­ity is a richly diverse con­gre­ga­tion located in a richly diverse neigh­bor­hood located in the Lower East side of Man­hat­tan. They are ecu­meni­cal, inclu­sive of GLBT peo­ple, and con­cerned about min­istry to the poor and hun­gry.

For more infor­ma­tion about the church visit their website.