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EducationTeaching Photography & Advocacy to D.C. Youth
Teaching Photography & Advocacy to D.C. Youth
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Silhouette
One of our students in action.
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Broken Window
A photo taken by Ian, a student from Baltimore, MD, to show the conditions in his classroom.
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Students with Cameras
A class of our students pose with their cameras.
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A Vision So Clear with a Sound So Faint
“I put a photo of my brother on the piano. It says ‘Graduation Picture 2006,’ and it captures the music side of him that is also in me. He graduated before he got killed. I’m going back to school because I made a promise to him that I was going to graduate. But while I was in school, he got killed. So I dropped out, I lost my focus, I couldn’t concentrate. I’m just getting back because I made him a promise that I would walk across that same stage that he walked across.”
- Byron, 12th Grade, DC
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Students With Their Photos
A class of our students pose with their photos.
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Claiming/Beefing Over Hoods
“This is blood on the floor of my school from a fight over hoods. People from different gangs are in my school and fight all the time. Yesterday someone came up and started shooting. Nobody was thinking about us. They sent us back to school. I can’t afford nothing happening to me because I’m supposed to graduate. I’m the first in my family to graduate [from high school].”
- Rayvon, 12th Grade, DC
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Self-Portrait In Front Of School
One of our students poses in front of her school.
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Showing Photos to Legislators
Baltimore, MD students show their photographs of school conditions to legislators. The students' photographs and testimony helped convince state legislators to allocate $100 million in new funding for school facilities.
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Student Protest
Students advocate for more school funding.
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Teacher
"My homeroom/Language Arts teacher, as you can tell, is an upbeat teacher who makes learning fun. She is always trying to get the best from her students and keeps us laughing. In her class your mind is not allowed to wander from the lessons that she teaches. I believe it is good to have a teacher that keeps your attention and is fun because you can actually learn something."
- Sahara, 8th Grade, Baltimore
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