PhotoVoice Project to Raise the Voices of Youth affected by the Post Hurricane Michael Housing Crisis

The PhotoVoice project Youth Captures: Our Life After Hurricane Michael launches this week at the Rosenwald School in Bay County. LEAD Coalition of Bay County, Rosenwald High School, UU Justice Florida and the UU Service Committee are coordinating on the trauma informed curriculum, to place cameras in the hands of high school students affected by the housing crisis, and to provide the needed support to create a photography exhibit that they feel tells their stories.

PhotoVoice Project Schedule

Up to 15  Rosenwald High School Students will be selected to participate in the PhotoVoice project in which they will use photography as the medium to tell their stories of the Housing Crisis after Hurricane Michael. Photovoice is a research methodology implemented with youth and other frequently marginalized populations that utilizes the power of photography as a catalyst for self-expression.

Thursday, October 24Dinner with facilitator Ana Maria De La Rosa (Senior Grassroots Organizer, UU Service Committee) at UU Fellowship of Bay County (6pm)

Friday, October 25  Rosenwald High School 4 hour Workshop*

*School Project Launch Workshop – A 4-hour session led by Ana Maria De La Rosa, Senior Grassroots Organizer for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and a UUSC Communications Specialist from Boston.   Students receive cameras at end of Launch workshop and are tasked with taking at least ten pictures in response to each of the three prompts:

• This is what home is for me after Hurricane Michael

• This is what shelter means to me

• This is what makes me feel at home  

Three Weekly   2 hour workshops on Friday mornings:

November 1Harvest Activity – students go through process to select 5 photos each

November 8Interpretation Activity – Students write interpretative statements for three photos

November 15Framing/Exhibit Ready Activity – Students frame their photos for presentation

November 22Gallery Talk Workshop

January15th-31stExhibition at Panama City Center for the Arts

January 28thTallahassee FieldTrip (possibly with pop-up exhibit) associated with UUJF Legislative Day