Events & Reunions

Sponsored by:

Tufts Alumni Washington D.C.

Location:
The Academy for Education Development’s Idea:Exchange Gallery
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW (at T Street), Washington, D.C. | See Map

When: Monday, July 26, 2010, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (iCal)

Description

Tufts Alumni Washington, D.C. invites you to join us for an evening with Adam Levner, A96, and Heather Rieman, J96, the founders and directors of Critical Exposure, to support this great organization in its quest to empower youth and promote change.

Critical Exposure is a non-profit organization with a mission to teach youth in the D.C. area and beyond to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. Founded in 2004 by two Tufts University alumni, Critical Exposure has worked with more than 800 students in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Austin, and Albuquerque. Participating students have learned to use photography as a both a vehicle for self-expression and an advocacy tool. Traveling exhibits of students’ photographs and testimony have been shown at state capitols, art galleries, universities, cafes, and other public spaces. The students and their images have helped secure more than $400 million in new funding for underfunded schools and facilities, as well as address other issues impacting youth, including job training opportunities, teen pregnancy, and D.C.’s dropout crisis.

The Way We See It: Young Photographers Examine, Define, and Change Their World features work from Critical Exposure students and other Photovoice projects from Mali, India, and Tucson. It is an exhibit about a participatory educational process that fosters individual and community awareness, youth empowerment, and social change.

This activity will be included in the 150 Acts of Active Citizenship program, running throughout Tufts University Alumni Association’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. Further information, as well as a list of other acts taking place around the world, can be found at www.tuftsalumni.org/150acts.

RSVP

Register online by Friday, July 23.

Directions:
Dupont Circle (Red Line), north exit, walk north on Connecticut Avenue
Idea:Exchange is located at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and T Street
Parking is available on nearby streets of the lot at 2009 18th Street NW

Cost

A suggested donation of $10-20 for adults and $5-10 for students will go toward supplies and technology for CE programs. Every $100 raised will provide a camera to a child, every $25 covers five students’ metro fare to testify at City Hall, every $20 provides a memory card for each camera, and $10 buys a camera case to protect a student’s camera.

Contact

Please contact Tisch College of Active Citizenship Summer Fellow Alex Lis-Perlis, A13, at alex.criticalexposure@gmail.com or Bess Dopkeen, A04, at bess.dopkeen@gmail.com.