Witness to Hunger photo exhibition March 12th-15th
http://www.witnessestohunger.org/
The Witnesses to Hunger project has expanded to Boston. The Witnesses to Hunger – Boston photography exhibit presents the photographs and frontline testimony of eight Boston mothers who are “witnesses to hunger” and their related experiences with issues of food, housing, health, and education. Together, these mothers have taken over 700 photos and videos, of which 35 photographs will be on display as part of the exhibit at the Massachusetts State House from March 12-15, 2012.
Children’s HealthWatch, Project Bread, and Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) are local sponsors of the event and have worked closely with the Center for Hunger-Free Communities to bring this project to fruition in Boston. Issues highlighted by the photos include food, housing, health, environment, violence, teen motherhood, education, welfare, and “breaking the cycle of poverty.”
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Monday, March 12, at 1:00pm at the Grand Staircase in the State House. The reception will feature remarks from several state and national leaders, as well as witnesses from Philadelphia and Boston. After the opening remarks, attendees are invited to view the exhibit and speak with the photographers
The common focus regardless of residence is for women to tell their experience of hunger and poverty, as well as their ideas for change through photography. What these women show is the challenge of nourishing their children when every day presents impossible trade-offs: rent or medicine, heat or breakfast, diapers or fresh fruit. Often policies and programs are created without the participation of people who are most affected. The purpose of this exhibit is to speak truth to power, bringing together those who have a story to tell with those who are policy-makers. Witnesses share a complicated portrait of public assistance —hunger, health, housing, and the devastation of neighborhoods.
The exhibit will be on display from March 12-14 (next Monday-Thursday). There will be an exhibit opening at 1pm on Monday the 12th, a panel discussion at 10am on Tuesday the 13th and a Housing policy lunch with the Witnesses and Legislators on Wednesday the 14th. For more details about the events, go to: http://www.childrenshealthwatch.org/page/witness.schedule
