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2008 Photo Essay: Presented to over 2,000 individuals from Oct. 2008 to present. See tour locations

Community Voices 2008 Photo Essay to be Featured at Museum of Fine Arts Boston's Martin Luther King Jr. Open House January 19th (Monday), presentation begins at 11:45am. See details here

October 21, 2008 Community Voices Reception and Photo Essay presentation. 6-8pm at the John D. O'Bryant African- American Institute, Northeastern University. Free and open to the public.

October 14, 2008 Community Voices Rehearsal for Reception. 4-6pm O'Bryant African-American Institute, attendance is mandatory for all students.

March 2008 "Community Voices" booklet published. Click here

March 27th- Community Voices program displayed at Boston Public Health Commission's "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick" Premiere, Boston, MA

February 13-28- Community Voices photo essay included in Whittier Street Health Center's "Celebration of Black History Month"

February 10th- Community Voices presented for "Nursing Grand Rounds" at Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Fall 2007- “Community Voices Photo Essay Engages Youth in the Fight to Eliminate Health DisparitiesCCHERS Newsletter, Click here

December 21st- Community Voices Display at Careers in Urban Nursing’s “Health Disparities Symposium”, Boston, MA 

December 8th-  Community Voices Display at Boston Public Health Commission’s “Connecting for Change: Statewide Youth Summit”, Marlborough, MA

November 16th-  Community Voices program featured on the Neighborhood Network News, Boston, MA

November 14th- “Boston Program Highlights Racial Health Disparities Through Visual Art Exhibit”- Medical News Today. Click here

November 13th- “Community Voices: A Photo Essay of Health Disparities” first full presentation takes place at the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute at Northeastern University, Boston, MA

November 12th- “Boston Program Highlights Racial Health Disparities Through Visual Art Exhibit”- Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look at Race, Ethnicity and Health. Click here

Alexandra Puckerine at the State House
Photo courtesy of Health Care for All
"Racism has no place in healthcare." Alexandrea addressed the hundreds of supporters, with Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith of the Harvard School of Public Health (left) and April Taylor, DAN Co-Chair

November 11th- “An eyeful of healthcare injustice: Teens’ photos show disparities”- Boston Globe Click here

November 5th- “Community Voices: A photo documentary of health disparities in Roxbury” presented at American Public Health Association Expo, Washington D.C. Click here

October 18th- Community Voices Display at “Confronting Healthcare Disparities: Is Commonwealth Care the Answer?” regional conference, Holyoke, MA

October 13th- Community Voices pariticpant, Deneen Roberts, shows photos taken during the summer program at 9th Annual “Roxbury Open Studios.”Click here

October 3rd- Community Voices pariticpant, Alexandrea Puckerine, speaks as a community representative at the Disparities Action Network Lobby Day, Massachusetts State House. Click here

 

 

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