Community Voices - Summer 2007

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Summer 2007

“I loved the whole program because it brought out an opportunity of letting one’s voice be heard so we can cry out to the community about the issues that go on nowadays. I will be able to help others learn more about spreading their community voices just like I’m spreading mine.”

-Alexandrea Puckerine, 15, Mattapan

CCHERS’s first “Community Voices Summer Employment Program” began in July 2007. Seven students were selected to participate, and worked for seven weeks in the summer, focusing on the topics of Diabetes, teen pregnancy and maternal health, HIV/AIDS and sexual health, and how these relate to issues of racism and health disparities. Students worked at three community health centers—Dimock, Roxbury Comprehensive, Whittier Street—and were taught by expert lecturers on health, research, photography, and writing.

The students’ project “Community Voices: A Photo Essay of Health Disparities in Roxbury” was a result of the commitment and creativity of all the Community Voices participants and supporters.

The program has been so successful that students have asked that it continue as a year round after-school activity. In spring 2009 Community Voices will be piloted in the Boston Public Schools for the first time.

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