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Critical Exposure is partnering with Many Languages One Voice (MLOV), a non-profit organization in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of D.C. that is focused on improving language access rights for English Language Learners. Our MLOV youth will be working on two projects this semester: the first is to conduct interviews and photograph the stories of English language learners. This project will be a part of a report that MLOV is releasing in honor of Language Access Month which is in April.

Critical Exposure has partnered with an 8th Grade American History class at the Capital City Public Charter Upper School. In their history class, the students are studying the Civil Rights Movement, particularly the Brown vs. Board of Education case of 1954.  CE is joining in this discussion by challenging the students to think about how the stories and experiences of those involved in the Civil Rights Movement were expressed through photography.

Join us at 6pm on Thursday, February 23rd, at Busboys & Poets' 5th and K St. NW location. We'll be co-hosting an opening reception for a new student photography exhibit. Light refreshments will be served.

Are schools welcoming environments for D.C. youth?

Weed and Seed students discussed many issues that affect them both directly and indirectly within the Columbia Heights and Shaw neighborhoods. They used the skills they learned in the Critical Exposure class to document these issues. Many of their photos depict the inability of uprising developments to provide an environment for original inhabitants of the area. Gentrification, slum landlords, and homelesness are issues that pressed Weed and Seed students.

Critical Exposure has partnered with Community Bridges, a nonprofit working to empower young girls in Montogomery County, MD, to work with a group of girls at Eastern Middle School.  The girls have been very vocal about leadership, social change and improving their community through their photographs. They recently decided to work towards making their school and neighboring community 'Go Green', beginning with a focus on finding a long-term solution to unwanted litter in the area.

Roosevelt Senior High School, a comprehensive public high school in Ward 4 of D.C., was built nearly 80 years ago. While the building has seen small improvements over the years, the school building has many structural issues such as aging windows, leaky ceilings, broken sinks, and outdated technology. The staff and students have watched many other D.C. schools leap ahead in the modernization line, and in January 2012 they learned that modernization would be pushed back again until 2013.

We are very excited to announce an opening of student work at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. Join us at the FotoWeek opening reception on November 10th!