PhotoVoice
New Brunswick, a program of the Chai Project, has enabled habitual
users of illicit substances in New Brunswick, NJ, to create a
photographic, oral and written archive of themselves and their
community. The project documents their areas of concern, including
their individual and community health as well as drug use and
drug policy.The photographs are a means for individual reflection on the meaning of community, race, class and health. They foster dialogue through group discussion, and they provide a way to communicate with policymakers and the public on drug-related health issues.
Oral and written testimonies are included to give voice--literally--to members of a community who are often spoken for or about, but who are rarely given an platform from which they can speak for themselves.
Some pictures are accompanied by text provided by the artists themselves.
This project was supported with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
| The Chai Project has a
2003 Calendar using pieces from PhotoVoice New Brunswick, available for $20.00. Proceeds from the sale of the calendar help to support Chai Project, a not-for-profit organization. |
To obtain a calendar,
please contact: Jay Petillo, Executive Director Chai Project PO Box 1470 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Phone: 732/247-7014 x10 Email: j.petillo@verizon.net |
To view the pictures as a "slide show", click here.