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on the cover: Homeless photography project
Thirteen homeless people worked with Denver photographer Tory Read last winter, learning to take photos and improve their creative writing. In eight sessions over four weeks, participants used disposable cameras to take portraits of each other and document their lives and the neighborhood around the St. Francis Center. They also wrote autobiographies and poems. The project is part of The Curtis Park Photo/Story Project, a multi-year photo and writing project that documents life in Curtis Park and Five Points. Participants have presented their artwork in temporary exhibits at schools, community centers and clinics in the neighborhood as well as in three permanent exhibits. The project is supported by the Colorado Council on the Arts, Community Development Agency, Enterprise Foundation, Denver Housing Authority, Colorado State Motor Vehicles Division, Hope Communities, Weed & Seed and Eastside Health Center.
For more information contact Tory Read at 313-433-7500. |
in
this issue:
"Denver
2000 "
'Tis
a privilege to live in Colorado' -- but for whom?
by Nancy Kinney
Residents
of Denver and the rest of Colorado are discovering that living in the
freedom and grandeur of the West, once considered a privilege, has its
price. In a sidebar, Phil Goodstein, Denver's "people's" historian, offers
a brisk overview of Denver's history.
A
'toxic tour' of Denver: working for environmental justice
at
the grassroots
by Camille Colatosti
In
Denver, four entire neighborhoods are Superfund sites, while two former
nuclear weapons plants are located less than an hour's drive of the city.
Residents are pushing for more aggressive clean-up efforts -- and some
justice.
Earth-linking:
'You cannot know who you are if you do not know where you are'
by Cathy Mueller
An experiential Earth education
organization in Denver reaches out to persons on the margins
of society, reconnecting them with the Earth -- and their dignity.
The
Interfaith Alliance of Colorado: standing up to be counted
by Michael H. Carrier
In early May 1998, five people
of faith with a progressive perspective decided it was time to counter
the powerful force of the Religious Right in Colorado politics -- and
to witness publicly that a religious perspective is not always conservative.
Contemplating
the lives of 'real' children living in apartheid
America: an interview with Jonathan Kozol
by Julie A. Wortman
On
April 20, 1999, two students killed 12 of their peers and a teacher at
Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Jonathan Kozol's new book, Ordinary
Resurrections, is the latest contribution to the wide-ranging public discussion
about the hidden lives of American youth sparked by that tragedy.
Letters What
our readers say in our current issue
Editor's
Note The
editors' reflection on the monthly magazine
Poetry
Keeping Watch A
spotlight on critical issues that deserve your notice
Short Takes News
flying below network radar
Book Review
Witness Profile Real-life
witnesses
Classifieds Real-life witnesses