One year ago, Amber Shepherd's father, P.J., died in a car accident along Route 28 on the North Shore in Pittsburgh. Her family has adopted a mile stretch where the accident occurred, maintaining the roads and sidewalks along the route. One year and one day after the accident, Amber and her family and friends returned to Route 28 to maintain the roads.
Hey man, I got my master's!
So what, you my master now?
-Chris Rock
I just defended my Master's project at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. My project, Adjusting to American Life: Refugees' Faith & Community, documents Burundian refugees in Columbia, Mo. You can view it here.
Prom for the physically disabled.
I. 12th grader Johnathan Krupitzer, center, talks to her prom date, Darnisha Burney, right, before the prom promenade for physically disabled students at Pioneer High School.
II. Darnisha Burney smiles at her prom date, Johnathan Krupitzer, before the promenade.
III. Peer educator Joann Koslow speaks with Krupitzer before the promenade for the prom at Pioneer High School. “It’s very nerve-wrecking,” Krupitzer said. “You’re not too sure what you are going to do when you are out there.”
Portraits
Installation artist Tom Sarver poses with “Sarver’s Bait & Tackle” exhibit in Pittsburgh. An avid fisherman, the SUNY Purchase master’s student found inspiration after traveling around Pennsylvania chatting with fishing enthusiasts.
Chester Jackson at his mother-in-law’s house in Ross Township. In 1990, after looking at his birth certificate and seeing no name under the “mother” category, Jackson learned that the woman who raised him, Geneva Jackson, was not his biological mother. “I was relieved [when I discovered this],” Jackson said. “Growing up I knew something was different between me and my family. A lifetime of unspoken questions were then answered.”
This is not the picture I used, but I like Jackson's face.
Installation artist Tom Sarver poses with “Sarver’s Bait & Tackle” exhibit in Pittsburgh. An avid fisherman, the SUNY Purchase master’s student found inspiration after traveling around Pennsylvania chatting with fishing enthusiasts.
Chester Jackson at his mother-in-law’s house in Ross Township. In 1990, after looking at his birth certificate and seeing no name under the “mother” category, Jackson learned that the woman who raised him, Geneva Jackson, was not his biological mother. “I was relieved [when I discovered this],” Jackson said. “Growing up I knew something was different between me and my family. A lifetime of unspoken questions were then answered.”
This is not the picture I used, but I like Jackson's face.
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