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Portraits for Change exhibit (public)
February 20, 2020 - March 12, 2020
Real Change vendor Michael Addis
FREE/PUBLIC EVENT
Portraits for Change Exhibit
Feb 20 – March 11, Allen Library Atrium
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Interdisciplinary Honors students in UW’s Citizenship Acts to Challenge Poverty want to change your mind about the underlying issues and context of people living unhoused in our community. So, as part of that course, we are hosting The Portraits for Change exhibit in collaboration with Real Change News.
Real Change brings these portraits to UW for the first time in partnership with the UW Honors Program. We think it is important to host this exhibit of portraits on the UW Campus because this is public education through art. At its heart, this exhibit invites you to think about people living outside in our city and King County. We hope you will see the beauty, complexity and humanity of Real Change Vendors who are portrayed. Biographies tell personal stories of their lives – and teach us that the only way to know about someone’s circumstances is to learn their story – please take the time to read them. And please complete the guest survey after your visit!
More about Real Change:
Real Change exists to provide opportunity and a voice for low-income and homeless people while taking action for economic, social and racial justice. Learn more at main.realchangenews.org
More about the class:
- The power of challenging toxic and ignorant narratives about people who are living outside
- The root causes of lack of shelter and of inequality — rooted in racism, classism, homo and trans phobia & ableism
- The work that Real Change does to build a just, caring and inclusive community, where people are no longer marginalized by these root causes and have the means to live with dignity.