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Past Projects
Washington, D.C.
Youth Advocacy
Ongoing
DC Alliance of Youth Advocates
S.T.E.P. Up DC is an issue-focused citywide education organizing initiative based in northwest Washington, D.C. Our goal is to identify, train and support youth leaders who can build the power to create policy changes that ensure every student graduates prepared for higher education or meaningful employment. S.T.E.P. Up D.C. is coordinated by two D.C. nonprofits – Critical...
Washington, D.C.
More Investment in Upward Bound
6/11 - 7/11
LAYC, GWU
This summer Critical Exposure worked with a group of students who used photography to advocate for more funding for their college prep program -- and they won!
The students attend public and public charter schools throughout the city, but they come together to participate in an Upward Bound program through the Latin American Youth Center. Upward Bound is a program funded by the U.S....
Washington, DC
The Dropout Crisis
2008-present
S.T.E.P. Up DC, DC Alliance of Youth Advocates, Sasha Bruce Youth-Led, Spingarn STAY Senior High School, Ballou Senior High School, Youth Action Research Group
Nearly 50% of DC students do not graduate from high school. Only 9% get a college degree within five years of leaving high school. Critical Exposure has sought to provide the DC community and policymakers with a unique youth perspective on the causes, consequences, and solutions to the city’s graduation crisis.
In 2009-2010, Critical Exposure worked with students in different programs around the...
New Orleans
School conditions post-Hurricane Katrina
2008-2010
Fyre Youth Squad, Vietnamese American Young Leaders of New Orleans, Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools
Since February 2008, Critical Exposure has been working with middle and high school youth in New Orleans to document conditions in their schools following Hurricane Katrina. Youth from organizations across the city, including Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, the Fyre Youth Squad, and Vietnamese American Young Leaders of New Orleans, are working together to ensure there is a strong youth voice in...
Washington, DC
Youth Homelessness
2008
DC Alliance of Youth Advocates, Sasha Bruce Independent Living Program
In 2007, Critical Exposure partnered with the DC Alliance of Youth Advocates (DCAYA) to bring attention to youth homelessness in DC. Critical Exposure and DCAYA trained several formerly homeless youth in the Sasha Bruce Independent Living Program to use photography to illustrate aspects of living on the streets.
The youths’ photographs were turned into postcards and other advocacy tools used to...
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I was on the verge of dropping out again. CE helped me achieve the same high as I got from drugs and alcohol in ways that wouldn't get me in trouble.
– Byron, 12th grade, Spingarn STAY Senior High School, Washington, DC
