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PhotoVoice Project Exhibit on Display at PSU Library Through Dec. 28.
What:
The Portland State Millar Library and Sisters of the Road present the PhotoVoice Project, “Look Here: Views from the Invisible Community.” PhotoVoice Project is an emotionally powerful and educational multi-media exhibit based on Sisters of the Road’s homeless customer stories and photographs of their day-to-day search for basic needs and community. The PhotoVoice Project provided their customers, people with experience with homelessness and poverty in Portland, Ore., with cameras to photograph their day-to-day existence including seeking shelter, food, healthcare and community. For more information about the community work of the nonprofit group, Sisters of the Road, please visit www.sistersoftheroad.org/wa/sisters.
When:
Now through December 28, 2006.
Where:
Ground floor of the PSU Millar Library (1875 S.W. Park Ave.).
Cost:
Admission is free and open to the public.
Contact:
For more information contact Kimberly Willson-St. Clair at 503-725-4552 or willsons@pdx.edu.
Background:
Portland State University’s library supports the information, research, teaching and learning needs for over 1,800 faculty members and 24,500 students at Portland State University, covering over 125 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees as well as graduate certificates and continuing education programs. The PSU Library has over 1.3 million volumes, and subscribes to more than 8,000 journals and 6,000 electronic journals. In addition, PSU’s library is the regional depository for federal documents and is a member of the Portals and Orbis/Cascade Alliance library consortia.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#06-136)
The Portland State Millar Library and Sisters of the Road present the PhotoVoice Project, “Look Here: Views from the Invisible Community.” PhotoVoice Project is an emotionally powerful and educational multi-media exhibit based on Sisters of the Road’s homeless customer stories and photographs of their day-to-day search for basic needs and community. The PhotoVoice Project provided their customers, people with experience with homelessness and poverty in Portland, Ore., with cameras to photograph their day-to-day existence including seeking shelter, food, healthcare and community. For more information about the community work of the nonprofit group, Sisters of the Road, please visit www.sistersoftheroad.org/wa/sisters.
When:
Now through December 28, 2006.
Where:
Ground floor of the PSU Millar Library (1875 S.W. Park Ave.).
Cost:
Admission is free and open to the public.
Contact:
For more information contact Kimberly Willson-St. Clair at 503-725-4552 or willsons@pdx.edu.
Background:
Portland State University’s library supports the information, research, teaching and learning needs for over 1,800 faculty members and 24,500 students at Portland State University, covering over 125 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees as well as graduate certificates and continuing education programs. The PSU Library has over 1.3 million volumes, and subscribes to more than 8,000 journals and 6,000 electronic journals. In addition, PSU’s library is the regional depository for federal documents and is a member of the Portals and Orbis/Cascade Alliance library consortia.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#06-136)
