From its inception, empowerment and action have been foundational to photovoice.

Bear with me for a moment: there is something we can all learn from a podcast about hockey.

 If carrots are good for our ocular vision, good questions can be carrots for the scope of our perspective.

 “What qualities in your dog would you like to see in people?”

“She thought kindness was a survival skill, and, do you know what? She was right.” 

It's a celebration of the country’s unity and ideals, including the ideals that haven’t always been honored by the nation. The elephant in the background of the photo — the nation’s most enduring symbol of racism, an icon to the succession of 11 states — stands in ironic contradiction to this celebration of national unity.

The path to pluralism requires humility. I learned this the old fashioned way: by failing.

The project was designed to strengthen relationships on campus, create a sense of solidarity and belonging among the participating students, raise awareness of experiential differences on campus, and instigate change.

“It’s a different experience to get used to a campus where I’m seeing something that conflicts with my worldview and to just say ‘people have their own experiences, I have my own preferences and to learn to co-exist with that,.”

Photography can “help us reflect on the world, our place within the world, and what it means to be alive.”

When one cares for a person who experiences the world differently, like Godwin, prejudice and marginalization gain a human face.

Faces are powerful, so try to make use of them in your photography.