AmericanPoverty.org
Last week Catholic Charities USA kicked off their
annual conference in Portland, Oregon with the large
format photojournalism exhibit produced by the
In Our Own Backyard photojournalism
team.
This
exhibit was entitled AmericanPoverty.org
and is meant to raise the awareness of people living
in poverty in the United States. Catholic Charities
has declared the goal to reduce poverty in the United
States by 50 percent by the year 2020. This is a very
aggressive goal, but Catholic Charities understands
that the only way to meet an aggressive goal is to
set the bar very high.
In
Our Own Backyard is
a team of skilled and seasoned
photojournalists who
have witnessed first-hand the struggles of extreme
poverty in the United States. This team includes, in
part, Steve Liss, Jon Lowenstein, Brenda Ann
Kenneally and Eli Reed. These are talented
photojournalists, with strong personalities and
stronger communication skills. They have crisscrossed
the United States in capturing exactly what it means
to be poor.
It has been a delight to be involved in this project.
The deadlines were tight and God bless overnight
delivery. There are a minimum of six more cities that
will be hosting this exhibit over the next year, so
we look forward to future involvement. Learn more
about this large format photojournalism project at
AmericanPoverty.org.