The Sarajevo450 Project

Educational project organized a series of programs over a week to interrupt historically divisive media narratives about Jews and Muslims.  In partnership with Hagada Sarajevo, a weeklong series of events brought together community members for poetry and music, lectures, and cooking classes on Bosnian Jewish and Muslim shared history and culture.

Media coverage: 
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Jewish Light

Who Eats @ BreadCo?

Area residents sought to preserve memories and inspire civic action leading up to the closing of a restaurant that had served the neighborhood as a central gathering place for many years.  I conducted observations at different times and different days to capture as diverse sample of patrons who gave verbal consent to their photo and words captured on the website. The site then connected people to action.

Champaign-Urbana Safe Routes to School Project

A $76K federal Safe Routes to School grant implemented extensive educational programming, advocacy, incentives, and infrastructure to encourage safe walking and bicycling routes to area schools.  Organized as a coalition between urban planning , public works, public health, law enforcement, and public health staff, the project has dramatically increased the numbers of kids walking and bicycling school while reducing traffic.  The website I created serves as a central portal for community members to be stay informed on the topic and free events.