“I always, always wanna tell people, organise wherever you at.”
PROJECT: FERGUSON VOICES: DISRUPTING THE FRAME
PART OF: THE MORAL COURAGE PROJECT
STAKEHOLDERS: PROOF: MEDIA FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
CURATORS: LEORA KAHN AND JOEL PRUCE
TEAM LEADERS: LEORA KAHN, JOEL PRUCE & JIMMY BRIGGS
EXHIBITION DESIGNER: WILLHEMINA WAHLIN
EXHIBITION FABRICATION: KATE HIXON
INTERACTIVE DESIGN: TOKY
PHOTOGRAPHER: MARK KATZMAN
RESEARCH FOCUS: REFINEMENT OF PROJECT RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION & INTERPRETATION
ABOUT
PROOF: Media for Social Justice and the University of Dayton's Human Rights Center launched the exhibition, Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the Frame at the Roesch Library at the University of Dayton in January 2017.
The stories and images captured in Ferguson Voices are a testament not only to the systemic discrimination that the Ferguson protests laid bare, but also to the power of transformative action taken to foster community, accountability and justice.
The Moral Courage Project, a collaboration between students engaged with the University of Dayton’s Human Rights Center and PROOF: Media for Social Justice, is an attempt to spotlight and honor those who responded to the August 9, 2014 death of Michael Brown.
The people of Ferguson have a story to tell – and one that the majority of those in the United States have not heard or fully understood. This story is even more urgent today.
The death of Michael Brown sparked outrage and launched a movement due to what many have known to be true throughout America’s history: For too long people of color have been systematically targeted and criminalized.
Ferguson isn’t the only community where disenfranchisement and inequality is manifest, but it has become a symbol. “Ferguson is everywhere” became the rallying cry in the days, months and years since Michael’s death. Unwarranted traffic stops, fines and arrests of people of color are a regular experience for those who either grew up in or still live in the area. But these truths are not unique to Ferguson; they are replicated across the country.
– PROOF: Media for Social Justice
DESIGN BRIEF
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BINARY IDENTIFICATION
DESIGN PROCESS
EXHIBITION PANELS
Click here to view a timelapse of the exhibition being installed by students from The University of Dayton's Human Rights Centre.
EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY
Photos courtesy of The Moral Courage Project.
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