EVENT DESCRIPTION OF
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NORTH SACRAMENTO
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Main Hub Location: The Greens Hotel
1616 Del Paso Boulevard
Sacramento, CA. 95815
The mission of the A Day in the Life Project, Inc, is to empower, highlight, and encourage underserved and at-risk youth, teens, and communities through the art of photography. This is accomplished by bringing youth, teens, volunteers, supporters, student photographers of area community college and university photography programs, as well as professional photographers from outside of an area, together with youth and teens of a community that is in need of shattering stereotypes and would not typically receive special recognitions. We go into these communities, travel throughout, and photograph A Day in the Life. We invite youth and teens from the targeted area elementary, junior high, and high schools to photograph their community and surroundings of pre-approved and permission granted, safe and welcoming locations, businesses, community centers, libraries, safety facilities, etc.
On Friday, October 16, 2009 A Day in the Life Project will partner with Cosumnes River College photography department and we will bring together hundreds of elementary and high school students of the North Sacramento community including Del Paso Heights, photography students from Cosumnes River College, Sacramento City College, and California State University Sacramento, professional photographers, and members of the Del Paso Heights and North Sacramento community, to heavily involve the businesses of the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership, to photographically document the economic, educational and cultural status and the transformations occurring in the area. We will be documenting change, growth and the everyday living of a rich and blossoming community. It is our goal to shatter stereotypes, and to emphasize businesses, homes, community supporting organizations and agencies, the strong art community, and some of the safety and educational facilities of the neighborhood.
The planned schedule of each A Day in the Life Project includes a slideshow of selected images photographed to be shown at a locations within the photographed community, in 24-72 hours of each day of photographing. This is then followed, within 1-3 months, by a gallery showing, again at a location within the photographed community, of 70-100 final printed, matted, and framed images that the participants have captured from the day of photographing. After the initial gallery display, it will be open to have traveling gallery display throughout the city of Sacramento.
We are currently gathering and purchasing items to accommodate and ensure the success of the October 16, 2009 A Day in the Life of North Sacramento event. We are in need of financial/material donations to fund digital camera's and digital memory cards for the elementary and high school students that will be photographing their community; printing, framing, matting of the final images; t-shirts to ensure the recognition of the project participants; food and beverage for the day of the event; printing services of flyers for community awareness of the event; and media/radio attention/announcements.
