Change, Not Charity: Justice Behind the Lens

 
For over 30 years Bread & Roses Community Fund has been supporting movements for racial and economic justice by providing grants, technical assistance and leadership development to local, community-based organizations working for social change. Our philosophy is change, not charity because we believe that changing public policy and public opinion to address the fundamental problems that cause inequity makes the need for charity obsolete. This year, for our annual Tribute to Change event, we are curating a collection of photographs that document communities coming together to build power and self-determination, empowerment, and working for social change. These photos will be exhibited alongside the work of renowned documentary photographer Harvey Finkle who has produced a substantial body of work concerned with social, political and cultural issues.
 
The exhibit will take place at the National Constitution Center on Thursday, October 15, 2009.
 
This exhibition is open to all professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. Entrants must live in Philadelphia, Camden or the surrounding five counties (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery) that make up Bread & Roses' funding region. Photographs must somehow reflect the theme of communities working for social change outlined above. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.
 
 
 
Deadline for entries is Monday, July 6, 2009.  For more information and to submit entries, visit www.breadrosesfund.org/go/photos.
 
 
 

Photo by Harvey Finkle