The Stories of the Unseen...
Front Range Community College in Longmont Shows (In)visible Boulder County Film and Photographs in June
The film will have a public showing at noon on Thursday, June
22
Boulder County, Colo. - Everyone has an important
tale to tell. While the stories of people who are prospering in Boulder County
are well known – think rising home values and thriving tech companies -- there
is another side. That’s where the (In)visible Boulder County project comes in.
Through photographs and film, the project tells the stories of the less
fortunate, the working poor, people facing discrimination, and many other
unseen members of the community.
During June, the Front Range
Community College campus in Longmont is hosting the (In)visible Boulder County
project. Photographs from the series are currently on display in both the
Classroom and Administration buildings. On Thursday, June 22, the project film
“Better” will be shown in the Community Room as part of a special lunchtime
event that is open to the public.
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What: The
(In)visible Boulder County photography and film exhibit
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Where: Front
Range Community College Longmont Campus, Classroom Building at 2121 Miller
Dr. & Administration Building at 2190 Miller Dr., Longmont
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Photo Dates and Time: Photo exhibit through Friday, June 30. Photos
may be viewed 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Fridays.
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Film Date and Time: Film will be shown at noon, Thursday, June
22, in the Community Room of the Classroom Building, 2121 Miller Dr.
“Front Range Community
College is excited to be working with the (In)visible Boulder County project to
share the incredible work this group has done’ says Amy Mann, Co-Chair of the BCC Diversity Committee and Campus Chair of Arts and Letters. “FRCC is dedicated to educating our students and our
community about diversity, inclusivity, and presenting the stories of people in
our county that we might not normally hear. The photo and film exhibit are ways
to share these important messages.”
The (In)visible Boulder
County project was created by One Thousand Design as part of the Sonder
Collection, in partnership with the Boulder County Community Services
Department, and sponsored by the Boulder County Commissioners and other
community partners. The project is designed to start a conversation around the
county’s often marginalized and underserved populations, and include images and
quotes from the homeless, immigrant, transgender, working poor and
youth-in-crisis communities in the county. Here are just a few examples.
"Prior
to divorce I was a PTA mom running my own little business, wife of an attorney
- so upper middle class. And then you end up in situational poverty. One split
second and life changed."
"You can't write homeless on an ID. And that makes it really difficult.
Without an ID you can't do anything."
"The
decisions people have to make when they're in poverty make sense because they
are moment to moment decisions to deal with moment to moment problems. There's
no way to really understand what it's like unless you are living it."
The project was produced in conjunction with the
Boulder County Circles Campaign, Boulder County Head Start, Attention Homes,
Emergency Family Assistance Association, Intercambio, Sister Carmen Community
Center, and Out Boulder County. The film and photographs will be shown across
Boulder County throughout the next year. For additional information, see the (In)visible Boulder County and Sonder Collection websites.
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