Portraits of Home: A Forum on Housing, Homelessness & Social Change October 25, 2005

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

PORTRAITS OF HOME:
Families in Search of Shelter in Greater Minnesota

CARLETON COLLEGE
A.C.T. -- Acting in the Community Together│20th Anniversary Exhibition
Gould Library and Athenaeum
Sept. 12 ? November 28, 2005

SPEAKER FORUM: OCTOBER 25, 7 -8 PM, BOLIOU HALL 104
Portraits of Home: A Forum on Housing, Homelessness and Social Change
Guest speakers include:
Cathy ten Broeke, documentary photographer and advocate for the homeless
Jim Blaha, Director, Northfield Community Action Center
Laura Riehle-Merrill, Acting in the Community Coordinator, Carleton College
Krystal Klein, Campus Organizer, Housing MN
Beverly Nagel, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences and Associate Dean of Carleton College
Reception to follow in Gould Library & Athenaeum

Contact: Julie Delliquanti, Exhibition Coordinator, 763.498.3502, juliedelliquanti@hotmail.com
Laura Riehle-Merrill, ACT Coordinator, 507.646.4028, lriehlem@acs.carleton.edu
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Carleton College, Gould Library?documentary and social art photography exhibit: Portraits of Home: Families in Search of Shelter in Greater Minnesota opens Sept. 12 at Gould Library.

Portraits of Home has been selected by A.C.T.- Acting in the Community Together-as their 20th Anniversary Exhibition. A.C.T. is a student community service organization established in 1985 to offer challenging and rewarding volunteer programs for Carleton students.

The exhibition displays 25 of 55 photos, sponsored by the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, and features the work of six distinguished photojournalists who have captured the deeply personal impacts of greater Minnesota?s affordable housing crisis.
The show reveals the challenges faced by Minnesota?s lowest income families as they manage life and work with less than decent housing conditions. ?By putting a face on these conditions we hope to bring these stories to light,? said Warren Hanson, president of Greater Minnesota Housing Fund. ?Most of the time these conditions go unseen, the stories are unheard, and so the needs of children and their families are unaddressed by public policy.?
Photos are accompanied by brief narrative text that describes the compelling and heartwarming stories behind the photos.

Contributing photographers ? several of whom have received regional and national awards ? include Ben Garvin of the St. Paul Pioneer Press; Carlos Gonzalez, Stormi Greener and Brian Peterson of the Star Tribune; Twin Cities freelancer and homeless advocate Cathy ten Broeke and Grand Forks Herald photographer Eric Hylden.

Portraits of Home will be on display at Gould Library through November 28.
There is no charge for admission.

About Greater Minnesota Housing Fund

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMHF) is a private, nonprofit organization created by the McKnight Foundation and Blandin Foundation in 1996. GMHF supports the creation of affordable housing in areas of economic vitality throughout the 80 counties of greater Minnesota (excluding the seven-county Twin Cities metro area). Through its loan programs, technical assistance and policy advocacy, GMHF supports the development of decent, safe and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families in Greater Minnesota. To date, the organization has provided over $64.5 million in loans and grants to support the creation of over 5,600 affordable housing units worth over $628 million in greater Minnesota. More information is available at www.gmhf.com.