In his new exhibit, North Carolina photographer Tom Simon captures both the faces of hunger and the communal efforts to alleviate hunger that touch multiple geographies, cultures and systems throughout the state. The 35-photo exhibit, Lifeline: Hunger Relief During the Pandemic, was recently on display at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC, and can now be viewed online here: https://tomsimon.myportfolio.com/lifeline-hunger-relief-during-the-pandemic. You can also follow Tom on Instagram at @sisimon678.
Tom Simon is a documentary filmmaker and tv producer who was volunteering as a photographer for local non-profits when the pandemic hit. He became interested in the weekly food distribution efforts that popped up during the pandemic, and decided to document what he saw. He writes,
There was yet another violent police attack on a child in school last week. We are once again enraged.
[Content Warning: we describe the incident in this paragraph.] This time, a young Black girl at Liberty High School in Kissimmee, Florida was literally slammed to the ground by a sheriff’s deputy from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Department. Witnesses state he attacked her after a disagreement between students, in yet another wanton and horrifying example of why cops have NO PLACE in our schools.
As moms and parents we are once again horrified. And angry. And determined to make sure this does not happen again.
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With all the zany news out there, it can be easy to lose sight of some of the really big news
Yes, we’re ALL CAPS shouting from the rooftops about this Special Election for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia that’s happening on January 5th because, since this is a special election at a time when voting doesn’t typically happen, a lot of people don’t know about it yet. Do you have some time to help get out the vote with the Black women-led
Georgia Coalition for the People s Agenda, along with the Transformative Justice Coalition, and Public Citizen in making phone calls to Georgia voters to let them know about their early voting, absentee voting, and same day voting options for the January Special Election?