Opening Reception: The Eighth Annual Everyday DC Photography Exhibition pulitzercenter.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pulitzercenter.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A month ago, John FitzGerald and Enrique Pepén took the oath of office and started their first terms as city councillors. Within days, the men also took on temporary roles as substitute teachers, police officers, and crossing guards as a way to experience first-hand what fellow city workers are doing every day across the city. It’s their way of learning the ropes of their own
The Charles Sumner building opened in 1872 as one of the first schools for DC’s African American children. It's now the archives for DCPS founded in 1802.
The Seventh Annual Everyday DC Student Photography Exhibition. “Everyday DC,” a photography exhibition on view at the Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives from March 28, 2023, through June 3, 2023, presents a visual narrative of everyday life in Washington, D.C. through the eyes of more than 100 D.C. public middle school students from all four quadrants of the city. The exhibition is the culmination of a unit designed by the Pulitzer Center in collaboration with DC Public Schools (DCPS) and facilitated by over a dozen DCPS visual arts teachers. Images from ten middle schools are represented in the exhibition. “Everyday DC” was inspired by the Everyday Africa project, founded by Pulitzer Center grantees Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill, to redirect focus toward a more accurate understanding of what the majority of Africans experience on a day-to-day basis: normal life. Like Everyday Africa, Everyday DC challenges students to consider how Washington, D.C., is portrayed i