upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Using the power of photography, written word, and moving images, Ahdanah will create a book of oral stories and photo essays documenting the Mexican community in South Philadelphia. It will serve to bring a multi-layered dimension to the language of families, women, and regional differences of Mexican immigrants in South Philadelphia. Through the inclusion of these voices into daily life, alternative ways of speaking, writing, and self-expression will contribute to their empowerment as a community. To complement this book, she will produce a short documentary that serves to educate and inform this emerging community about their human rights as immigrants.