Your Story Has a Home Here

Your Story Has a Home Here was a nine-month project undertaken by DC Public Library’s Teens of Distinction, in partnership with the National Coalition for the Homeless. Teens learned studio photography and oral history interviewing techniques, and used those skills to document a segment of the population that is often misunderstood and overlooked. This is a digital gallery of their exhibit, which was displayed at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library during the summer of 2010. To learn more about the project and read teen participants’ reflections, please visit the Project Reflections page.

Select a thumbnail or link below to learn more about the interviewees:

	Stephen (Steve) Thomas. Photographed by Raekala Middleton, age 19.
	Mary Virginia Abe. Photographed by Dawnesha Coffin, age 18.
	Angela and Nathaniel Anderson. Photographed by Miranta Clark, age 18.
	André Colter. Photographed by Anika Rice, age 18.
	Constance Jamison. Photographed by Raekala Middleton, age 19.
	Eric Sheptock. Photographed by Anika Rice, age 18.
	David Pirtle. Photographed by Anika Rice, age 18.
	Jesse Smith. Photographed by Dawnesha Coffin, age 18.
	Terry Snead. Photographed by Raekala Middleton, age 19.

Check out snippets of our oral history interviews (video run time—approx. 14 min) or hear the full interview of each participant in the Washingtoniana Division on the third floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library.