Critical Exposure is a nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. We empower youth and youth-serving organizations to participate in the democratic process through an approach that combines photography and advocacy to facilitate: Youth Empowerment - Train students in documentary photography, leadership, and advocacy; teach them to document issues affecting their lives; and help them to use their images and voices to build support for changes to improve their schools and communities. Public Engagement - Inform and engage the public by using students' photographs a... read more Critical Exposure is a nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. We empower youth and youth-serving organizations to participate in the democratic process through an approach that combines photography and advocacy to facilitate: Youth Empowerment - Train students in documentary photography, leadership, and advocacy; teach them to document issues affecting their lives; and help them to use their images and voices to build support for changes to improve their schools and communities. Public Engagement - Inform and engage the public by using students' photographs and writing to create traveling exhibits for galleries, libraries, coffee shops, and other public spaces to increase awareness of challenges facing youth in low-income communities. Real Change - Provide students with the tools and opportunity to advocate for concrete and policy solutions that directly impact their lives in partnership with advocacy and community organizations and other allies.
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By Adam Levner | Executive Director and Co-Founder
You might know Malik… Maybe you’ve seen his powerful photographs documenting challenges D.C. youth face, heard him testify at City Council hearings in support of arts education and... Read the full report ›By Jacquelyn Horstmann | Director of Development and Communications
Critical Exposure students have made an indelible impact in their communities and through their peers since our founding in 2004. Since our founding we have served more than 1,600 youth. D.C. students... Read the full report ›By Adam Levner | Executive Director
We had a great first semester this year, and we've hit the ground running for the second! We concluded our program at DC Met where students advocated to push back the start time of their... Read the full report ›
