{"id":6541,"date":"2012-12-19T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T18:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speakcityheights.org\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2012-12-19T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T18:18:18","slug":"photo-essay-graffiti-is-a-distraction-in-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/photo-essay-graffiti-is-a-distraction-in-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: &#8216;Graffiti is a Distraction in School&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">By Jena Olson<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/logo_79054-e1328202692759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3527\" title=\"logo_79054\" src=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/logo_79054-e1328202692759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speak City Heights partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajaproject.org\/\">The AjA Project<\/a> is helping students at Crawford High School add their voices to the conversation about community health in City Heights. Using photography and narrative, they&#8217;re examining health issues \u2014 physical, mental and social \u2014 at their school and speaking to the issues that most directly affect their daily lives. <\/p>\n<p>One student, Karla, chose to create a photo essay on the topic of graffiti; in her words, \u201cGraffiti is something bad and hurtful for students and also damages and defiant for property. It\u2019s important to me because it is a distraction in school and it can result into school fights.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As a potential solution to the problem of graffiti at Crawford, she offered this suggestion: \u201cMake a club for students to show their art and express their feelings in a responsible way, instead of writing on school property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Warning: Some of the photos below depict language that may be upsetting to some readers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay001-591x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay001-591x1024-e1355940595337.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay001-591x1024\" width=\"520\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6543\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;This photograph shows an example were the graffiti happens more. It shows that graffiti can come with anyone and anyone regardless of their physical state or appearance.&#8221; &#8211; Karla<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay003-e1355940638120.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay003\" width=\"520\" height=\"445\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6544\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;This photograph shows a lot of writing in a wood desk. It shows that people spend their time just writing instead of paying attension in school.&#8221; &#8211; Karla<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay002-592x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay002-592x1024-e1355940682712.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay002-592x1024\" width=\"520\" height=\"899\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6545\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;This photograph shows writing in a wall. It has rude comments, inappropriate words. It shows that people don&#8217;t care how the walls look. The writing makes the wall look really ugly.&#8221; &#8211; Karla<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay004-e1355940740850.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fall2012_PhotoCity_CHS_KarlaMercado_PhotoEssay004\" width=\"520\" height=\"727\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6546\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;This photographs show graffity in a pole. This is a gang graffiti that was written in a chair.&#8221; &#8211; Karla<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jena Olson Speak City Heights partner The AjA Project is helping students at Crawford High School add their voices to the conversation about community health in City Heights. 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