VOICES
Spring 2023
Identity, Belonging, and Home
Narrative Crossings is an after-school program that fosters collaborative learning and creative expression, bringing together local high school students and Tufts University undergraduates from Professor Jayanthi Mistry’s Self and Identity class.
This spring, participants explored themes of identity, belonging, and home. Using photography, poetry, and personal narrative, they shared their reflections, experiences, and stories through several outreach projects: a “community voice” Instagram campaign, a youth voice exhibit at the Medford Public Library, and this online journal.
Stories of Belonging
Sometime you can feel like glass
Seen by some but not by all.
-VV, age 15
(Photo by EP, age 17)
Stories of Home
My words are a window into the home
I’ve created within myself.
-VV, age 19
(Photo by RB, age 17)
Stories of self
I had to teach myself that it was okay
to be myself.
-MA, age 17
(Photo by MA, age 17)
Photos by City Lights participants
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S23 Community Voice project
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