Shootback and Reach Incorporated release A to Z: The Real DC
Shootback is proud to have collaborated with the youth literacy and leadership nonprofit Reach Incorporated to create A to Z: The Real DC, a unique version of an alphabet book. Through their own photos and poetry, eight teens give you an alphabetical tour of the District from Anacostia to the National Zoo. Kids can learn their letters while discovering some of DC’s hidden gems in this fresh take on the nation’s capital
A to Z: The Real DC was launched at the DC Author Festival on October 18, 2014 at the MLK Library in Washington, DC. Napresha Parham and Marques ...
Shootback and Shout Mouse Press: two books created by DC youth
Shootback is proud to partner with Shout Mouse Press, a nonprofit publishing house for unheard voices that promotes diversity in literature by empowering underrepresented communities to develop and write their stories.
Shootback helped young authors from Ballou High School and Beacon House to produce photos for two Shout Mouse Press books - How to Grow Up Like Me and Trinitoga: Stories of a life in a rouged up tough love no good hood. These books are available for purchase online, with all proceeds going towards new Shout Mouse Press projects which help amplify new ...
Shootback Students’ Work Selected for DC’s Art Night 2014
Four young Shootback photographers from Thomas Elementary School and three students from Ballou High School had their photographs selected for the DC Public Education Fund’s Art Night 2014 exhibition and auction on Wednesday, May 14th at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery in Washington, DC. Over 50 pieces of artwork were auctioned off to raise funds for ArtsNowDC, a new initiative launched to support arts programs in DC Public Schools (DCPS). Shootback DC was an Arts Partner for the event.
In partnership with Chancellor Kaya Henderson and DCPS, the ArtsNowDC intends ...
