{"id":100326,"date":"2017-03-06T13:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?p=100326"},"modified":"2023-05-11T10:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:09:04","slug":"faces-on-albany","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2017\/faces-on-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces on Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"banner-container banner-has-html\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container life-on-albany autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-100342\" data-slideshow-name=\"life-on-albany\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-100342\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Alberto.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Alberto<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Juliet.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Juliet<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Rochelle.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Rochelle<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Miguel.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Miguel<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Susan-M..png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Susan M.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Elizabeth.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Elizabeth<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Jamelle.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Jamelle<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Jim.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Jim<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Linda.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Linda<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Maria.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Maria<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_10\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Richard.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Richard<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_11\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Susan.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Susan<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_12\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-William.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">William<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-100342_13\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/Life-On-Albany-Joseph.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Joseph<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-100342\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-12\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>12<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-13\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>13<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-14\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>14<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 6, 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The School of Public Health\u00a0sits next to an area unfortunately characterized as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sandro-galea\/leaving-behind-methadone_b_9837580.html\">Methadone Mile<\/a>,\u201d a stretch of Albany Street including Boston Medical Center, a homeless shelter, and a number of drug treatment facilities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2017\/01\/Narrative-Month-Icon-Converted-1.gif\" alt=\"Narrative-Month-Icon-[Converted]\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99359 alignright\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/01\/Narrative-Month-Icon-Converted-1.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/01\/Narrative-Month-Icon-Converted-1-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>To confront this stigmatizing narrative, the <a href=\"http:\/\/activistlab.bu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Activist Lab<\/a>\u2019s educational technologist, Liam Hunt, created the <em>Life on Albany <\/em>photo series, showing the faces of people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental illness down the street from SPH.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe created the photo series as a way to bring our neighbors on Albany Street to our school community, and start a conversation about our role in this neighborhood,\u201d Hunt says. \u201cI hoped to capture something evocative, but fair to the people in the photos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for us to put a face to those individuals, to know who they are and to hear their stories,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/harold-cox\/\">Harold Cox<\/a>, director of the Activist Lab and associate dean for public health practice. Before taking the pictures, both Hunt and Cox\u00a0engaged in conversations with the subjects, explaining what they were doing and that they were free to either accept or decline having their photo taken.\u00a0 All of the participants signed a release form allowing the Activist Lab to use and display the pictures, and printed copies were later\u00a0delivered to\u00a0all subjects who could be located.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to be able to use this series to engage in important conversations about the difficulties faced by this population and the importance of understanding who they are,\u201d Cox says. Part of that conversation is underway in the Life on Albany committee, which asks how SPH can be a better neighbor and improve health on its own doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em><a href=\"mailto:msamu@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michelle Samuels<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[SLIDESHOW] Combating \u201cMethadone Mile\u201d narrative, Activist Lab photo series puts faces to people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental illness on Albany Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10989,"featured_media":100348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[2043,1926,2000,2302],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3517,3519,3531,3538,3541],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[447],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/100326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100326"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/100326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225846,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/100326\/revisions\/225846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100326"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=100326"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=100326"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=100326"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=100326"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=100326"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=100326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}