semester one final: Hallmark 3 "we educate for and act on behalf of justice and peace in the world"

For my final, I emphasized more on the injustice part of the hallmark versus the "peace in the world" part of it. The issue I decided to photograph is poverty, which is a worldwide injustice. I decided not to go into San Francisco and photograph people who are currently experiencing poverty since I figured they do not want to show others that they are poor and homeless. Instead, I did a lot of research on the topic of poverty and dressed up one of my friends like they are homeless. I wrote one of the most impactful facts about poverty in California alone on a piece of cardboard, which says "about 4 in 10 Californians are in poverty.... HELP!" The fact on the cardboard shows how many people are impoverished and how big of an issue poverty is in just one state alone. I hope that this photograph educates those who do not know much about the topic, and that taking an action can help make the number of people in poverty decrease so they can live a happier and healthier life.