What People Say

International Students Find a Voice
ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA, May 18, 2011 

Tucson represents one of the top 10 cities in the U.S. to welcome refugees fleeing violence or discrimination. How they fit in and find their voice powers an innovative program at…

 

Project X: Can-Do Storytellers
PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, October 20, 2010

“As someone once told me, the shortest distance between two people is a story,” says Arizona-based photographer and educator Josh Schachter…

What it’s like to be a refugee here
Arizona Daily Star, March 26, 2010

Shukuru Kalunga is not your average teen.
His everyday concerns aren’t so much about what to wear, or how he’ll spend his…

Josh Schachter, Tucson’s superhero of community-based art
PhotoPhilanthropy, January 21, 2010

“To me, great images that are going to create change have a sense of emotion and question our most basic assumptions about the world.”

40 Under 40:Julie Kasper
Arizona Daily Star, October 7, 2010
What one word best describes you? Driven. What is your proudest professional accomplishment? Founding and sustaining the… 

Arizona Teaching Artist Recognized for Achievements in Arts Learning
Arizona Commission on the Arts, December 15, 2009

In November 2009, teaching artist Josh Schachter received the inaugural Arizona Teaching Artist Award for outstanding achievements, innovation and…

30 Minutes- Tucson Youth Week
KXCI, April 19, 2009

30 Minutes features youth from Every Voice In Action and the Finding Voice Project in honor of…

Outsider teens get a platform
Arizona Daily Star, April 4, 2009 

Balamani Mariana Madden was turned away hungry while going door to door as a child in India, begging for food. Sabir Kenyawani missed out on three years of high …

Immigrant students finding a voice in Tucson
Tucson Citizen, April 3, 2009

Catalina HS project lets immigrants share their pasts & cultures…

“Home” Exhibit
Voices Inc. Blog, December 11, 2008 

Last spring, students in Julie Kasper’s ESL classes at Catalina  Magnet High School in Tucson, Arizona—all refugees and  immigrants—received an unusual assignment. They were asked to explore  the concept of “Home,” …

Project gives voice to teen refugees and immigrants
Arizona Daily Star, January 8, 2008 

An English teacher at Catalina Magnet High School is a finalist for the 2008 Outstanding Young Educator Award. Julie Kasper was selected for the honor because of…

Art Makes All Things Better
Teaching Tolerance Magazine, Spring 2008 

Room M219 of Tucson’s Catalina High School feels more like a hip  design shop or bustling photography studio than an advanced ESL class…

A Liberian refugee commits to her education
Arizona Daily Star, June 1, 2007 

It was my junior year of high school in September 2004, and I was  sitting in a classroom in Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria. My classmates and I were  telling jokes, …

On View
Arizona Daily Star, May 25, 2007 

The lives of refugee and immigrant teens new to Tucson are on display  in Midtown. The photography exhibit “Home? Teen Refugees and Immigrants…