empathy stories + honoring portraits
sharing who we are with warmth, respect, and dignity
outsidein
a community space for hale county.
this book explores the significance of community space in rural alabama. the book is a box of 50 cards: each with a local individual’s portrait on one side and expression on the other. we created: a book of empathy interviews / community group / community process / community space / inclusive programming for the space. this process was a path to explore together ways to co-create safe space for social equity and healing.
our wholeness
honoring our diverse truths, tenderness, power.
this series makes space to welcome people’s vulnerabilities and to support integration. by welcoming and embracing our unique wholeness we create affirming experiences that inspire us to celebrate all of who we are.