Abandoned Building Haikus

“Abandoned Building Haikus” were created, in collaboration with the “Breathing These Words” poetry workshop, led by Danielle Colin Charlestin with Nancy Klepsch.

Abandoned

Empty

Take Me Back


Youth Media Sanctuary teaches multimedia skills to young people in North Troy. Youth producers created four documentary portraits on the theme of abandoned buildings in their economically devastated neighborhoods. Produced during Uptown Summer, with Media Mentors Jamel Mosely, Kathy High, and Branda Miller, with support from staff, interns and volunteers at The Sanctuary for Independent Media.

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