In the workshops, James and Karla Murray teach participants how photography and oral history can be tools to raise public awareness of local businesses, build community, and encourage advocacy.
Tobi Elkin
Tobi Elkin is a New York City-based journalist, writer and editor who has an interest in oral history and community. She has written for Narratively and The Lo-Down. She produced an award-winning short documentary film Train People in 2017, inspired by her participation in the Amtrak Writer's Residency. She can be found on Twitter and
Instagram; her writing on www.tobielkin.com.
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A Mobile Studio and Trilingual Newspaper Draw Disparate Communities Together in Downtown Manhattan
The ArtBuilt Mobile Studio, parked outside the Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library, sees art making as an important tool to facilitate difficult conversations.
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A Parade Celebrates the Immigrant and Senior Communities of New York’s Lower East Side
At the LES Citizens Parade, senior citizens of Chinese, Hispanic, and Jewish descent pretend to be a moving company, surrounded by cardboard boxes that carry immigrant stories.