Massachusetts PhotoVoice Project
Youth Perspective on Community Through Photography
The Massachusetts PhotoVoice Project is a prevention initiative that engages local youth in using the PhotoVoice method to explore underage gambling and related public health issues in their communities. PhotoVoice is a participatory approach to storytelling and documenting environmental community conditions through the lens of photography.
Youth use the PhotoVoice process to identify a problem in their community, learn about the root-causes, and identify a set of actions that can help lead to a sustainable solution. Through this process, participants gain knowledge and skills that empower them to understand, critically assess, and communicate those factors that place them and people in their communities at risk for underage and problem gambling. PhotoVoice places youth—particularly those who experience disparities and inequitable balances of power—at the center of community change.
In FY24, OPGS will coordinate with seven vendors across Massachusetts to implement the PhotoVoice curriculum. These sites include:
Cambridge Health Alliance
LUK, Inc.
NEW Health
Gandara Center, Springfield
High Point Treatment Center, Brockton
High Point Treatment Center, Plymouth
Old Colony YMCA
Collectively, the sites have recruited more than 95 students and will continue to engage with more youth over the next few weeks!
Want to learn more? Check out our website at mass.gov/orgs/office-of-problem-gambling-services
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