Current Exhibit:
Proyecto LIDER: Women in the Dominican Republic
Photographs by Leah Goodridge
July 3 - August 15 2008
Leah Goodridge created this project as a Compton Mentorship fellow in her senior year at Vassar College. She developed a youth mentoring program for adolescent girls and organized a series of sex education seminars. According to UNAIDS, "HIV/AIDS is now the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age," in the Dominican Republic. 'Reproductive age' is all too often adolescent age. Through a variety of experience-based activities, that included field trips, playwriting on gender issues, leadership dynamics, mentoring and sex education seminars, Leah developed a set of self-empowerment tools to assist adolescent girls to contribute to their community society. Leah currently attends the UCLA School of Law.
http:www.comptonmentorfellowship.org
