In 2008, Sierra Health Foundation awarded a $40,000 Responsive Grant to La Raza Galerîa Posada for a preventive health project called A View From the Ground: Documenting our Community. This youth-powered documentary photography project engaged 20 Sacramento-area high school students in three months of investigating the challenges and virtues in their lives and exploring the meaning of “healthy lifestyles” through still images. La Raza Galería Posada hosted a reception for the students’ exhibit on June 12, 2009. The project and students were featured on this KCRA TV segment.
In the Fall of 2009, A View From the Ground was released as a limited edition, full color magazine. Compiled and edited by course participants, AVFtG: Print features profiles of all 15 participants and collaborative photo essays that delve deeper into their worlds than ever before.
