ACHIEVE Presents: An Ethnographic and Video Archive of Experiences with the Food Stamp Program

Five women and five youth associated with St. Joseph Center for Children and Families at La Mesa Church have gathered stories about people’s experiences with the Food Stamp Program using video cameras provided by ACHIEVE and FlipSpotlight Video. They were trained in video interview methods by an Emmy award-winning film team from Digital Workshop in order to conduct ethnographic video interviews with other members of the community who are Food Stamp recipients or who have applied for Food Stamps. In collaboration with the NM Food Stamp Working Group, the NM Collaboration to End Hunger and the NM Center on Poverty and Law, his information will support advocacy efforts to improve Food Stamp Participation to 80% by 2010 ACHIEVE will partner with these organizations to advocate for policy changes indicated as necessary by this work.