{"id":29293,"date":"2016-11-15T19:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T00:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2016\/11\/16\/necc-hosts-homelessness-photo-exhibit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:03:24","slug":"necc-hosts-homelessness-photo-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/11\/15\/necc-hosts-homelessness-photo-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Hosts Homeless Shelter Photo Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14689\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/11\/Daylon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14689\" class=\"wp-image-14689 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/11\/Daylon-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"daylon\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daylon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eighteen month-old Daylon looks like a children\u2019s store model. Peter is a Napoleonic War buff, and Natacha is a single mom whose happiest days were the days her children were born.<\/p>\n<p>All, at one time, lived at <a href=\"https:\/\/emmausinc.org\/\">Emmaus Family Shelter<\/a>, a homeless shelter in Haverhill and all are featured in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/emmausinc.org\/faces-homelessness-14th-annual-paving-road-home-breakfast\/\">Faces of Homelessness<\/a>\u201d exhibit currently on display on the walls of the corridor on the ground floor of the E Building on the Haverhill campus. The 18, 18 x 30 inch, black and white portraits are the works of local news photographers Allegra Boverman and Jim Vaiknoras. They were printed by Michel vanRavestyn, owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefotofactorystudio.net\/\">Foto Factory<\/a> in Haverhill.<\/p>\n<p>Each photo has an accompanying card introducing the individual featured. The photos \u00a0will remain on the Haverhill campus through Friday, December 2, before being moved to the atrium of the Dimitry Building, Franklin St. on the Lawrence campus where it will hang until January 2.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14690\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/11\/Emmaus-011-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14690\" class=\"wp-image-14690 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/11\/Emmaus-011-copy-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"emmaus-011-copy\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joaquin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A board explaining the project is displayed on an easel at the start of the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit was originally unveiled during Emmaus\u2019 14th Annual \u201cPaving the Road Home\u201d breakfast back in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This powerful photo exhibit reveals the beauty of the human spirit.\u00a0 Each one of the adults and children pictured were Emmaus clients when their photographs were taken. For most people, becoming homeless represents one of the darkest and most difficult periods of their lives. Yet, when we look at these photographs, we see joy, pride, hope, and love. We see ourselves,&#8221; said Margot Regan, events, marketing, and communications at Emmaus Inc. &#8220;These photographs demonstrate the diversity of a group of people who share the common bond of<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14688\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/11\/Natacha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14688\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14688\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/11\/Natacha-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Natacha\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natacha<\/p><\/div>\n<p>homelessness: a former cheerleader and gymnast, now the mother of two young children; a courageous woman fighting cancer; a proud, loving mother reassuring her shy little girl; a strong, weathered-looking man with a winning smile and a sparkle in his eye; a determined high school student who plans to become an aeronautical engineer.\u00a0These are your children, parents, neighbors, and friends.\u00a0These are the faces of homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emmaus\u00a0is the largest provider of emergency shelter in Essex County. Since 1985, Emmaus has helped more than 27,000 children and adults out of homelessness and toward self-sufficiency. Last year, Emmaus served 2,179 children through its shelters and housing programs, and on any given night, 300 adults and children will call Emmaus \u201chome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For additional information about this exhibit contact Regan at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:margot@emmausinc.org\">margot@emmausinc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen month-old Daylon looks like a children\u2019s store model. 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