Jessica, Raquel, Ginny, Martha

1. We wanted to do something that would both,
a) Engage the community in defining the problem and sharing their
experiences,
and
b) Produce something that could then be disseminated more broadly
and used to educate/communicate with folks outside South LA

2. This idea was inspired by the work of Candy Chang, a public artist who does a lot of cool
stuff in cities - “Before I Die is an interactive public art project that invites people to share
their hopes and dreams in public space.” from (http://candychang.com/before-i-die-in-nola/)

4. We arrived to a bus stop
located across from St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church.
The coordinates were
Jefferson and Central. We
chose this location because
we ascertained that Sunday
11am-noon could possibly
be an optimal time for foot
traffic along that
intersection.

5. When we arrived and set up our chalkboard kiosk (which included a
wooden painted sign and balloons), we met an older loquacious woman
who was very generous with her answer to our public health query.

6. The same older woman was
accompanied by her grandson
who was pretty withdrawn.
She was explaining project to
him while he had his
headphones on, trying to get
him to do it

8. This was then followed by another conversation between two older women about healthy
foods, talking about tamales and foods with a lot of bread cheese aren't healthy, one woman
said she's been eating less bread and more fruits and veggies and she's lost weight"

9. 4. Lessons
-problem isn’t that people don’t know what’s healthy
and what’s not
-if we do it again, make sure to check relevant local
schedules, i.e. church service!
-might be less imposing to have 1-2 people rather than
3 at once
- balloons catch kids’ eyes!