As part of efforts to make the Central District (CD) a safer place for people to walk and bike, Feet First is developed a multimedia challenge to gather stories from youth about their experiences walking.
CD Street Stories: A Multimedia Challenge uses a form of civic engagement, sharing with the community and adding to conversations about how to make a more walkable, safer Central District. The deadline for submissions is Monday, November 30, 2009.
CD Street Stories: A Multimedia Challenge combines the art of telling stories with a multimedia web tool, Yodio. It invites youth to take pictures of the pedestrian and cycling environment in the Central District, upload them to a website, and call in to record voice captions to the pictures.
Showcase Event – Saturday, December 5th 2009, at the Central Cinema Following a walk beginning at 2pm from the Central Cinema (1411 21st Avenue), the videos will be showcased at the Central Cinema at 3pm. The top three winning entries will receive Canon ELPH digital camera.
For more information, visit www.walkcdseattle.blogspot.com or contact Elaine Boyd by emailing elaine@feetfirst.info or calling 206-652-2310.
About the project: For this project Feet First targeted the 23rd Avenue South corridor. The area stretches the spine of the Central District, which thousands of public and private students use as a major route to school. In the 2008-2009 school-year alone, three Seattle Public School students were hit and injured by drivers on 23rd Avenue S. Funded by a grant from the Central Region Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Council, Feet First has been developing relationships with youth to create a safer place to walk and bike in the Central District.
About Feet First: Feet First is a pedestrian advocacy non-profit organization established in 2001. The organization is promotes walkable communities. Feet First works throughout the Puget Sound region, providing safe routes to school programs, walking audits, Neighborhoods on Foot maps and inspires individuals to become walking ambassadors to increase the number of people walking.
