Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Lisa Nelson-Haynes is associate director at the Painted Bride Art Center, a multidisciplinary presenting arts organization in Philadelphia. Lisa has been facilitating digital storytelling workshops for Storycenter (www.storycenter.org) for more than seven years and revels in her role of assisting storytellers acquire new, replicable skills as they create their stories using digital tools. She’s participated as a facilitator on All Together Now, a national digital storytelling intiative showcasing first person narratives of civic engagement and social change. These stories are feaured on Cowbird.com. Lisa recently presented digital storytelling case study at the 6th International Digital Storytelling Conference.
Awarded Grants
2015
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
Related grantees
Overview
Lisa’s Redline Project is a digital storytelling and community engagement initiative that explores the effects of redlining that began in the mid-1970s. Redlining, the practice of discrimination in selling or renting in certain areas, set the groundwork for the gentrification of a portion of South Philadelphia – south of the former Graduate Hospital neighborhood, extending to Point Breeze. This gentrification continues to displace South Philadelphia’s low to middle income, historically African American community. Lisa will coordinate and facilitate a series of community story circles in key locations in the area. They stories will be recorded and the group will reconvene to share the stories to the larger community. Lisa has familial connections to the community and believes it is crucial to create spaces for honest engagement to address growing tensions due to a shift in demographics, and to document the community’s rich cultural history.
