The SPIN Project Youth Research Advisory Board, Author at PublicSource

Ny’Jai and Ny’Ela Chapman, both 18, stand for a portrait in the teen section at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Homewood on Friday, May 12, 2023, in their neighborhood of Homewood. The Youth Research Advisory Board of the SPIN (Space and People In Neighborhoods) Project, of which both sisters are a part, listed the library as a supportive place to gather as they mapped the neighborhood. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

We, the youth, mapped our feelings as we lived our lives in Homewood. The city must do better for our neighborhood.

by The SPIN Project Youth Research Advisory Board May 19, 2023May 20, 2023

As the Youth Research Advisory Board of the SPIN (Space and People In Neighborhoods) Project, we probed quality of life in our neighborhood by exploring the links between violence, support and stress in spaces and later investigating who owns the land.