1. ROOSEVELT PHOTO VOICECOMMUNITY ASSETS AND NEEDS November 2012

2. RooseveltsCommunity Assets 3. RooseveltFarmers Market 4. IN THE SUMMER, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLECOMINGTHEY WERE THERE BEFORE THE TRUCKS CAME. 5. THIS SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS COME TO THE FARMERS MARKET. ITS A FAMILY THING. 6. THIS SHOWS THAT PEOPLE LIKE OUR APPLES! PEOPLE LIKE LOOKING AT THE FOOD AND PEOPLE BRING THEIR FAMILIES. 7. THERE IS A THOUGHT PROCESS IN PUTTING CERTAIN FOODS IN CERTAIN SPOTS. 8. This is my first year working at the Farmers Market. Ilive in Roosevelt, and the Farmers Market has helpedout the people who live in Roosevelt, it makes it easier for them to buy fresh vegetables.--Khourie 9. LESLIE IS THE ONE THAT SPEAKS SPANISH TO THECUSTOMERS. A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS SPEAK SPANISH. 10. PEOPLE PAY WITH WIC CHECKS [TO BE USED AT FARMERS MARKETS]. 11. ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE ON LINE TO PAY. THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH PEOPLE BUY. 12. More of RooseveltsCommunity Assets 13. THIS IS THE FIRE HOUSE. IT REPRESENTS ROOSEVELT. ITREPRESENTS SAFETY. IT WAS AN OLD BUILDING BEFORE. 14. IT IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE OLD SCHOOL WAS DIRTY. THE OTHER BUILDING BEFORE THIS WAS BAD. 15. BEFORE WE USED TO PLAY IN THE BACK IN THE DIRT WITH THIS OLD BUILDING. THERE WAS NO PLAYGROUND. 16. THE NEW ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. KIDS CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL. ITS A NICE SCHOOL. 17. OUR LIBRARY HAS THE LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLECTION IN NASSAU COUNTY. 18. ROOSEVELT PARK HAS A LOT MORE GREEN SPACEPLACE TO PICNIC AND A LAKE. 19. THE CREDIT UNION IS USED MORE BECAUSE IT IS LOCAL. WE CAN CASH CHECKS WITHOUT PAYING. IS A STRONG RESOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY. 20. MY SISTER SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HERE INSTEAD OF CENTENNIAL BECAUSE SHE IS IN A SELF CONTAINEDCLASSTHE CHARTER SCHOOL MIGHT HELP. 21. What We Want Changed in Roosevelt 22. PEOPLE DUMP ON THESE SITES. THE CONTAMINATIONGETS INTO PEOPLES HOMES AND CAUSES ILLNESSES ANDGENETIC PROBLEMS. I WORRY ABOUT THIS. 23. THIS SPACE LOOKS USELESS RIGHT NOW, LIKE NO ONE IS CARING. 24. Our Safety Concerns 25. THE SIGN TELLS PEOPLE TO STOP FIGHTING, BUT ITS NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP FIGHTING. 26. YOU JUST DONT WANT TO SEE A SWITCHBLADEOUTSIDE OF A PARK. ITS JUST WEIRD. 27. Barriers in Roosevelt to Healthy Food 28. THERE IS JUST DELIS, CHINESE FOOD AND MCDONALDS. IGET TIRED OF EATING THAT. 29. THEY [THE DELIS] ALL SERVE THE SAME THING, THEYDONT SERVE ANYTHING FRESH, LIKE VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. 30. Barriers in Roosevelt to Physical Activity 31. CENTENNIAL PARK. ITS A BAD PARK. PEOPLE GET HURT A LOT. 32. AT CENTENNIAL, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE OF THE OLDERMENHANGING OUT THERE. AND A LOT OF VIOLENTINCIDENTS HAPPEN THERE. 33. THEY SHOULD FIX THIS UP. THERE ARE MOSQUITOESHERE, ITS NASTY. ITS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS NOW. 34. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK HERETO PICK UP THEIR KIDS FROM SCHOOL. 35. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS OR CROSS WALKS HERE. THISCORNER IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN MOST CORNERS. THEY NEED A LIGHT THERE. 36. WHEN YOU SAY YOU LIVE IN ROOSEVELT, SOME PEOPLETHINK ITS LIKE A GHETTO NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME TIMES IT REALLY ISNT. 37. ROOSEVELT PHOTO VOICEWhat works What needs to be fixed Farmers Market Safety in public parks New school buildings Safety for pedestrians New firehouse More healthy food choices New library Safer places for physical activity Roosevelt Park Environmental hazards Charter school Neglected spaces Credit union How outsiders view Roosevelt 38. ROOSEVELT PHOTO VOICE PARTICIPANTS Chynah Crocker 16 Destiny Daniels17 Veronica Eromosele 16 Khourie Headen 17 Jonathan Howell16 Antonio Pineda 19 Leslie Pineda16 Kalif Rollock16 Lianne Webb16