Abstract Photographer and activist Nancy Shia reflects on her background and pathway to activism through photography in Adams Morgan and D.C. more broadly. She speaks about her early years in the community, the diversity, and changing characteristics of the neighborhood over time. She also discusses specific protests and campaigns to preserve public space in Adams Morgan and ensure access to housing for diverse groups of community members. Nancy also served two terms on the Advisory Neighborhood...

Abstract Photographer and activist Nancy Shia reflects on her background and pathway to activism through photography in Adams Morgan and D.C. more broadly. She speaks about her early years in the community, the diversity, and changing characteristics of the neighborhood over time. She also discusses specific protests and campaigns to preserve public space in Adams Morgan and ensure access to housing for diverse groups of community members. Nancy also served two terms on the Advisory Neighborhood...

Abstract Photographer and activist Nancy Shia reflects on her background and pathway to activism through photography in Adams Morgan and D.C. more broadly. She speaks about her early years in the community, the diversity, and changing characteristics of the neighborhood over time. She also discusses specific protests and campaigns to preserve public space in Adams Morgan and ensure access to housing for diverse groups of community members. Nancy also served two terms on the Advisory Neighborhood...

Abstract Photographer and activist Nancy Shia reflects on her background and pathway to activism through photography in Adams Morgan and D.C. more broadly. She speaks about her early years in the community, the diversity, and changing characteristics of the neighborhood over time. She also discusses specific protests and campaigns to preserve public space in Adams Morgan and ensure access to housing for diverse groups of community members. Nancy also served two terms on the Advisory Neighborhood...

Abstract Photographer and activist Nancy Shia reflects on her background and pathway to activism through photography in Adams Morgan and D.C. more broadly. She speaks about her early years in the community, the diversity, and changing characteristics of the neighborhood over time. She also discusses specific protests and campaigns to preserve public space in Adams Morgan and ensure access to housing for diverse groups of community members. Nancy also served two terms on the Advisory Neighborhood...

Abstract This oral history project uplifts the stories of leaders and ordinary people who helped change the course of banking history through collective action in the 1970s, leading Adams Morgan to become one of D.C.'s most multicultural, politically active communities. Through honest conversations about how financial discrimination and economic violence were overcome through personal and community resilience, the narrators reveal how extreme disparities persist and can be overcome. The Urban...