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Celebrating over 30 years of

Empowering youth
through photography

Apply to our Free Youth Photography Mentorship Program

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MISSION STATEMENT

First Exposures leverages the power of mentoring relationships and photography to empower young people to thrive, express themselves creatively, and become leaders in their communities.

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Become a mentor or mentee and join our First Exposures family! 

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"First Exposures is the safe place where I can be myself. My mentor is the one I can confide in when I need any support."

Ella Dean, age 18, fifth-year mentee

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Since 2004, over 95 percent of our Mentees have gone on to pursue a college education.

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Right now, our mentees’ lives are changing at an alarming rate, and it’s so important that we prepare our young people for the world ahead of them. With compassion, attention, and support, we can help the next generation reach their potential. 

 

READ OUR EQUITY STATEMENT

We are living in a time in which solidarity can no longer be a noun, living only in our words and on our social media, but it must be a verb of action, protest, and unlearning. Read how First Exposures is committed to dismantling systemic inequality.

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