Tally Photos #1

INTERVIEWS FROM FAMU STUDENTS ON HAZING & SECRECY

Tally Experience #1

Since it was difficult to get in touch with any of our official contacts we decided to take a different route and include the information but get the feedback of those directly affected by hazing and the new changes being implemented at Florida A&M University to monitor student organizations intake process.

We decided to take it to the streets and get feedback from concerned students and those already in on-campus organizations.

Some people were blind to the concept of hazing, others said they would never tolerate it.  The main point that everyone tried to stress was that no one is going to do anything to you that you didn't say was okay.  A lot of students perspective was that those that get hazed don't like to tell.  They go through it to try to fit in, not realizing that the secret code within organization are currently having a negative affect on the university as a whole.

Philly Photos #2

Philadelphia UNDERCOVER Police Officer

City Streets

Keifer Wright & Brother

Michael Thomas

Philly Experience #2

After getting the perspective from a younger generation about the G-Code, we turned to a undercover Philadelphia Police Officer that took us on a tour of the hard streets of Kensington, PA during the prime hours of prostitution and drug dealing.

He allowed us to take a ride in his vehicle with him as he spoke about the importance of people sharing any and all information with authorities pertaining to crimes.

The officer has been a cop for over 20 years and has dealt with issues of people not talking frequently ultimately leading up to crimes not getting solved.  It doesn't just affect those involved in the case but the community as a whole because the offender or suspects get to roam the streets freely because citizens are afraid and typically living in fear.  

David and Chopz both agreed that snitching comes with dire consequences, but when it has something to do with you directly sometimes you're left with no choice but to speak up or hold inside of you a secret that may slowly burn within you forever.

The undercover officer spoke about personal experiences he himself had to endure and said that the police always needs the publics help in order to put a serious dent in the amount of crime that occurs in and around the City of Philadelphia.      

Philly Photos #1

MICHAEL THOMAS

 KEIFER WRIGHT

"THE CREW"

DAVID MCINTOSH & CHOPZ HAMILTON 

Philly Experience #1

Before arriving to Philadelphia, I had the opportunity to shoot some scenery in Delaware which is where two young men were murdered doing a drug deal gone wrong.  The two men were from West Philadelphia and we were headed there to speak with their close friends about first hand encounters and about specific information pertaining to the incident.

David McIntosh, a childhood friend of Keifer and Mike, was very distraught over the recent killings of his two friends.  He expressed that it was a accident gone wrong and that God took his friends way too soon.  We followed David around the neighborhood so that we could experience in depth the connection that he shared with the two individuals.  

After taking a brief ride through the city with David, we went back to Keifer's mothers house where they often spent most of their free time.  Her house was known as the spot where everybody could go to feel a sense of comfort and just be together with the people that mean the most to you.  

David and another friend, Chopz Hamilton expressed their thoughts on the G-Code and how secrecy can directly affect you.  Then we sat down with both of them in the garage of Keifer's mothers house as they elaborated on the events that occurred the night their friends lost their lives to senseless violence.

They shared special moments with us that they had with Keifer and Mike.  Both David and Chopz were still outraged and in anger that someone had taken their friends lives but they understood the importance of people coming forth that knew information about the murders because that is the only way the killer could be brought to justice.  Later, we found out that the one who shot the two was a former acquaintance of Mike.