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Hillary Harvey Civics Portraits

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Portraits in civics, from a class co-taugh by Zephyr Teachout and Jennifer Schwartz Berky at the Kingston Library in June 207. Photos by Hillary Harvey.

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Zephyr Teachout and former Ulster County District 7 Legislator Jennifer Schwartz Berky, who co-taught a civics class at Kingston Library in summer 2017.

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Karen Miller testified before the Ulster County Legislature for the first time after her preparation in civics class.

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Joe Fitzgerald is on the Zoning Board of Appeals in Kingston: “If we all understood our constitutions—state and federal—and took our responsibility as citizens more seriously, we’d perhaps be able to promote a beneficial dialogue.”

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Andrea Best: “I’m a first-time home owner, and that’s compelling me to get involved in community issues more than in the past.”

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Zephyr Teachout at the Kingston Library during last summer’s civics class, which she co-taught with Jennifer Schwartz Berky.

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Jayce Rudi-Leathers is a software engineer: “I’m taking this class because I want to build technological solutions to problems that are facing us on a local scale.”

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Estela Aquino-Woych is a member of NYS Nurses’ Association and President of the local Health Alliance Mary’s Avenue Campus. Her husband, Bruce Woych, is a cultural anthropologist.

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Jimmy Buff is Executive Director at Radio Kingston: “What has been most rewarding to me in these classes is to see how many people who have come out to learn more about the process so that they can participate.”