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The Hines Fellowship: Documenting Transformation at Project Hope

Sister Margaret Leonard, Founder and Director, Project Hope, Boston

"Although we do education and childcare and shelters and policy change, we really felt our core competency was 'transformation,' having a relationship with women in such a way that they change. They change themselves and their families. They transform their understanding of their world and began to see themselves as agents of social change, in their kids’ schools and in their neighborhoods, and in their larger community.
 
So when Libby (our Hine Fellow) came here, we asked her to document this transformation process. She jumped into it in spite of its vagueness. She did two really good videos for us that really started to document this and then she did all these podcasts.
 
Our expectation was that she would help us document transformation and she did that. When I look at the end products -- the video pieces and the audio podcasts--we are now much clearer about outcomes for data tracking.

I also found her process really fascinating. When she did the podcasts she really helped the women articulate and find their voice and learn and then tell their own stories. I came to see that documentary work could be part of an ongoing growth development program with these women. I use Libby’s video in a variety of ways. I show it in retreats and help the women we work with look at what’s happening in the own lives and women’s lives across the country and help identify ways we can affect policy change."