This weekend, a mother saw her son for the first time in three years

by Douglas Keillor | Feb 28, 2017 | News

This past weekend, we started our monthly “Family Reunification” project for children in prison in Chihuahua state. Olivia Meneses, our project director, worked with the prison´s list of four teenagers who have not had visitors for months. They all live at least three...

The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 4

by Douglas Keillor | Sep 21, 2016 | News

Part 4: Two boys, one seeing his mother for the first time in 11 months, one seeing his mother for the last time Olivia and Amanda returned from Chihuahua state on Monday after three very busy days with our Family Reunification Project – helping families...

The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 3

by Douglas Keillor | Sep 16, 2016 | News

Part 3: Normalizing the Trauma and Dehumanizing Kids Our Family Reunification Project and the “Every Child Has a Story” documentary heads out this weekend to Chihuahua state. The goal is to help families who cannot afford to visit their children in prison get...

The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 2

by Douglas Keillor | Sep 11, 2016 | News

Part 2: Olivia calls the family (Read Part 1) Last week, Olivia, our project coordinator, received the list of teenagers in the detention centers in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua who do not receive visitors because their families are too poor. Sixteen children’s names,...

The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 1

by Douglas Keillor | Sep 8, 2016 | News

Part 1: Leaps of Faith Two years ago this month we completed our “Dia de Visita” photography documentary project. My wife Amanda took the photographs and I interviewed children and their families on visiting day at the detention center. It was quite a challenge to get...