{"id":221,"date":"2025-06-02T19:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nataliamds.org\/equitablepathways\/?p=221"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:01:09","slug":"lifes-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/photographers\/cesar-rodriguez\/lifes-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Life\u2019s Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by <\/strong>Cesar Rodrigue<\/strong>z<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Picturing the future:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The center of the photo is a new building project \u2013 the present. The building on the left is the past \u2013 a historic building that was the first Black school in Miami– a lot they are preserving. The buildings in the background are the future. You have to start from the foundation and build up, but it\u2019s always important to remember the past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Call to Action<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Change is good. Change is hard work. New Hope helped me make a change with a Section 8 housing voucher. Housing is giving me an opportunity to get out of the streets, where I was basically all my life. Housing helps me behave differently, give me new responsibilities, and a peace of mind.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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MORE PHOTOS<\/strong> BY CESAR RODRIGUEZ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n