The Vision Project

About the Project

The goal of Vision Project is to produce documentary material and educational programs that encourage understanding and awareness about a broad range of social issues. This information and programming is for the general public with a particular focus on members of the younger generation.

Vision Project seeks to reinforce the social, cultural and historical value documentary work contributes to society. To reach these goals, we have assembled a talented group of professionals with extensive expertise in photography, web technology, journalism, design and education.

The Rural Healthcare in America Project explores healthcare as one of the paramount concerns of our times. Who has access to this care and who doesn’t? In the United States, the divide is not just between rich and poor, insured and uninsured. It is also about where you choose to live –- in the city or in the country. Who are these communities and what are they doing? What is the combination of conditions that have created successes or failures? How can others learn from what has already been initiated? The goal of the project is to create a comprehensive portrait on healthcare in rural America.

The complete documentary (done in still photography & text) will look at three different geographical areas in the nation confronting this situation. Each represents a section of the country where the need for rural healthcare is greatest. All of them have programs set up to address the problem.

The areas are: 1) The South - Mississippi Delta Region –Southern Rural Access Program 2) Rural Appalachia - West Virginia-Tug River Clinic & Marshall University Program 3) American West - Montana/Wyoming - Montana Family Practice Residency Program

Because each represents a microcosm of the problems faced by rural communities throughout the nation, the material will provide community leaders, healthcare workers and administrators with information they will need to make decisions about programs and policy in other areas of the country.

This material is made available to the general public on Vision Project's web site in the online magazine, Witness, and access to our archive.