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Over the past ten years, acclaimed artist Judy Gelles has interviewed and photographed more than 300 fourth-grade students from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds in China, England, India, Israel, Italy, Nicaragua, St. Lucia, South Africa, Dubai, South Korea, and multiple areas of the United States. She asked all of the students the same three questions: Who do you live with? What do you wish for? What do you worry about? The students’ stories capture the gamut of societal issues that we face today. Image: Photo by Judy Gelles

The Fourth Grade Project connects viewers locally and globally, bridging cultural differences by fostering a strong, tolerant, and global community. The project helps to decrease isolation and prejudice while asserting that every person’s story matters. Told in their own words, these children’s stories touch on some of our most pressing social issues and common human experiences.