Source: The Michigan Daily

http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/24/40b18c8cc2351

On May 24, 2004 The Michigan Daily reported, "Bill McNeece, director of photography for the Pluralism Project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, said photography of different religious events taken by himself and students participating in the project often elicit questions about how he managed to take a trip around the world. What people viewing the exhibition soon discover is that the pictures were all taken within 45 minutes of his Farmington home. Southeast Michigan is home to five million people and a multitude of faiths, but people are generally unacquainted with the diversity that exists in their communities, Claude Jacobs, director of the Pluralism Project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, explained Tuesday. 'These are really images from Southeastern Michigan that most people just aren’t aware of, this diversity, and it of course has implications for the way that we interact with each other, the way that we think about each other, and the way that we think about ourselves,' Jacobs said."