Name: Grace Burns

Social Justice Group: Maternal/Fetal Care

Date of Fieldwork: November 3, 2017

Name of Organization: Changing Woman’s Initiative

Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Nicolle Gonzales the founder of Changing Woman’s Initiative

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did:

We went to the Every Mother Counts counts office and spoke with Nicolle Gonzales. First, we packed marathon energy boost bags for the marathon and then we listened to her speak about how she grew up on the Navajo reservation and then she talked about her motivation and her goals. After that, we got to ask all the other questions that she didn’t answer.

What I learned:

We learned about the struggle of giving birth of a reservation. There is only one hospital on the reservation and for some people its over 3 miles away from where they live so women are constantly giving birth in the back of their car and missing the celebration of giving birth.

What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

Throughout this fieldwork I learned that the Navajo reservations are very ignored. There are so many tribes that aren’t even registered which means the government doesn’t give them money for running water, schools, and hospitals. These people are not being granted equal treatment as people who live in Manhattan like us.