Name: Samuel Curry-Levine

Social Justice Group: Homelessness—Communities of Color and Children

Date of Fieldwork: February 2, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Sham DaBaron(Da Homeless Hero)

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

On Wednesday, the 2nd of February, our group met with Shams DaBaron. Or as many know him today as Da Homeless Hero. Since he himself experienced homelessness, we got to understand his life story and how he eventually became Da Homeless Hero. We understood even during treacherous years of his life, especially during Covid and being in foster care at a young age, he continued to find ways to read books and really allowed this content to inspire him for his name(Da Homeless Hero) and his work.

We even got to fully understand his work in theater and how he uses that to make people aware of homelessness and teaches them ways they can help. It really inspired our group to do more for our community. That’s why, we might even be able to see his performance in school, try contacting groups to bring care packages to shelters, and find other ways to help our community. It was really important to speak with someone who experienced the human rights issue we are working on and researching about this year. His story was remarkable and really special to be able to hear about.