Name: Ty David

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Mass Incarceration in the U.S.

Date of Fieldwork: February 4, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Sophia Henager – Equal Justice Initiative

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 Friday, February 4, our group had the amazing opportunity to talk to Sophia Henager who is a Law Fellow for the Equal Justice Initiative. EJI is an incredible organization that challenges racial and economic injustice in America, helps educate people on mass incarceration, and supports people with unjust punishments. Sophia was generous to accept a 45 minute, unrecorded interview over Google meet where she answered many of our concerning questions relating to our topic. A few things we learned about were, how mass incarceration started in America, the racial targeting and injustice people of color deal with in America, under budgeting of U.S. prisons, and the issues of misdiagnosing mental health. We are very lucky that we got the chance to meet Sophia and are grateful for the opportunity.