Name: Julian Silver

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Access, Equity and Inequity in Youth Sports

Date of Fieldwork: January 24, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):City Parks Foundation

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?:

My group spoke with Jonathan Gamberg on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, about what he has accomplished with the City Parks Foundation. All five boroughs of the city have parks where Jonathan works. In his department at the City Parks Foundation, he works with only two other full-time employees.

We discovered during the conversation that the City Parks Foundation provides several free sports programs in parks all across New York City. There are very few kids-only golf courses nationwide, according to Jonathan. Throughout the interview, He provided us with a lot of great knowledge and provided excellent responses to all of our questions. The City Parks Foundation provides free sporting events in several parks around New York City for kids age 6-18! Something that I found really interesting was that after these kids outgrow the programs, he provides them jobs working there, which is a great opportunity for people who need to make money