The last fieldwork that we went on was a trip to the law offices of Ronald Kuby. His daughter went to LREI when she was younger. Ronald Kuby is a criminal defence and civil rights lawyer. He is also a talk show host for WABC. Some of the people he represented were Malcom X’s daughter…
Speaker Series
by Troy
For our third fieldwork, we went to a speaker series on juvenile incarceration at the LREI Highschool. There we listened to Frank Greenburger and other social justice activists. We learned that though America has just 5 percent of the world’s population, it has 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated. This was very shocking, I never…
Ashley Coneys Visit
by Troy
On December 4th, 2014, my group and I had the pleasure of having Ashley Coneys come to our class to give a “Know Your Rights” workshops to our whole grade. We met Ashley Coneys at our visit to the Police Reform Organizing Project. (PROP) There, she is the Head Project Organizer. This workshop was a…
Interview With Bob Gangi
by Troy
On November 12, 2014, my group and I met with Bob Gangi, the head Organizer of PROP. PROP is the Police Reform Organizing Project, this is a non-profit organization that’s mission is to stop the current ineffective, unjust, discriminatory, and racially biased practices of the NYPD. They’re also trying to stop abusive conduct and treatment…
Visit to One Police Plaza
by Troy
On Tuesday, December 2nd, my group mates and I visited One Police Plaza. One Police Plaza is where the headquarters of New York City Police Department is located. The building is 14 stories located near the Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan. The New York City Police Commissioner is located on the tope floor. When we…
interview With Jaron Evelyn
by Troy
For our fieldwork, we decided to interview someone who was to familiar with racial profiling. We interviewed Jaron Evelyn, a seventeen year old Carribian-American high schooler who has been racially profiled over 8 times! Jaron recalls a time when he was stopped by police. His rights ware violated and the police officers used racial slurs.…
