A plan to take action that we had was to tell our students of the teach-in to visit Change.Organization to sign petitions to help solve the issue of poverty in New York City such as raising the minimum wage. We hoped this idea could help accomplish our goals as a group.
School of Visual Arts: Mapping Health of a Community Symposium
by Reggi
On Monday, February 1st, our Social Justice group returned to School Visual Arts to attend a symposium on health issues. We heard from important activists on this topic: community leader and public servant, Clyde Williams; Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Junior; Director of the Arnhold Global Health Institute, Doctor Prabhjot Singh; Rob Carmona, Co-founder of…
Washington Square Park Fieldwork
by Reggi
Our Social Justice group went to Washington Square Park to ask random citizens questions about poverty. We asked many different questions, and got all sorts of answers. All of the people we interviewed happened to be very smart, and they all gave amazing answers. Our group in total interviewed about six people, and each interview…
LSA Food Pantry Visit
by Reggi
Thursday January 24th, our Social Justice group visited LSA, Little Sisters Assumption, for the second time. We really enjoyed our first experience there and we learned a great deal from it. The people there were so friendly, and it overall seemed like a great community, so we decided to re-visit. This visit, we helped with…
Harlem Gallery Mapping and Meeting
by Reggi
On Wednesday January 20th Mark took our Social Justice group was went to the School of Visual Arts, to talk about Harlem, and what it means to live in Harlem. We were shown a gallery, and in that gallery was a big canvas with a birds-eye map of Harlem on it. They put pins on…
Breakfast With Santa and Mrs. Claus
by Reggi
Winter Break started, but our group didn’t stop! On Saturday, we went to Saint Brigid School to serve breakfast and assist children on paintings and coloring. We arrived at around 11:00, and stayed until around 1:00. My main job was to collect money for the raffle, and serve food. I really enjoyed assisting at this…
Little Sisters Assumption Family Health Services Fieldwork.
by Reggi
Our Social Justice group went to LSA: Little Sisters Assumption which is an organization that assists anyone living in poverty by supplying them with food. They also have a children’s education system, but since our group’s topic is Families In Poverty, we focused more on their food pantry. We were able to assist the LSA…
Social Justice Movie: Poor Kids.
by Reggi
Our Social Justice group recently watched a film directed on poor families, and their daily struggles. It was a really powerful movie that educated me about how hard a families life is when they are poor and in poverty, but I also learned how many families are currently living in poverty. I was shocked when I…
