Child Soldiers

Invisible Children Interview

by Oliver

Name: Oliver Eig Social Justice Group: Child Soldiers Date of Fieldwork: November 15, 2017 Name of Organization: Invisible Children Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Elizabeth Guillen Type of Fieldwork: Interview What I did: We interviewed an Invisible Children employee (Elizabeth Guillen) in Los Angeles and asked her questions about Invisible Children, such as what their goals…

by Marlo

GRASP is the Gang Rescue and Support Project. They work to get all children in violent gangs to safer situations and help to reintegrate them. We interviewed Jason about the organization GRASP and what they do. We asked him about the organization’s programs for reintegrating kids out of “gang lives.”

by 22milesf

We went to the OPAC Turns 18 Conference at the UN. OPAC is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. They work with the UN, UNICEF, Child Soldiers International, and different governments to create action plans and mandate troops for peacekeeping sake from the UN security council. We observed panels where different experts in the field talked about action plans and next steps. It was a very interesting experience.

by 22milesf

We went to the CAAC offices and interviewed Daniel Palmer.

by 22milesf

we went into the offices of the UNICEF and had a conversation about what they do to help children in armed conflict. We also talked about what happens after a child is released.

by Marlo

Our group went to the OPAC Turns 18 Conference at the United Nations. OPAC is The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This basically means that they work to protect children from being recruited into armed conflict. The conference had multiple panels that reflected on the work from all different countries and organizations from the past 18 years.

by Oliver

We went to the UN and sat in on an OPAC meeting where the SRSG, her board, and country representatives, talked about Children In Armed Conflict and what is being done. We also sat in on a presentation by more country representatives and watched a video, and almost participated in a Q and A.

by Oliver

We went to the UN in New York City and interviewed Daniel Palmer.

by Oliver

I went to the UNICEF headquarters in New York City, and interviewed Tasha Gill about her work with children affected by armed conflict.

by Oliver

I marched at the Woman’s March.

by Marlo

I went to the high school and met with the school group going to the march. After that, the whole group took the 1 train to 79th street, where we all got off. We then went to Amsterdam and 75th Street where we marched south, holding signs. My favorite sign that I saw said, “Even my dog knows what NO means.” The march wasn’t just about Women’s Rights, even though it primarily was. It was also about fighting every social justice issue, weather it was fighting against Trump, Black Lives Matter, Gun Control, Sexual Trafficking, DACA, Immigration/Refugees, and so many other things.

by Oliver

We went to the United Nations headquarters and attended a briefing about our topic set up by Fabienne Vinet, and lead by Stephanie Tremblay. Alongside a group of Floridan college students and their chatty professor, we learned about what the UN is doing about the issue through Q/A’s, videos, and lectures.

by Oliver

by Marlo

We went to the UN Headquarters where we met Ms. Vinet, who we had been talking to for weeks. Once there, she took us to a briefing that her colleague (Ms. Tremblay) was having for a group of 25 college students from Florida, which we were invited to. The briefing consisted of Ms. Tremblay teaching us about the UN’s continued effort of ending Children and Armed Conflict.

by 22milesf

For this fieldwork we went to the UN and and listened to a briefing about children in armend conflict. We got a lot of informatin and we watched a video about the topic.

by Marlo

During the fieldwork we interviewed Ms. Guillen and asked her questions about KONY 2012, the future of the organization, and she told us ways that we might be able to find more organizations.

by Oliver

We interviewed an Invisible Children employee in Los Angeles and asked her questions about Invisible Children such as what their goals are and how they are trying to reach those goals.

by 22milesf

We called Elizabeth Gullien to find out more information about child soldiers and whatb Invisabel Children is doing. We asked what happened to Kony in 2012 and what is Invisables Childrens future plans. We aslo asked if alot of these rebel orginizations are very week and dont have a lot of money how do they fund their weapons.