Name: Olivia Bagan

Social Justice Group: Menstrual Health

Date of Fieldwork: January 16, 2018

Name of Organization: City Hall

Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Sara Shoener, Senior Policy Advisor on the Mayor’s Board for Gender Equity

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did:

We took the train to City Hall and went to the “bullpen” with Sara Shoener. We interviewed her about the legislative side of our topic and how her job affects menstrual equity.

What I learned:

I learned that my group ended up knowing more about menstrual equity than our interviewee did. It was strange that someone whose job is to make sure that everyone has what they need to lead equal and healthy lives didn’t know as much as we did about that topic.

What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

I learned that we can’t depend on the government to fix everything and that sometimes you have to take action into your own hands because you might know more than you think.