Name: Jamie Neiberg
Social Justice Group: 2018-2019, Homelessness & Education
Date of Fieldwork: January 15, 2019
Name of Organization: P.S. 446
Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Amir Brann, Social Worker and Volunteer/Interview Coordinator and Meghan Dunn, Principal
Type of Fieldwork: Interview
What I did:
We interviewed Amir Brann and Meghan Dunn on what they’ve done to help Housing Unstable children receive the best education possible, and make families lives easier!
What I learned:
I learned about how they try to deliver an academic as well as whole child public school education. What they do to make school as stable as possible for kids whose other aspects of life are not constant. And, the additional resources they must provide to help the students grow as much as they can.
What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:
I learned many many things about social justice through this fieldwork. But specifically about how homelessness is such a problem that the government has just instated a new job for public schools to have one person who just helps the housing unstable kids. I think this job represents a new normal.
