Name: Casey Veldhouse
Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Pay Gap for Women Athletes
Date of Fieldwork: February 11, 2022
Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Felisa Israel
Type of Fieldwork: Interview
What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :
We met with Felisa Israel, who worked as the entertainment manager for the Phoenix Mercury for more than twenty years, a successful entrepreneur, and a huge inspiration for many young females around the nation. We asked her several questions and she hit the bullseye.
We learned a lot, such as how difficult it is to be female in a male dominated industry. Also, we learned how even though she had no experience in working in the sports industry, she took the job with Phoenix Mercury and became one of the most successful women in the sports industry. She made a change in how people view hip-hop by having the Mercury dance team dance to hip-hop and dress like rappers. People began to love this and without her, I don’t know where the dance/music industry in sports would be today.
