Name: Sebastian Harding

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Homelessness—Communities of Color and Children

Date of Fieldwork: January 31, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Nicole McVinua from Urban Pathways

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?[:: :

Our group interviewed Nicole McVinua from Urban Pathways on January 31st. She is the Director of Policies at Urban Pathways and has been devoted to her goal of ending homelessness for the past 3 years. During the interview, Nicole went over her whole story and why she chose to work with Urban Pathways. Something that I specifically remember from the interview was when she said that her clients/patients are mostly African-American then Latinx.

She also said that even though there are many reasons for homelessness, the most common reason for homelessness is that housing is too expensive. I personally live in one of the biggest cities in the world and one of the most expensive as well. New York City has one of the biggest homeless populations in the US. Nearly one in every 106 New Yorkers is homeless. This interview was essential to our research and I am glad that we spoke to Nicole.