Name: Zoe Sullivan

Social Justice Group: Mass shootings in the U.S. / School Shooting in US

Date of Fieldwork: January 23, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Newtown Action Alliance

Type of Fieldwork: Direct Action

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

This week my group and I went lobbying. We met a woman named Angila Webber and she invited us to lobby with her and her organization. We joined a zoom and were greeted by many others who had also signed up with us. My group and I were given a list of names of senators and their phone numbers. Gunner, Kai, and Eliezer decided to split up and call the Senators on half the list while Beni and I called the other half. We mostly spoke to people through voicemails or assistants who picked up the phone. I think I learned a lot about how to talk and convince people and also more about gun laws that are being passed in the senate. We did it with an organization called the Newtown Action Alliance. I think it was overall a very fun and informative experience.