Name: Sam Isbell

Social Justice Group: Gun Violence Epidemic: NYC and USA

Date of Fieldwork: January 12, 2024

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

Type of Fieldwork: [69]

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

the UN is home to many gifts from many places in the world. They all meant something to me but the one that stuck out to me the most was a sculpture named non-violence this sculpture was originally made to pay respects to the late john Lennon and to protest all the violence in this world. this sculpture was made by john Lennon’s friend after he died and was placed in central park then given to the UN after the government of Luxembourg bought it. another interesting thing i learned was what peacekeeper operations are. A peace keeper operation is essentially when the UN security council decides that a rising or consistent problem is large enough to send task forces out to help settle disputes and keep peace. there are many of these task forces around the world and they are a big part in what the UN does to work towards world peace.