Name: Abigail (Gail) Pena

Social Justice Group: Prisons: The Death Penalty (C)

Date of Fieldwork: January 24, 2025

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Museum of the City of New York

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

On Jan 24, 2025, on a field trip to the MCNY. Our main focus was on an exhibit about activism in New York. I saw and heard about a lot of different protests and movements, some that I’ve never even heard of before. My favorite was about a group called the Young Lords Organization. It was founded in the 1960’s by African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other Latinx people in New York who demanded better equity and funding for neighborhoods like East Harlem and South Bronx. One of their most famous protests happened in 1969, when they blocked traffic on 110th street with piles of garbage to protest against inadequate sanitation. Overall, going to the MCNY was very educational, and it caused me to think more about my own CAP topic.