Name: Harvey F. Mollison

Social Justice Group: Global Warming (A)

Date of Fieldwork: February 11, 2025

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

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

We interviewed Sasha Abraham from the MOCEJ. She spoke about how important the impact that communities have on the climate change crisis. She echoed a lot of what we had heard regarding the fact that climate change does not impact all people equally. She talked about how important it was to recognize that people who have more money and resources are going to have massive advantages in the future.

She continued to discuss the possible solutions to climate change more specifically in the NYC environment. This included solar power, green infrastructure, and natural resources. It was quite helpful to hear this because it really backs up what we had been talking about in our research. Since we had not previously spoken about climate with a government agency it was very interesting to hear their perspective.

Despite this, the interview largely remained reminiscent of many other things we had heard from our interviewees. She was very emphatic and passionate about her topic and seemed to want to get the word out not just to adults but also to kids like us.