Name: Sam Mehl

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Street and Workplace Harassment

Date of Fieldwork: February 21, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Gloria Allred at the law firm Allred, Maroko and Goldberg

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?[:: :

On February 21, our group had the honor to meet with the legendary Gloria Allred. She is an attorney known for taking high profile cases related to women’s rights or sexual harassment. One of her most famous cases is the Bill Cosby case, where she represented several of the women who alleged sexual assault against the comedian. Before meeting with Ms. Allred we watched a documentary about her on Netflix called “Seeing Allred.”

We discussed with her a lot of common patterns in “rape culture” and how she chooses her clients. She talked about how letting harassment go on in the workplace is such an unfair disadvantage because those in that position are often not able to do anything about it.

We were so lucky to have such an amazing opportunity to meet with Ms. Allred and we have learned so much from her.