Name: Julian Silver

Social Justice Group: Access, Equity and Inequity in Youth Sports

Date of Fieldwork: January 23, 2023

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

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?:

Our group met with Chris Klein on Monday, January 23rd, 2023. He works at LREI as a math teacher, a coach for boys varsity basketball, girls varsity volleyball, and a summer camp. He talked about how all kids should have the same opportunities to play sports with a variety of people coming from different backgrounds. He also spoke about how diversity can affect sports teams in a very positive way. Chris attended a test-in public school in Manhattan, where he spent his whole time playing basketball. He also participated in sports programs outside of the school. He is a strong believer that every kid who wanted to participate in sports, should have the opportunity to do so.

Chris also let us know that his sister works at the NBA care center. This was really interesting and could be really helpful for our project if we toured it. I think the best part of the interview were the connections that he had with people because not only did we get a good interview with him, but it will also get us interviews with other people.