Name: Luke Niziol

Social Justice Group: Violence in Haiti (B)

Date of Fieldwork: February 21, 2025

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Hope for Haiti-Briana Beauvoir

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

We had the opportunity to meet with Briana Beauvoir from Hope for Haiti. Briana is Hope for Haiti’s Director of Philanthropy. She helps with all of the funding and emails that they receive. During our interview, we learned about Hope for Haiti’s Hike for Haiti event. The Hike for Haiti event is about registering as a team to Hike the equivalent of 200 flights of stairs to raise awareness for Haiti. As of right now, Haiti needs our help more than ever. There is violence everywhere, and the thought of being murdered comes up everyday.

The organization Briana Beauvoir works at, Hope for Haiti, is a not profitable organization aiding Haitian communities in southern Haiti. Briana had told us about Hope for Haiti’s work, giving 7,000 children schooling. What we learned from the interview was Briana’s thoughts on Haiti in the media. Since Donald Trump was saying immigrants were eating dogs and cats in Springfield, for the people that believed that, it gave them a negative view of Haitian people. Haitians people are very kind, and it is upsetting that people view them like this. The media gives Haitian people a negative portrayal whenever they actually cover the media.