Name: Ruby Wexler

Social Justice Group: Refugees

Date of Fieldwork: December 6, 2017

Name of Organization:

Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Ahmed Al’Rubaye

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did:

We had a face-time interview with Mr. Al’Rubaye, a refugee from Iraq, who gave us first hand information on refugees.

What I learned:

One thing that we learned was that generally you are allowed to come into America with your family, though people over the age of twenty-one are counted separately. So if you were trying to get into America with your family, and your brother was twenty-one he may not be allowed to enter with your family.

What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

I learned that people who have been in a situation, like being a refugee, often want to help others in that same situation because they know how it feels.