Name: Ava

Social Justice Group: 2018-2019, Homelessness & Education

Date of Fieldwork: November 30, 2018

Name of Organization: The Arthur Project

Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Liz Murray

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did:

On November 30th we went to the Bronx to a public school to visit Liz Murray. Liz Murray was homeless and alone at 15 with her parents being drug attics. She later went to high school and took a full year of school every semester. She graduated high school and went on to Harvard and graduated and made the Organization called Arthur project. Arthur Project helps kids who are in poverty or housing instability, get an education and get out of the poverty/homeless cycle.

What I learned:

I learned so much about her story and how that effected the entire rest of her life. She told us about what she does in the Arthur Project and why she started it. She told us about Arthur who inspired the Arthur project and inspired her to go back to school and she is very grateful for him. She answered all our question in descriptive detail and she connected them to her own life.

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

I learned that education is an amazing way to get out of being homeless. I also learned that i should appreciate my education so much more than i do. I am so privileged to have a good education and a roof on my head and I take that for granted. I learned that everyone should also have the right to education and you can accomplish anything if you really try.