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My name is Nolan and I am a student at LREI a private school in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. My social justice topic is war and violence, specifically inner city violence and gang violence. I am passionate about this topic because in certain parts of the city I live in, New York City, there is violence and gang violence.

Meeting with Daniel Wilkinson as Human Rights Watch

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On March 7th, 2014, our whole group attended a meeting with Daniel Wilkinson from Human Rights Watch. We went to the Human Rights Watch offices in the Empire State Building to meet with him. The Human Rights Watch organization works on revealing violations of human rights to the governments of their countries. They work for…

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Interview with Richard Aborn 12/10/13

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Richard Aborn is the president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York, an organization that deals with crime reduction in the streets of New York, and strengthen the criminal justice system of New York. The goal of this fieldwork was to get information from someone who’s job is dealing with crime in New York.…

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Gun Violence March in Poughkeepsie 11/16/13

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After our interview with Donna Dees, she invited us to a gun violence march located in Poughkeepsie, New York. It was a march supporting stricter gun laws throughout the US. The goal of this fieldwork was to actually get involved in and support the movement for stricter gun laws instead of only conducting interviews about…

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Interview with Donna Dees, 11/7/13

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Donna Dees is an activist for gun violence prevention and gun violence laws in the United States. She is the founder of Million Moms March, a group of almost a million moms who marched in Washington for stricter gun laws throughout the United States. On November 7th we met with Donna in our school for…

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