Back in December, my social justice group and I decided to conduct mini interviews to gain information on the knowledge of child abuse an everyday person has. So, with Sarah Barlow at our side, we took to the streets and asked nine willing strangers three simple questions. When asked, “what is child abuse,” a man…
On December 6th, 2014, my social justice group and I interviewed Coe Booth, a former social worker and author of four books: Tyrell, Kendra, Bronxwood and Kinda Like Brothers, all of which are about American low income families trying to make it despite their situations. Ms. Booth graduated from college in 1996, and soon after…
On Wednesday, December 3rd, our group was invited to attend one of the Child Abuse Prevention Program’s workshops at P.S. 506. We’ve worked with CAPP before, but have never seen them in action, so this was a great opportunity to get a sense of how they go about actually educating the kids. When we got…
On Wednesday, November 19th, my social justice group and I went to a film at the IFC Center called ‘Tough Love.’ The film is a documentary directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal, focusing on two parents in the midst of the Child Welfare System, Hannah from New York City, and Patrick from Seattle, who had been separated…
On Wednesday, November 19th, my social justice group and I went to NYCC, or The New York Center For Children. This is an organization that provides therapy, as well as mental and medical support for children of all ages that have gone through abuse. When we got there, a woman named Christine Crowther, the administrative…
On Wednesday, November 19th, my social justice group and I went to Manhattan Family Court to volunteer at their Adoption Day event. At this particular event, around a third of the children being adopted had been abused with their former families/guardians. When we got there, thirty minutes early, there was already a huge line leading up…
On Wednesday, November 5th, my group and I went on our first fieldwork to the Child Abuse Prevention Program (or CAPP)’s headquarters in Manhattan. We were all fairly nervous when wegot to the building on Christopher street with the very official-looking golden-plated metal letters on the front, reading: “Center for Child Protection.” When we entered…
