On February 15th, Rachel, Rei and I headed out to a downtown elementary public school to watch CAPP’s child abuse prevention puppet show. We were going to be watching it with third and fourth graders, and I found how it was very interesting how the children interpreted the information. The puppet show was directed around…
Interview with Marion White of the Child Abuse Prevention Program on 2/8/17 (Image Taken from Google Images)
by Alexa
Our group traveled to the New York Foundling building to meet with Marion White, the Senior Program Director, Trevor Raushi, Kylie, and Laura Isherwood of the Child Abuse Prevention Program. We learned about how CAPP taught children about intense topics like sexual and physical abuse without traumatizing them. They created a fun puppet show to teach…
Meeting With the World Childhood Foundation on 1/17/17 (Photo Taken from Google Images)
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On this fieldwork, we met with various people who were part of the World Childhood Foundation at their NYC headquarters. We spoke to Joanna Rubinstein and Nicole Epps, and we had previously met with them two times in the past. Talking to Joanna, who is the president and CEO of Childhood, and Nicole, who is…
Volunteering with the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on 12/15/16 (Featured Image from Google Images)
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For this fieldwork, we partnered with the same team of people we had worked with before (one of the directors of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a new receptionist and funding administrator for the organization, and the development officer). What we did is we sorted through the thousands of…
Volunteering with the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on 12/11/16 (Featured Image from Google Images)
by Alexa
On this visit, we were invited to volunteer by one of the directors of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a new receptionist and funding administrator for the organization, and the development officer. During this fieldwork, I felt very happy because the idea of kids using what we were making…
Meeting with Nicole Epps World Childhood foundation on 12/6/16 (Featured Image from Google Images)
by Alexa
When we met with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset of the World Childhood foundation for the second time, it felt more like they were interviewing us rather than we were interviewing them. We also met the CEO of the organization Joanna Rubinstein as well on this meeting. It felt really nice and familiar to see…
Interview with a Child Abuse Survivor on 12/5/16
by Alexa
This interview has impacted how I see child abuse the most. We interviewed a child abuse survivor (for confidentiality reasons, they will not be named) in a private room in our school, and it was so different than any other interview we had ever done. When we had interviews with social workers and advocates, it…
Interview with Sarah McNamara on 11/16/16 at the New York Center for Children (photo taken from google images)
by Alexa
Our second interview we did was with the NY Center for Children Sarah McNamara, the senior social worker there. This organization works to provide therapy, medical, and recreational services to abused children. It is a non-for-profit organization, and a large amount of its budget comes from donations. When we arrived, we sat in a waiting…
Interview with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset, World Childhood Foundation HQ in New York City, 11/15 (photo taken from google images)
by Alexa
For our first fieldwork and attempt to learn more about taking action in our topic, we scheduled an interview with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset of the World Childhood foundation. We took the D train to West 31st street and walked to the building #715 on 183 Madison Ave. We took the beautiful glass elevator up…