For this interview, Alexa, Rei and I traveled to The New York Foundling building on 6th avenue between 16th and 17th street. There we interviewed the Senior Program Director Marion White, and her team. Since its start 1986, the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) has been successful in giving children the tools they need to prevent and report abuse…
On this visit, we were invited to volunteer by Inessa Spencer, and Beverly Orth-Geoghegan. Our job was to assemble arts and crafts toys for kids who have been abused. We along with 4 other volunteers, and 5 other staff members cut out hundreds of paper flowers for the children to make boquets out of. The people…
I think so far, this interview has affected my group most. We interviewed a child abuse survivor. For confidentiality reasons, the name of the survivor will not be named. In a private room in our school, we interviewed her about her experiences. When we interviewed this person, the conversation felt real, she wasn’t hiding anything…
Our second interview we did was at the NY Center for Children. We interviewed Sarah McNamara, the senior social worker there. This organization provide therapy, medical, and recreational services to kids who’ve been abused in any way, such as; sexually, physically, emotionally, and psychiatrically. They also work with victims of neglect. It is a non-for-profit…
For our first fieldwork we scheduled an interview with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset of the World Childhood Foundation. We took the D train to West 34th street and walked to their New York headquarters at 183 Madison Ave. We were greeted at their seventh floor sweet and were invited in. We were given water,…
