GRASP is the Gang Rescue and Support Project. They work to get all children in violent gangs to safer situations and help to reintegrate them. We interviewed Jason about the organization GRASP and what they do. We asked him about the organization’s programs for reintegrating kids out of “gang lives.”
OPAC Turns 18 at the UN
by Marlo
Our group went to the OPAC Turns 18 Conference at the United Nations. OPAC is The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This basically means that they work to protect children from being recruited into armed conflict. The conference had multiple panels that reflected on the work from all different countries and organizations from the past 18 years.
Women’s March NYC 2018
by Marlo
I went to the high school and met with the school group going to the march. After that, the whole group took the 1 train to 79th street, where we all got off. We then went to Amsterdam and 75th Street where we marched south, holding signs. My favorite sign that I saw said, “Even my dog knows what NO means.” The march wasn’t just about Women’s Rights, even though it primarily was. It was also about fighting every social justice issue, weather it was fighting against Trump, Black Lives Matter, Gun Control, Sexual Trafficking, DACA, Immigration/Refugees, and so many other things.
Children Learning About #ChildrenNotSoldiers
by Marlo
We went to the UN Headquarters where we met Ms. Vinet, who we had been talking to for weeks. Once there, she took us to a briefing that her colleague (Ms. Tremblay) was having for a group of 25 college students from Florida, which we were invited to. The briefing consisted of Ms. Tremblay teaching us about the UN’s continued effort of ending Children and Armed Conflict.
Learning About Invisibility During Interview with Elizabeth Guillen from Invisible Children
by Marlo
During the fieldwork we interviewed Ms. Guillen and asked her questions about KONY 2012, the future of the organization, and she told us ways that we might be able to find more organizations.
