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…
My group, Sarah Barlow, and I went to Washington square park to talk with strangers about child abuse. We felt that if we could find out what random people thought about child abuse we could understand how the world sees the issue. We asked around 10 people and got mixed results. Some people felt that…
On February 19, Marion White visited our school to talk about child abuse and The Child Abuse Prevention Program to the eighth grade. Marion has been such a large help to our group. The Child Abuse Prevention Program informs young children about child abuse using puppets. This way is child-friendly and effective, yet also gets…
On February 24, my group and I visited Manhattan Child Advocacy Center at 1753 Park Avenue and 122nd St. We walked into a very large building and were greeted by very welcoming people, including our tour guide John. First we went into a large conference room and had a great conversation. We told him about…
My group and I was very lucky to be able to interview Coe Booth. Mrs. Booth is a writer but she used to help child abuse victims. She would go into homes and help the children. She relived the experiences with us and you could really feel for these kids. These kids were not just…
On February 19th, my group and I were lucky to have Marion White, the Director of CAPP, visit LREI and speak with the entire 8th Grade about child abuse and what her organization does. Marion covered all aspects of child abuse, including neglect, physical, sexual, emotional abuse, what they are, why they happen, and what effects…
On February 24th, my group and I visited The Manhattan Child Advocacy Center on the Upper East Side. The Center consists of representatives from several different organizations and agencies, such as the Administration for Child Services and Safe Horizon. There were also detectives and members of the NYPD working there. At the Center, families who…
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 December 3rd my group and I went to a special puppet show presented by CAPP. It was at the school PS 506 where two people who have been trained by CAPP to go out and work at schools and demonstrate why child abuse is wrong. Before starting the actual show the two workers will…
We were lucky enough to get the opportunity to meet with the author Coe Booth and speak about her book Tyrell and speak about her own experiences. She came to our school and met with us in the library. She was very easy to talk to and was very open about her experience. Ms. Booth…
Our group wanted to not only to hear the perspective and opinions on our topic from experts, but the average person as well. We went to Washington Square park to ask people quick questions on child abuse and inform them about statistics in the United States. This was a very interesting…
On Wednesday, November 19th, my Social Justice group and I attended three field works, our last one of the day was attending the premiere of Tough Love, a documentary airing at AFC theater, just down the street from school. We had read about the premiere online, and were excited to see the film and gain insight into…
On Wednesday, December 3 our group visited a school to observe a puppet show done by the Child Abuse Prevention Program. We have worked with this organization before and the people are very nice and helpful. This organization puts on kid-friendly shows that express that some things are not safe, even for adults. Using puppets…
On Wednesday, December 17th, my group members and I headed to Washington Square Park to conduct several interviews with random people, as a way of collecting information about the general public’s knowledge of child abuse. In addition to collecting new data for ourselves to learn from and use, we also aimed to educate those that…
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 group members and I payed a visit to NYCC’s (The New York Center For Children’s) headquarters on the Upper East Side. It was our second fieldwork of the day, and our third one total, which gave us confidence in our ability to act professional and conduct a great interview. We…
On Wednesday November 5th my group and I traveled to the movie theater to see Tough Love. This movie was about two parents, Hannah from New York, and Patrick from Seattle who lost there kids because they neglected them. These parents were convicted even though they may not have been at true fault. The film…
On December 5, my group and…
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 group and I visited the New York Center for Children. This is a place where children who have been abused before can go and get therapy. They have many toys for the children to play with so they can feel right at home, while being asked difficult questions. As we…
New York Center for Children is a place for healing and helping children who have experienced abuse. As we…
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 November 19th, our group travelled downtown the the New York Court, located on Lafayette Street, where we volunteered at Adoption Day. Adoption Day is a joyous day where several adoption cases are legally finalized in court, and then celebrated. Diane and Roy, two adoption clerks that work at the Court, invited us to…
On Wednesday November 19, my group and I volunteered at The New York Court located at 60 Lafayette. It was an amazing experience and we felt very welcomed. As we walked in to the part of the sixth floor, we were all surprised by the intimacy and comfortable feeling that lasted through the room. The…
On Wednesday November 19th my group and I went to the New York Family Court. We helped out Diana and Roy with adoption day. This is a day where families who have gone through the long and tenuous process where they adopt a kid. The kid could have been placed into a Foster House, taken…
On November 5, our Social Justice group met with the founder and director of an organization called Child Abuse Prevention Program, located in Greenwich Village. This was our first fieldwork and was set up as an interview with Marian White, who is very involved with making a change for children who are faced with abuse.…
On Wednesday November 5th my group and I went on a trip to the Child Abuse Prevention Program or know as CAPP. When we went we had no idea about what we were going to see. We had spoken to Marion White who is the Founder of the organization but we didn’t know what we…
On November 5th, my social justice group and I payed a visit to the New York Center for Children, or CAPP, in the Greenwich Village. CAPP is an independent, non-profit organization that aims to educate children on child and sexual abuse and how to stay safe. CAPP does so by putting on unique puppet shows…
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…
We are four eighth graders who feel strongly against the ways in which child abuse robs innocent youth of the pleasant, carefree childhood that they are entitled to. 80% of child abuse cases go unreported, and we believe that no child should live in a situation where they feel unsafe in their very own homes.…
