My group and I had the wonderful experience of meeting Mr.Ronald Kuby, a reputable American criminal defense and civil rights lawyer, radio talk show host and TV commentator. We went to his law office, where he gave us an interview entailing his past experiences with police brutality. When asked about why he is so taken…
Teens Against Racial Profiling
We are a group of three passionate eighth graders devoted to ending wrongful stop and frisk as well as racial profiling.
Interview With Vince Warren
by 19danielj
On December 11th, my group mates and I went to the offices of CCR. CCR, or Center for Constitutional Rights, is an organization that is dedicated to protecting the rights guaranteed by law. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed…
Know Your Rights Workshop—by Ashley Coneys
by 19justinb
On December 4th my group and I were lucky to have a woman named Ashley Coneys come to our classroom to conduct one of her “Know Your Rights” workshops. Ashley Coneys is the head project organizer at an organization named the PROP, Police Reform Organizing Project. We were introduced to Ashley during our previous interview…
Know Your Rights-Ashley Coneys
by 19danielj
On December 4th, my groupmates and I hosted Ashley Coneys at our school who taught a “Know Your Rights” Workshop. Ashley is the Project Organizer at P.r.o.p, or Police Reform Organizing Project, which is an organization that specializes in creating awareness about the current wasteful, unequal and racially biased, police activity in our city and…
Visit to One Police Plaza
by 19justinb
On the morning of December 2, my group and I visited the eminent 1 Police Plaza, in downtown Manhattan. This is a large fourteen floor building that serves as the location of the NYPD headquarters. Interestingly, Daniel’s mother actually works in the building and we were able to say a quick hello to her. As…
LREI Speaker Series: Public Policy and Wrongful Incarceration
by 19justinb
On Tuesday, November 18, our social justice group was able to attend an LREI Speaker Series about public policy, this year’s theme. More specifically, the event was about mass incarceration (incarcerating the wrong people, for the wrong reasons, for the wrong time). This panel featured Francis Greenburger, Ann Jacobs, JoAnne Page, Gabriel Sayegh, all who…
Interview With Robert Gangi
by 19justinb
On Wednesday the 12th of November, my group and I interviewed Robert Gangi the head of the Police Reform Organizing Project(PROP). PROP is an organization that is actively working on reforming, monitoring, and influencing smart and justified policing. We visited his office on broadway and W 36th in Times Square. This interview allowed us to…
LREI Speaker Series-Wrongful Incarceration
by 19danielj
On November 18th, my group members and I had the great opportunity to sit and listen to a panel on wrongful incarceration, organized by the Greenburger center.This event was held in the high school auditorium that evening and almost every seat was filled. There was a total of 5 or 6 members on the panel,…
Interview with Robert Gangi, Head Organizer for P.R.O.P,
by 19danielj
On Wednesday, November 12, my group members and I had the pleasure of meeting with the Head Organizer of the Police Reform Organizing Project. (PROP)Prop is a non-profit organization whose mission is to stop the current ineffective, unjust, discriminatory, and racially biased practices of the NYPD; to investigate police priorities and punish abusive conduct; and…
Visit to One Police Plaza, NYPD Headquarters
by 19danielj
On Tuesday, December 2nd, my group mates and I visited One Police Plaza. One Police Plaza is the headquarters of Nypd operations. It has 14 floors, each floor ascending with higher rank. The Commissioner is at the 14th, while the Chief of Department is on the 13th. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by Officer…
interview With Jaron Evelyn
by Troy
For our fieldwork, we decided to interview someone who was to familiar with racial profiling. We interviewed Jaron Evelyn, a seventeen year old Carribian-American high schooler who has been racially profiled over 8 times! Jaron recalls a time when he was stopped by police. His rights ware violated and the police officers used racial slurs.…
Interview with Mr Jaron Evelyn, Victim of Stop and Frisk/Racial Profiling and Brutality, 11/6/14
by 19danielj
On November sixth, my group had the pleasure of being able to interview Mr. Jaron Evelyn. At approximately 2:15 pm, he visited the middle school for an interview. We were able to get an open room in the Admissions office in order to conduct our interview. We had chosen him specifically because he is, unfortunately,…
Interview With Jaron Evelyn
by 19justinb
My social justice group and I were very lucky to have the chance to have an interview with Jaron Evelyn, a student at our very own high school. Unfortunately, Jaron has been unjustly stopped and frisked by NYPD police officers over 8 times. We were able to get a first-hand recollection of these terrible experiences…
Teens Against Racial Profiling
by Clair
We are a group of three passionate eighth graders devoted to ending wrongful stop and frisk as well as racial profiling. Click here to see all of our work so far.
