More than 46 million people live below the poverty line in the United States. That’s 15% of the American population.
Category Archives: Women & Children in Poverty
Little Sisters Assumption Family Health Services Fieldwork.
Our Social Justice group went to LSA: Little Sisters Assumption which is an organization that assists anyone living in poverty by supplying [...]
Interview with Rodney Lucas 2/2/15
Rodney Lucas was born into poverty. He was, among other children, living in poverty with little to no hope of escaping the poverty cycle. We [...]
Interview with Rodney Lucas, 2/2/15
On Monday, February 2nd, 2015, my group members and I called Rodney Lucas, an international rapper, Siena’s close friend, and who was [...]
Interview with Rodney Lucas/ F.Stokes
On February 2nd, my group and I had a phone interview/ conversation with Rodney Lucas aka F.Stokes. I have known Rodney for a handful of yea [...]
Interview and Tour of Empowered By You 12/11/14
When we first got to the building where Empowered by You work, we were surprised about the fact that the floor was shared by many small comp [...]
Interview with Charlotte from Empowered by You 12.11.14
On Thursday, December 11th, 2014, Siena, Monica and I took the B train to 42nd street, to meet with the co-founder of Empowered by You. Empo [...]
Interview with Lauren Mucciolo 11/24/14
When we contacted Lauren Mucciolo, the producer of “Poor Kids” she was very eager to help us learn more about our topic. We fou [...]
Interview with Lauren Mucciolo 11.24.14
On Monday, November 24th, Siena, Monica and I had an interview with a woman named Lauren Mucciolo. Lauren is the producer of a documentary c [...]
Tour of Empowered By You with Charlotte
On December 11th, my group traveled on the subway to 39th street to the offices of Empowered By You, an organization that makes their money [...]
Interview with Lauren Mucciolo, the producer of the Documentary: Poor Kids
On November 24th, my group and I had an interview with Lauren Mucciolo in the school library. I have to say, waiting for someone that you ha [...]
Women in Need (WIN) 11/20/14
This past Thursday the 20th of November my group and I visited the Women in Need organization (WIN). This organization helps families, espec [...]
Arts & Crafts with WIN organization. 11.20.14
On Thursday November 20th, 2014, my group and I went to WIN (Women In Need) organizations East Harlem branch to do some volunteer work. WIN, [...]
Making Hand Turkeys at WIN
On November 20th, my group had our second fieldwork. We had been conversing with a woman from the WIN (Women in need) organization. When we [...]
Volunteering at a Coalition for the Homeless soup kitchen 10.16.14
On Thursday, October 16th, my group and I went to 51st st. between Park and Lexington, to volunteer at a soup kitchen, run by Coalition for [...]
Coalition for the Homeless 10/16/14
My group and I had scheduled a fieldwork visit with this organization that fed the homeless. After a couple of calls and voicemails we were [...]
Coalition for the Homeless
On Thursday October 16th, Monica, Ava, Nancy (Ava’s stepmom), and I went to Bartholomew’s Church which is where an Organization call [...]
Women & Children in Poverty
More than 46 million people live below the poverty line in the United States. That’s 15% of the American population. To see our work s [...]
