More than 46 million people live below the poverty line in the United States. That’s 15% of the American population.
Our Social Justice group went to LSA: Little Sisters Assumption which is an organization that assists anyone living in poverty by supplying them with food. They also have a children’s education system, but since our group’s topic is Families In Poverty, we focused more on their food pantry. We were able to assist the LSA…
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 first heard about him when our group member, Siena, introduced the idea of interviewing him because she knew him from before. She explained the conditions that Rodney Lucas had been…
On Monday, February 2nd, 2015, my group members and I called Rodney Lucas, an international rapper, Siena’s close friend, and who was formerly impoverished. Rodney grew up in the South side of Chicago, in a small house with his mother, aunt, uncle, and younger siblings. After living there for a while, his aunt and uncles…
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 years. During that time, I got to know about his rap career and how he broke the cycle of poverty. He grew up in the South Side of Chicago in…
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 companies that were just starting out. Everyone was very busy and seemed to be intrigued at why a group of 8th grade girls were doing at their workspace. When…
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. Empowered by You is an underwear company that uses the profits to help women start up their own companies. They find women all over the world and get them going.…
When we contacted Lauren Mucciolo, the producer of “Poor Kids” she was very eager to help us learn more about our topic. We found out about her through Momii. She told us that we should watch the movie and try to contact either the director or producer. When we did, Lauren agreed to come to LREI and so we…
On Monday, November 24th, Siena, Monica and I had an interview with a woman named Lauren Mucciolo. Lauren is the producer of a documentary called “Poor Kids”, along with her colleague Jezza Neumann. The movie follows the lives of three kids, Brittany, Kaylie, and Jonny, all of whom struggle with staying above the poverty line.…
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 through their underwear sales. We met up with Charlotte who took us into a super modern, colorful, conference room to explain to us the company. I was shocked to hear…
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 have never met before is pretty nerve racking and hilarious. Every single time someone that we hadn’t seen before appeared to be coming near the school entrance, we all…
This past Thursday the 20th of November my group and I visited the Women in Need organization (WIN). This organization helps families, especially women. The organization helps women get housing, food and a job. The place that we visited had a children daycare for the kids that had to be. Taken care of if the…
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, started in 1983, is an organization that provides homes, education, and childcare for homeless or struggling women in New York City. WIN has 10 homeless family shelters, and one women’s…
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 first showed up to the address we were given, I was confused. I guess I thought that it was more of an office and kids were somewhere upstairs. It took…
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 the Homeless. When we first arrived at St. Bartholomew’s Church, there was a line of hungry people waiting to eat although the kitchen didn’t open for another hour or…
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 told to go to Bartholomew’s church on 51st street. As we walked in, we were told to put on aprons, gloves and hair nets. Me and my group started putting…
On Thursday October 16th, Monica, Ava, Nancy (Ava’s stepmom), and I went to Bartholomew’s Church which is where an Organization called Coalition for the Homeless hands out food to people every night starting at 6pm. We were told to wait by the side entrance and ask for James. Next to a truck parked outside, a…
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 so far, click here.
