2017-2018

Interview with Nan Strauss

by Kaya

So for our second fieldwork we went to the EMC offices to meet with Ms. Strauss. She used to work at CIC and then when it started to go under she transferred.

My social justice group and the entire middle school participated the school walkout. We waited on 6th avenue for 17 minutes then walked with the high schoolers to Washington Square Park where they made speeches.

by Milei

My group and I went to CARE´s organization in Manhattan and we interviewed Monica on what they did as an organization to help girls and women’s education.

by Milei

For this fieldwork my group and I stayed in for lunch and recess and watched the Girl Rising movie. Girl Rising is an organization we have partnered up with and they recommended a movie for us to watch. This movie was consisted into nine different stories of girls who told their experiences of being a young girl in this developing countries.

by Milei

For our second meeting with WEP we skyped with the founder of WEP, Zoe Timms. We caught up from our last meeting back when we were at the WEP headquarters in Dumbo. We asked her a lot of questions on why and when she decided to start this organization.

by Meadow Magee

With the women’s education group, I watched a film called Girl Rising. It told multiple stories about young girls and their struggles through life. Many grew up struggling to survive. The one story that really stood out to me was one about a young girl named Amina who was sold and married off and impregnated.

by 22Konrad Maximillian

We visited the New York Historical Society’s Vietnam War exhibit and revied the information.

by Margaret

We interviewed Aaron Greenburg about what he does at UNICEF

by Stella

We watched the Girl Rising film and learned about 9 different girls stories.

by 22Konrad Maximillian

We talked to Dan Lohaus who directed a film we watched called “When I came Home” about veterans who came home from war to become homeless and forgotten.

by Will

We watched a movie by Dan Lohas called “When I Came Home” the movie follows a man named Herold, an Iraq war veteran, and how he is homeless and living with his son in his red jeep.

by Emma D.

My group invited Lima James to come speak to the eighth grade about Human Trafficking. She talked about what Human Trafficking is, how it happens, how to identify it, and other general things about Human Trafficking.

by Piper

We went to the Girl Rising offices and talked to Lauren Manning who has been working in social justice, mainly women’s education, for a while. She talked to us about the organization and the Girl Rising movie. She was able to answer any questions we had and helped us learn a lot of new information about girls’ and women’s education.

by 22marloweg

We sat down with a huge number of people and listened to Sara talk. She touched on all different topics but the main point was to teach everyone in the room how to accompany undocumented immigrants through different scenarios without offending them and helping them as much as possible. Accompanying is when people like us accompany undocumented immigrants or regular immigrants through ICE hearings, court cases, and etc. in order to make sure they are not taken advantage of.

by Emily

I watched a movie called No Woman No Cry by Christy Turlington. It was very inspiring and I learned a lot from it.

by Grace

I watched the No Woman No Cry movie and was completely inspired. Me and my mom, Christy, sat in silence and watched this hour-long film.

by Ben C.

We called Sam on the phone to talk about his experiences as an educator and all the problems he wants to fix.

by Will

Our group took the train to the New York Historical Society to see an exhibit on the Vietnam war. The exhibit talked about the politics and the direct actions going on in the war. We learned about everything from the anti-war movement to how veterans were treated when they came home to people who hated them and called them baby killers.

by Marlo

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.”

by Oni

The Girl Rising Training was a video chat that teachers from all around the world tuned into so they could learn how to use the Girl Rising curriculum.

by Olivia P

We had an interview with Sam Coleman who works with NYCore.

by Grace

We met with Julie Gold at school, LREI and learned about her journey becoming a midwife. As we talked about before, Juliet isn’t a doctor but she was trained as a nurse as most Midwives were in order to become a Midwife. We asked her questions about her personal life and when she decided to become a midwife. we talked and shared knowledge and learned a lot more about the specifics in midwifery than we knew before.

by Grace

I attended the Women’s March on January 20 with my mom as a Part of EMC- Every Mother Counts. We took the train up from Franklin street to 72 street and joined the group. We brought signs that we had made in advance that represented that we believe in. We marched for about three hours chanting with the crowd but also marching in silence.

by Piper

Name: Pi Social Justice Group: Date of Fieldwork: January 25, 2018 Name of Organization: Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Type of Fieldwork: What I did: What I learned: What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

by Piper

by Olivia

We interviewed Mary Coyle about what she does for the incarcerated women at Rikers Island and how much access they have to the products they need.

by Benjamin

Our second trip to CityMeals on Wheels was much the same. The only different thing was, we met with different seniors. For example, we met a 101-year-old, blind man. He had just lost his wife, but still had a faint smile and loved telling us a story or two.

by Olivia

We took the train to City Hall and went to the “bullpen” with Sara Shoener. We interviewed her about the legislative side of our topic and how her job affects menstrual equity.

by 22elijahh

We are organizing a march on March 14 for the victims of the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida.

by Harvey Liam Van Blerkom III

We met with Max Kellerman at Le Pain Quotidien to discuss what he knew about the issues in the world of sport. He said that ESPN is very good at being open to new ideas in sports. They are very careful about what they do and have started inter-company programs to prevent it. He also told us that ESPN does a good job for themselves, but can’t do too much for disrespectful fans.

by 22elijahh

My group mates and I helped Stop Handgun violence set up their website.

by 22elijahh

We went to the women’s march to protest.

by Jemma

We met her at Starbucks and met with Mary Coyle about incarcerated women’s lack of access to menstrual products and we talked to her about her role in the fight for menstrual equity.

by Emily

We marched around Manhattan and protested women’s rights. I had a sign for maternal and fetal health.

by Emily

We interviewed Julie Gold and asked her questions about her experience being a midwife.

by Oni

The Women’s March was an organized citywide march that protests policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women’s rights, reproductive rights and many things alike.

by Benjamin

For our first interview, our group did an interview with Yolanda Campbell. After a little trouble with the tech, we started asking her our questions. We loved her, responses. They were deep and very informative. She told us stories that only someone with her experience could have experienced, and she helped us understand the work that she does with seniors.

by Will

We looked at an exhibit in the New York Historical Society Museum about the Vietnam war and all the effects it had on our society here in America.

by Will

We interviewed Maxwell Hauptman as a part of our SJ project. This interview was about his time in war and what he does now

by 22milesf

We went to the OPAC Turns 18 Conference at the UN. OPAC is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. They work with the UN, UNICEF, Child Soldiers International, and different governments to create action plans and mandate troops for peacekeeping sake from the UN security council. We observed panels where different experts in the field talked about action plans and next steps. It was a very interesting experience.

by 22milesf

We went to the CAAC offices and interviewed Daniel Palmer.

by 22milesf

we went into the offices of the UNICEF and had a conversation about what they do to help children in armed conflict. We also talked about what happens after a child is released.

by Harvey Liam Van Blerkom III

We interviewed Allison Grover, a board member for athlete ally. We asked her about what athlete ally is doing in the fight for equality in sports.

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.

by Hirsch Emma

Lima James who works at LifeWay Network, who we had a fieldwork with in the past, decided to come in and talk to the 8th graders about human trafficking. She has a presentation prepared and gave everyone a basic understanding of the issue.

by Hirsch Emma

I went to the Women’s March in NYC. I marched for about 3 hours. This was an incredible experience to see so many people there, men and women. I cheered, chanted, and walked and felt so powerful afetr

by Colette

Our group interviewed Sam Coleman from NYCore who helps parents and teachers get more involved with their children and student’s education.

by Colette

Over the weekend, myself and one other member of our group visited the Go Project which takes place at independent schools around New York City. One of them being LREI. Every Saturday, students who are financially struggling come to LREI and other independent schools to be tutored by experienced teachers and volunteers. The Go Project supports and tutors kids K-3rd Grade who are struggling with certain topics. Most teachers working at underserved schools don’t care about the success of their students, but kids who come to the Go Project will be provided with people who care and love for the kids. Teachers lead classes while volunteers tutor and create a relationship with the kids. My other member and I were appointed to the third grade class where we helped tutor kids with math and reading.

by Harvey Liam Van Blerkom III

We went to the NBA office by Rockefeller Center. We interviewed Kaitlin Sloane about what the NBA is doing that will reach their goal of creating equality in sports.

by Olivia P

On Saturday one member of my group, and I went to LREI to visit the GO Project organization. The GO Project helps kids who are falling behind in school, but their parents can’t afford tutoring for them. They meet every Saturday at LREI and other schools, and is like a half day of school. They start at 9:00 and end at 12:30, with math classes, writing, and more. We sat in on a class and also helped the kids if they needed help with their work.

by 22marloweg

During this fieldwork we interviewed Candice Cho the chief of staff at the New York City Law Department. We sat down with her for about an hour discussing all different types of topics within the main frame of Immigration.

by Freddie

We interviewed Max about his experience in the military. We also asked him to come to our teach-in to talk to the kids.

by Will

We visited Patrick savage at his place of work where we interviewed him with questions that we had come up with. Patrick seemed very interested and enthusiastic that young kids were doing things like social justice.

by 22Konrad Maximillian

We went to Morgan Stanly to talk to Patrick Savage and interview him about what he feels are the issues veterans face and his experiences being a vet.

by Gus

For our fieldwork, we took the train to the Morgan Stanley headquarters in time square to interview an Army veteran. We asked him a set of questions about veterans and the most pressing issues they face.

by Freddie

We went to Morgan Stanley in Times Square to meet with a friend of Gus’s dad, Patrick Savage. We interviewed him on his experience in the military.

by Oliver

We went to the UN and sat in on an OPAC meeting where the SRSG, her board, and country representatives, talked about Children In Armed Conflict and what is being done. We also sat in on a presentation by more country representatives and watched a video, and almost participated in a Q and A.

by Oliver

We went to the UN in New York City and interviewed Daniel Palmer.

by Oliver

I went to the UNICEF headquarters in New York City, and interviewed Tasha Gill about her work with children affected by armed conflict.

by Mabel Stafford

I watched the documentary “I Am Jane Doe”, which is about the cases against Backpage.com.

by Emma D.

I went to the women’s march with LREI and marched with a lot of people. Before I went to the march, I met everyone who was marching from LREI at the high school and made posters. Then everyone from LREI headed uptown to the march together. We didn’t really get the opportunity to actually march. After standing still and chanting for a few hours, we walked up the side of the barriers.

by Kate

We interviewed “First Take” star Max Kellerman about his opinions on our topic.

by Oliver

I marched at the Woman’s March.

by Colette

Our group went to the NAACP workplace and interviewed the head of the education department at the NAACP, Mrs. Gaul. Mrs. Gaul works with the NAACP to provide quality education for black students who need extra support with their education.

by Io

We interview a social worker, Mary Coyle, who helps people on Rikers Island get products to manage their period. We asked her many questions about what is allowed to be used and how they access to products.

by Io

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf came to talk to our class about her book, Periods Gone Public – Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity. She told us about how she came to realize that menstruation was an issue, she saw it on a Facebook post. She told us about her struggles in changing the taboo, people thought periods were “gross”. And she told us about how we can make a change, talk openly about periods because it’s not something to be ashamed of. She was so inspiring to our group because she used her book to spread awareness about such an unspoken topic. That is what we are trying to do for our school. Afterwards, we interviewed her privately (with our group only) asked her questions like people she knows in the field, her new book coming out (Period: Twelve Voices Tell The Bloody Truth), and we asked her about one of her personal period stories.

by Io

we met with Sarah at Ramscale Studio for the first Period Con in history after a night at Olivia’s house. Zoe, Jemma, Olivia, and I all met will many inspiring people including Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Carinne Chambers (Founder and CEO of DivaCup International), Nadya Okamoto (Founder & Executive Director of PERIOD. The Menstrual Movement), Ingrid Nilsen (Lifestyle Expert and Online Video Personality), U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng, Nicole Cushman (Executive Director of Answer), Alma Gottlieb (Cultural Anthropologist), Damaris Lewis(Top Model and CEO of Gorudo Candles), David Linton (Co-Editor for the Society of Menstrual Cycle Research), Elizabeth Yuko (Health & Sex Editor at SheKnows), Eudora Olsen (PERIOD Programs Director), Alison Nakamura Netter (Chief Communications Officer of ZanaAfrica), Alaina Wayland (Educator in Buffalo, NY), Sarah Hillware (Founder and Executive of Girls Health Ed), Mari Malek (Model),Tracy Puhl (CEO – GladRags), Kenneth Alvandi (CEO – Maxim Hygiene), Siobhan Lonergan (VP of Brand for Thinx), Cathy Chapman (President of Lunette Cup), Cass Clemmer (Creator of Toni the Tampon), Jax Gonzalez (Ph.D. Student and Gender Studies Scholar), Mason Pierce (President of Portland Menstrual Society), Claire Coder (Founder and CEO of Aunt Flow), and Nancy Kramer (Founder of Free the Tampons). We heard panels from Menstrual Educators to people taking actions. One thing that I learned is how we should not use names such as “feminine hygiene products” because first of all, it’s not just women who use these menstrual products but anyone who menstruates. Second of all, the word “hygiene” sounds like it’s cleaning something dirty but Periods should not be seen as dirty, they should be seen as care products. Ingrid Nilsen (Lifestyle Expert and Online Video Personality) was one of the speakers that brought this to our attention, “… and not using terminology like feminine products because that’s just outdated and I think using language that actually captured what it is that we’re talking about, using the words that represent these actual products, so instead of saying feminine hygiene products, saying tampon or pad or menstrual cup, what ever it happens to be, say what it is. That within itself can be really huge,”

by Io

We visited City Hall to meet with the Commission on Gender Equity, Sara Shoener. We asked questions like if she knew about the tampon tax and if she knew why not to say the phrase “feminine hygiene products”.

by Io

We interviewed Liliana Tandon, the founder of Period Piece. Period Piece is a website with short clips of people getting their period throughout history and how the reaction to menstruation changed in time. Liliana and her friends made it not thinking that it was such a big issue, but made an impact and brought the attention to Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Women’s Health, Marie Claire France, India Today, and many more. We asked Ms. Tandon questions like why she made the site and how it affected people who don’t menstruate in her life. For example, “Did they feel comfortable helping her with the videos?” or “Did they willingly act in the clips?”

by Henry

My mom and I went to the 2018 Women’s march in NYC on the 20th of January. We marched with LREI for a hour, then walked outside of the march and watched it. We took a ton of photos and chanted about DACA.

by Stella

We went to the Girl Rising offices and talked to Lauren who has been working in social justice for a while. She talked to us about the organization and the Girl Rising movie.

by Hudson

We spoke with two refugees who were helped to get here and resettle by the church where Bill volunteers.

by Hudson

We marched through the street singing and chanting.

by Hudson

We got a presentation about what the Refugee Resettlement Office at Catholic Charities did, and what the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee is. Then we made toiletry packages for people who need them.

by Hudson

We spoke to Aaron Greenburg, and he told us about the paths that most refugees leaving the middle east take. He also told us about the refugee camps he lived in.

by Rue

We visited Catholic Charities, this is an organization that works in many fields, though the section we visited was working with refugees and asylies. We met with Ziddika Degia who is the volunteer coordinator at Catholic Charities. She gave us a presentation on refugees and what they do at the organization. This includes legal advice and help, education and therapy. Then we packaged toiletry bags that the organization provided for new refugees that come with nothing. It was a really informing fieldwork and was good because it was hands-on.

by Rue

by Zoe

We met with Mary Coyle, a social worker who works with women at Rikers Island trying to get them equal rights, including access to menstrual products.

by Oni

For this fieldwork, we went to the Girl Rising headquarters and interviewed Lauren Manning. We also began to learn more about the process of producing the movie Girl Rising.

by Jemma

Jennifer Weiss Wolf came to our class and talked about her book and all of the activism she does. Then we went to the library and interviewed her.

by Margaret

We went to Catholic Charities near Fulton Street. First, Ms. Degia presented to us about what they do, and then we helped package toiletries.

by Zoe

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf came to speak to our class about her book, and then our group interviewed her.

by Jemma

We traveled to city hall and met with Sara Shoner, a senior policy advisor on the mayor’s board for gender equity. It was really cool to see city hall and everyone who works there. And at the end, the First Lady’s chief of staff took our picture.

by Milei

My group and I went to meet Lauren Manning, the senior manager of Girls Rising. We had an interview and discussed about what they do to spread the word on women’s and girl’s education rights.

by Ben C.

I met up with my friends at the high school for the second women’s march. I devoured some Crispy Creams and then we all left the high school at ten. We met up with the rest of the marchers and marched for a few hours.

by Wyatt W

We went to the East End Temple to learn about how we can correctly accompany undocumented immigrants to their court dates and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) check-ins.

by Ben C.

We were lucky to go to the NAACP headquarters for an interview with Audrey Gual, director of the education department of the NAACP. The NAACP is an organization that brings light to lots of different activism topics. They have programs to explain to parents how important it is to help schools so that they can support the schools for a better experience for the students. She gave a packet on what Obama has done in the educational department, which was really helpful.

by 22sams

We went to the Women’s march in NYC with the organization NYAGV (New Yorkers Against Gun Violence) and met with some very helpful people.

by Margaret

We spoke with Abdulla and Mamoud about their experiences as Syrian refugees. We also learned more about what the church does to support refugees like them.

by Meadow Magee

Julie Gold, a midwife, came over to our school during lunch for an interview. A midwife is a doctor that delivers babies with a more personal connection to their patients. They used less medical treatments than doctors normally do. She had her own private practice where she let the mother choose where they wants to have their birth: At home or at a hospital. This choice is rare because most hospitals don’t support midwifes and think it is unsafe. Julie puts her patient’s needs first.

by Kate

I went to the NYC women’s march with the LREI group. We went to the high school early and saw people making signs and knitting pussy hats. Even though we weren’t moving for most of the time, it was still a really important and fun experience.

by Kate

We went to the NBA offices on 5th avenue to interview Kaitlin Sloane and have a look at the workplace. The whole thing was about five floors, and every room was basketball themed.

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.

by Zoe

We went to City Hall and we interviewed the Senior Policy Advisor for the Commission on Gender Equity, Sara Shoener.

by Olivia P

Our group went to the NAACP workplace and interviewed a woman named Audrey Gaul who is the head of the education department in the NAACP. The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. We asked her questions about why she is interested in working with the NAACP and if her childhood education influenced working with this organization. She gave us a lot of information and we were really glad we could meet with her because the NAACP is a very well known organization that can help us learn more about our topic.

by Olivia

We met with the CEO of Period Piece, Liliana Tandon. We asked her about how she got started and how the taboo surrounding menstruation affects her life and work.

by Jemma

We interviewed Liliana Tandon who is the creator of Period Piece. She makes comedy videos about women getting their periods through time. It was really cool to learn all about her videos and how she got started.

by Freddie

We interviewed Ford Sypher about his experiences being in war and the troubles he had coming home, and how he gives back to the community.

by Zoe

We had an interview with Liliana Tandon, who is the creator of Period Piece. Period Piece is an organization that makes videos about people on their periods during different periods of time.

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