Student in Cities Praxis Fieldwork Seminar: Exploring Urban Questions through Practical Engagement (CITY420)
Field Site: Juntos
Field Supervisor: Zia Kandler, Erika Guadalupe Núñez
Fieldwork Description:
For my Praxis internship, I worked remotely at Juntos, a community-based immigrant/human rights organization located in South Philly. Because much of Juntos’ work is in-person with the surrounding South Philly community, my work centered around one of their political campaigns. For this particular campaign about York County Prison, I was able to begin working on it from the ground up — I initially researched immigration detention itself, before reading and analyzing several detainee interviews conducted by Juntos at York County Prison. I’m now working on facilitating the search and hire for an animator to create a video about the research I’ve done. I was able to secure an additional summer internship at Juntos, where I will continue to do remote research, engage in education advocacy by speaking about my research to others, and help the video project come to fruition.
Praxis Presentation:
Juntos Praxis Blog Presentation_redPlease click here to access a PDF version of the presentation.
Praxis Project:
Juntos York fact sheetPlease click here to access a PDF version of the document.
Amazing work! It was great being in seminar with you this semester
We loved having you with us this past spring and are looking forward to continuing our important work together 🙂
Great infographics – it is devastating to see that the average time at York is seven weeks. Great work and wishing you all the best as you continue your efforts in the summer!
Thank you for sharing your work. I’m glad you’re able to continue it into the summer through an internship. The more often we see this information, the more likely it is that change will happen. Your choices in graphics and information were both compelling and visually appealing. It’s great to see Juntos providing these services. This project highlights the lack of services being delivered to these detainees and reminds us of the work that needs to be done to improve immigration and our prison system.
Excellent presentation with detailed information about Juntos and its work in the community. I witnessed directly how this internship experience has positively impacted your academic performance. Your contributions in class were always thoughtful. Keep up the great work!