My time spent with the coalition has always been changing and effervescent. Being that I have worked with the coalition for more than ten weeks, time bleeds for me, but what I will say is that these past few months have been intense. I say this because with the advent of the coalition becoming a…
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Assignment 9
I believe the two songs United In Grief by Kendrick Lamar and Is This Love by Bob Marley are two songs that reflect accurately my time spent at the coalition. I think United In Grief tells a story of people who have witnessed so much so soon and so fast and have banded together to…
Assignment 8
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/08/us/census-race-map.html In my research, what represents a landmark is really the people themselves. In this map that I have submitted, we can clearly see the racial segregation that lawmakers have carefully cultivated to, in my opinion, create better marketization. The city of Newark is under a massive wave of gentrification. Many of the local buildings…
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Assignment 6
From my time spent with the coalition, the motto, “universal struggles,” has floated around pretty heavily. Anthony Diaz, co-founder of the coalition has made it a personal mission to bring together the bundles of individuals who have been hurt consistently by capitalism and the failing cities that house them. One of the biggest bundles…
Assignment 5
The field that I am working on is called the Ironbound, the eastward of Newark New Jersey. The biggest organization that I could find that is comparable to Ironbound is the Ironbound Community Corporation. The ironbound community corporation, as stated by their about page, “dates back 50 years, when residents came together to resolve the…
Assignment 4
The piece of work that I am using mostly for my research happens to be the documentary, “The Sacrifice Zone.” This documentary analyzes the ironbound through numerous primary sources in an attempt to bring light to the many environmental crises that the city faces. It was released in 2020 by filmographies Julie Winokur and Ed…
Assignment 3
The Ironbound, the official name for the eastward of Newark New Jersey, and the neighborhood in which the Newark Water Coalition holds its biggest distribution site was heralded in the early 1800s as former swamp land turned into an agricultural and industrial center by the dutch and german people. Deeper into the 1800s brought about…
Assignment 2
Working at the coalition brings about a mix of feelings for me. This is not my first week at the coalition and I have many relationships with the people who work here. Our relationships are generally great, as each of us has a lot of respect for the other. There are some issues though that…
