My Social Justice group, Fighters 4 Fighters, came across the movie “When I Came Home” directed by Dan Lohaus. I came across the film after researching organizations about Homeless Veterans. I contacted Dan to see if he would be interested in working with my group. He responded, and we interviewed him. After my group watched the movie,…
Washington Square Park, Survey On Basic Veteran Issues and Veteran Facts, On Friday January 16th 2015
by Jagger Walk
On January 16, my group (Fighters 4 Fighters) and I had walked to Washington Square park with a 5 yes or no question survey. The survey we had made had 5 facts about veterans and our goal of the survey was to find out what people in society actually knew about the issues…
Interview with Award Winning Author Patricia McCormick
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On Tuesday January 20th, my group, Fighters 4 Fighters were given the opportunity to interview the award winning Author Patricia McCormick via Skype. Mrs. McCormick is an author of many books such as, Cut, Never Fall Down, I am Malala, Sold My Brother’s Keeper and many others. A book she wrote called Purple Heart got…
Interview with Dan Lohaus
by Jagger Walk
On Wednesday 11/19/14, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Lohaus, the director of the documentary “When I Came Home” a film made in 2006 about a veteran named Herold Noel and his struggles after coming home from fighting in battle. Herold was one of the first Iraqi veterans to return home and in the…
Interview with Dr. Tenner and Isaac Gonzalez
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On October 28th my social justice group went to the New York VA Hospital on East 23rd Street. When we first walked in we met with the Executive Chief of Staff, Claudia Benjamin. She guided us around the facility and talked to us about our schedule for the day. Next, we met…
