Throughout this social justice project we hoped that people would understand the discrimination of women in the workforce. We hoped that we would show the younger kids in our school that we can make a difference in the world, and that anyone can. People need to learn about this problem and to fix this! We…
Interview with Noa Meyers 2/19/16
by Jaquelin Adler
My group went to interview Noa Meyer who works with 10,000 located in Goldman Sachs. 10,000 women is an organization that helps women in different countries start their own small business. When we first met Noa she showed us a video about 10,000 women and what they do, there was one women that produced her…
Interview with Nigel Barker 2/18/16
by Jaquelin Adler
My group and I decided to interview Nigel Barker who works for He for She and Girl up. He for She is an organization that stands up for gender equality. Girl up engages girls to stand up for girls, standing up for each other and changing the world. The reason why Barker started to work for Girl…
Interview with Allison Grover, President of Zara Terez
by Jaquelin Adler
On February 1st we met with Allison Grover at Zara Terez. Allison is parent at the LREI community as well. She is also the president of Zara Terez and has only been working there for a year or so. Zara Terez is a legging company, but they do sell shirt/sweatshirts as well. They have many…
Interview with Michelle Kaminsky 1/21/16
by Jaquelin Adler
My group and I wanted to talk to other type of women in the workforce, so we contacted Michelle Kaminsky, a parent at Little Red, but also a district attorney in Brooklyn. Kaminsky works in the area of domestic violence and has been working there for 5 years now. She started working in a different…
Interview with Tanya Wexler 1/20/16
by Jaquelin Adler
My group and I wanted to go out further to interview different women and their occupations. We reached out to Tanya Wexler who is a female director who has produced 2 independent movies. Tanya was very smart and went through Yale and studied psychology. When she grew up she went out to LA and started to…
Interview with Wen Zhou 1/20/16
by Jaquelin Adler
My group and I interviewed Wen Zhou CEO and founder of 3.1 Phillip Lim. Our group is trying to interview a verity of women in a high position in the workplace. Wen had a lot to say about her position and how she got to be a CEO of a top clothing company. She moved…
Lisa Busillo (Doctor) Interview 1/15/16
by Jaquelin Adler
Lisa Busillo is an anesthesiologist, someone who puts someone to sleep during surgery, and has been working as one for 20 years. My group members and I wants to talk to different women in the workforce that has a job that is stereotyped as a mans job. We met Lisa at the Coffee Bean on…
Visiting Dress for success — 12/19/15
by Jaquelin Adler
My group visited dress for success on the Saturday we got off from break. We took the B train down to 34th street and walked over to the building. We went up stairs and met this very kind lady named Beverly. She is the one who introduced us to everyone who worked there and gave…
Interview with Susie Scher 11/23/15
by Jaquelin Adler
My group and I interviewed Susie Scher who works at Goldman Sachs. Susie has worked there for 25 years now. We first took the train up and we were first introduced by a nice lady named Melissa. When we first got off of the elevator, we saw this huge area filled with rows of desks…
Visit to the Paley Center for Media 11/16
by Jaquelin Adler
Both women’s groups went to the Paley Center for Media near Rockefeller Center. The Paley Center for Media is located on 52nd and 6th avenue. Caroline, the lady who presented to us, took us to a small conference room. She started off talking about our topics and how what we were focusing on. She then…
Miss Representation (Movie)
by Jaquelin Adler
My group watched a movie called Miss Representation which is about how women are portrayed in the media. Miss Representation is a documentary which shows how celebrities and people in the news and how they are treated by others, by the media. This helped my group and I learn about how others in the world…
