On Thursday, March 9th David Chang along with his colleague Taylor came in and talked to our grade about Environmental Justice and what We Act does. I had emailed them before asking if they were available to come in and finally, we organized a time when both we were available as well as them being available.…
On Thursday, March 2nd I headed up to a meeting with my fellow social justice group member Spencer to talk have an insightful conversation on Trump’s executive orders and what we can do about it. The meeting was held up on 125th street and was held by city councilman Mark Levine. I had gotten an…
On Wednesday, January 18th my social justice group and I started to watch the movie flow which talked about the world water crisis and how people didn’t have access to clean and safe water. I had found this movie for us to watch when I was talking to my teacher Sarah and I had brought…
On Saturday, January 14th part of my social justice group, Willem, Jack and I attended We Act’s annual monthly membership meeting. We Act is a group made up of scientists, lawyers and devoted workers to help make not-as-privileged communities environmentally safe. The meeting was a great opportunity to hear first-hand people’s stories of environmental injustice…
On Monday, January 9th after interviewing Jacqueline Patterson head of Environmental Justice for the NAACP, my social justice group along with Suzanne and I head out to protest Donald Trump’s cabinet picks at Chuck Schumer’s office. Trump’s picks would be horrible looking through the environmental justice perspective. Most of his picks were climate deniers who…
On January 9, 2017, my other group members Spencer, Jack A, Willem, and I were fortunate enough to get an interview with Jaqueline Patterson Head of Environmental Justice at NAACP. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to…
On December 16th, 2016 my social justice group and I interviewed David Chang with We Act. David specialized in indoor environmental justice. We decided as a group that we wanted to go more into depth in that field and decided that David would be perfect to interview. We interviewed him after school one day and…
On Saturday, November 12, 2016, we went to a conference titled Urban Communities for Climate Resilience up at Columbia University. We met up with our contact David Chang, the Environmental Health Coordinator for We Act Organization. We Act is a group made up of scientists, lawyers and devoted workers to help make not-as-privileged communities environmentally…
