Hi! We are five eighth graders in New York City from Little Red School House and Elizabeth Irwin High School. As a part of a year-long social justice project, our grade has been focusing on Human and Civil Rights. We have chosen to focus on health and nutrition issues. Our group’s goal, No Sugar Added, is to help educate and inform people about why sugar is not good for you. We have been working with a company called WAT-AAH! WAT-AAH is a water company that has made it’s goal to educate kids about why water is better for you than sodas and other sugary drinks. In America we have a rising obesity issue which is linked to an over consumption of sugar and genetically modified components in foods, snacks and drinks. Our group wants to tackle this issue by educating ourselves and our peers.
Yesterday, January 15th, my Social Justice Group (No Sugar Added) went to visit Wat-aah! again about upcoming projects. Right now we are going to start researching on energy and sports drinks. Each one of us are going to research an energy/sports drink. I am going to research RedBull, Isiah Monster, Bella Gatorade, Sofia Mellow and…
On, Thursday, January 10, and Friday January 11, my social Justice Group and I watched FLOW, For Love Of Water. To start, it is an amazing movie and I recommend you to watch it, you will learn a lot. Next, the movie is about water, and how we should be using it for a resource…
On Monday, November 19th our SJ group went to WAT-AAH again. Our goal while we were there was to When we were there Christine Widga (Director of marketing) wanted us to start our project for the concert coming up the next week. At the event our group will have a booth and have posters. All…
Hi, this is Sarah. On Monday, November 12th, my social justice group and I were given the opportunity to visit the Wat-aah offices. Wat-aah is a company that we have been communicating with. It was beyond exciting to visit. They focus on health and they want to prevent childhood obesity by stopping all the kids…
Hi! We are five eighth graders in New York City from Little Red School House and Elizabeth Irwin High School. As a part of a year-long social justice project, our grade has been focusing on Human and Civil Rights. We have chosen to focus on health and nutrition issues. Our group’s goal, No Sugar Added,…
