Name: Paloma Sherak

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Environment: Microplastics

Date of Fieldwork: February 15, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Ann Blake, Independent Consultant

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?:

On February 15, 2023, we met with Ann Blake, an independent consultant that has been working for almost 30 years trying to find alternatives that will be better for the environment. We emailed her asking for an interview, and were delighted to meet her. She was very nice and very helpful. We really enjoyed meeting with her.

She was very helpful and answered all our questions with a lot of detail. She really emphasized the importance of caring about this issue. We really need to care about this problem. She told us that we should be passionate about what we are doing. She even took time to hear about what we each thought about the issue, and what we wanted to accomplish in this project. Overall, we really enjoyed meeting her and she was very nice!