Name: Cary Gibson

Social Justice Group: Environmental Rights: Water pollution (C)

Date of Fieldwork: December 19, 2024

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s): Eliza Zygmuntowicz, the 8th-grade science teacher

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

At 9:00, my group (consisting of Me, Gio, and Masami) met with our science teacher in the principal’s office. We all sat down and took turns asking her questions and writing down her answers like how much you know about water/ocean pollution and what organizations are helping stop it. We learned that water is being pulled from farther and farther away so eventually we will run out of places to get clean water. I also learned that we are consuming a lot of microplastics from the water we drink every day which can affect our health. After the interview, we walked out of the room with new information on who to talk to for our topic and more knowledge of our water/ocean pollution.