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18bellar

Hi, my name is Bella, and I am an eighth grader at LREI. I love to read, write, and play music. I am also very passionate about social justice, and making a change, and for our school social justice project, I have become very aware of issues surrounding women. My social justice project, women in the media, is important to me because of the countless girls and boys that are affected by how the media portrays girls and women.

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Interview with Tamar Gargle, Director of Graphics Operations at ABC News, 1/13/14

Today our group went to ABC News to interview Tamar Gargle, and get a tour of their workspace. We took the one train to 66th street, where A [...]
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Interview with Martha Brooks, L’Oreal Executive Creative Director, 12/17/13

On December 17, my social justice group and I went to the advertising center of L’Oreal to meet with a creative director for their adv [...]
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Interview with Crystal Renn, 12/12/13

On December 12, my social justice group and I went to Jacks to talk with a model who is considered plus sized named Crystal Renn. Crystal wa [...]
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Interview with Samantha Levine, I’m a Girl Campaign, 12/10/13

On December 10, my social justice group and I went to meet with Samantha Levine who works for city hall. Samantha was the second person we i [...]
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Interview with Iman Abdulmajid, 11/25/13

On November 25, my social justice group and I met in a cafe near school with Iman Abdulmajid. Iman said in her early years she was a refugee [...]
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Watched Wadjda, a movie playing at the Village East Cinema, 11/19/13

On November 19, my social justice group and I went to see the film Wadjda, the first movie directed by a Saudi Arabian woman with a fully Sa [...]
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Elizabeth Irwin High School Day of the Girl Assembly, September 2013

In the beginning of the school year, I and the rest of my social justice group went with the other women’s group to listen to an assem [...]
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Interview with Dennis Ahlgrim, I’m a Girl Campaign, 11/12/13

On Tuesday, November 12th, I and the other five members of the Women in the media, and women’s self-esteem group met and had an interview [...]

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