Today, February 11th, my group and I went to speak with Tom Murphy, co-chief creative officer of Not So Super. Not So Super is a social media driven campaign dedicated to educating people about sex trafficking in the US, and how sex trafficking connects to the Super Bowl. We sat down with Tom Murphy to…
Today, February 5th, Patricia McCormick came to our school to be interviewed by my group, and also to give our grade a presentation on how and why her travels to India and Nepal inspired her to write one of her novels, Sold. Over winter break, each social justice group was assigned to read a book…
Today, January 30th, my group and I went back to Sanctuary for Families to help sort donations. Recently (two weeks ago) our group went to Sanctuary for Families to meet with Emily LoBue and sort through donations, but at the end they invited us to come back whenever we could because they always need help,…
Today, the 27th of January, both women’s groups, The Sexual Violence Group, and the Media Group, went to the Payley Center for Media to attend a lesson that was given by a very nice woman named Rebekah. The lesson was on how women are portrayed in the media. My group, the Sexual Violence Group, went…
Today the 16th of January, my group and I went to Sanctuary for Families to volunteer to organize some if their donations and speak with one of their heads, Emily LoBue. Emily LoBue is Sanctuary for Families’ overseer in their intern program. When we first arrived, we have a fascinating conversation with Emily LoBue and…
Today the Sexual Violence Social Justice Group met with Nicole Epps from Safe Horizon to have lunch. I had been in touch with Nicole for several weeks and we were both excited to work with the other’s group. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss our future with Safe Horizon, and what our group…
Today the Sexual Violence Social Justice Group went to speak and help out with the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (NYCAASA). We arrived at the office space and were lead into a conference room. We sat down and a couple minutes later we spoke with a woman who worked at NYCAASA about the…
On Thursday night, 11/21/13, the Sexual Violence group went to an event called activist night that was hosted by NOW: Nation Organization for Women NYC. NOW is an organization that works on numerous different women’s issues concerning gay rights, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and sexual violence. When we arrived to the building, we…
On Saturday October 19, I attended a event called “Between the Door and the Street” in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. There were hundreds of women (and a couple of men) of all different ages, sitting on stoops of town houses wearing yellow scarves, discussing some of the largest issues women today face, unscripted. The event worked…
