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I am an 8th grader at LREI the Liitle Red School House. I am a member of the group Fighters For Fighters a group that is trying to help homeless veterans and veterans with cycological disieses such a PTSD. It's not fair that veterans are on the street, they were willing to give there life up for the us and now there on the streets. Is this the way we should be thanking our heros?

Interview With Patricia McCormick About Her Book “Purple Heart”

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 4th Social Justice Blog Post Skype Interview with Patricia McCormick on Her Book “Purple Heart”, Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 On Tuesday January 20th we were lucky enough to schedule a skype call with Patricia McCormick, Author of “Purple Heart” and many other books. “Purple Heart” is a realistic-fiction novel about…

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5 Question Survey In Washington Square Park About Veteran Issues

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 3rd Social Justice Blog Post Washington Square Park, Survey On Basic Veteran Issues and Veteran Facts, On Friday January 16th 2015   On Friday January 16th our Social Justice (Fighters For Fighters) group was interested to see what people already knew about Veteran issues. So our group wrote up a…

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Skype Interview With Dan Lohas

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 2nd Social Justice Blog Post Interview With Dan Lohas (Director of When Can I Come Home) On The Movie He Made, 11/19/14 On Wednesday November 19, our group was able to schedule a skype call with Dan Lohas, the director of a movie that we all felt connected with. We…

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Visit To The VA Hospital

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 1st Social Justice Blog Post Veterans Affairs Hospital on Veteran Homelessness and Veteran Struggles, Interview with Dr. Craig Tenner on 10/28/14   On Tuesday October 28th, our Veteran Homelessness group visited the New York Veterans Affairs Hospital. The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system with over…

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