Rafaella

Rafaella is an 8th-grade student at LREI. She was born in NYC and lived here all her life. She loves to cook. She is very dedicated and interested in the social justice topic of Poverty and Education.

Volunteering at the LIFT Holiday Fiesta + Gift Drive Donations

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We were invited to LIFT’s holiday fiesta in november. We offered to host a gift drive to help get gifts for all the kids that would be going to the fiesta. We ended up getting over 80 gifts and donating them to LIFT for the party. We went to the party which was at their office and we helped set up and we each had different stations for arts and crafts. (Ana was on popcicle stick snowflakes, Leah was on paper ornaments and I was helping give gifts out.) The party was really nice there was food and a picture station and we took turns helping the kids at different stations.

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Interview with Michelle Fine at CUNY

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We went to the CUNY Graduate Center to interview Michelle Fine. She is a phycology professor who has written a book about the crisis that is dropping out of high school. We talked about how dropping out continues the treacherous cycle of poverty and it sets up a harder future for generations ahead of them. She gave us many sources to help and lots of information.

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