On Tuesday, February 23, our group spoke with Lauren Jackson, the Research and Policy Officer at the Walk Free Foundation. Based in Perth, Australia, the Walk Free Foundation undertakes research and writes about modern enslavement. Over time, a group of people conduct this research on certain countries, looking to stop the exploitation of workers. This…
On February 24, the workers rights group interviewed Ayn Riggs, the Director of Slave Free Chocolate. Slave Free Chocolate is a grassroots organization that does campaigns and educates on child labor in the chocolate industry. Ayn has done a lot of research in this field, the reason we chose to interview her. She had mentioned…
On February 10, the Workers Rights Group interviewed Meredith Dank. She is a Research Professor, and directs the Human Exploitation and Resilience initiative of the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management. She is a worldwide expert on human trafficking, having conducted research in more than a dozen countries across the globe. Meredith has an extensive…
Interview With Jason ScherrOn Monday, February 7, we took a trip to a Think Coffee near our school. Think Coffee is an NYC based coffee shop with multiple locations. They support many causes and certain ones that our group takes particular interest in. First, they personally inspect all of their coffee sources to ensure that…
This week, in school, our group presented our Social Justice Presentation 101. This was our first attempt at presenting our research to classmates, and explain the basics of our topic. We had so many facts, leaving me confident going into our presentation. Each of us worked together and shared what we felt strongly about. We formally emailed experts on our topic who work for organizations that stand for similar things as us. We have not received emails back from any experts as of now, but this is only the beginning.
