Author Archives: Cyrus Fawkes


Cyrus Fawkes

Cyrus Fawkes is an eighth grader at LREI. He was born in Manhattan, NY but has since moved to Brooklyn. He has lived in NYC his whole life aside from one year away in Costa Rica. One of his favorite hobbies is reading a good book, under the covers, during a thunderstorm. Cy is interested in workers rights and labor issues because of how our clothing and apparel might be manufactured by people with terrible working conditions in developing countries. He believes in Joseph Stigley´s idea that, ¨Workers´ rights should be a central focus of development.¨

Getting Rid of Modern-Day Slavery with Lauren Jackson

On Tuesday, February 23, our social justice group spoke with Lauren Jackson of the Walkfree foundation. She is a Research and Policy Officer [...]

Not Being Able to Help: Interview with Meredith Dank

On Thursday, the 10th of February, our social justice group interviewed Meredith Dank online. Meredith Dank is a consultant in the Urban Ins [...]

Child Labor: What is it Really?

On Monday, the 9th of February, our group met with Jason Scherr. Jason Scherr is the founder and CEO of Think Coffee. He is also one of our [...]

Workers Rights and Labor Issues Presentation

On Jan 24, my group presented our social justice project to the class. I helped my peers and I also made sure that I worked on each slide. I [...]
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