For this interview, Alexa, Rei and I traveled to The New York Foundling building on 6th avenue between 16th and 17th street. There we interviewed the Senior Program Director Marion White, and her team. Since its start 1986, the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) has been successful in giving children the tools they need to prevent and report abuse…
On January 20th my group interviewed a man named Mike McGarry. He is an Environmental Consultant and a Ecologist. He does environmental work for a living. During our interview with him we talked about the affects that mercury has on the environment. He told us that when it is released into the atmosphere when it…
(Phil Kassen) On January 23rd my group had an interview with Phil Kassen our school director. He helped us understand the schools water filtration system. Recently the school put water filters on all of its sink and water fountain flaw-sets. They did this because even though most of New York City’s water is very…
For our third Fieldwork, we had the author of Little Peach, Peggy Kern, come in and talk to the grade. She came from 8:30- 9:30 and talked to the class about sex trafficking. Peggy showed us a few pictures that she took in Brooklyn of the Pink houses, which is a place where many girls…
For our second fieldwork, we met with the author Patricia McCormick at Starbucks for coffee and the interview. She wrote the book, Sold in 2006, which ended up becoming a movie. During our visit with Patricia, we learned a lot about what goes on in Nepal and India with sex trafficking. There are many cases…
For our first field work, we facetimed a woman named Sheila Berman. She lives in D.C. and she’s an attorney. Sheila works on international human trafficking issues in our society. Her work is funded by the state police department. She works with prosecutors, trains police officers, and judges. She works for the department of justice…
In early December, Peggy Kern, the author of Little Peach arrives wearing a mostly green attire and tall boots, that stop right below her knees. Her auburn hair straightened under her green beanie. Her words start, describing a lifestyle that is unbearable. She tells us that most girls forced into prostitution live about seven years…
For an interview of such a dark nature we traveled to a quiet friendly location. We crossed the three blocks to Starbucks, in heavy rain with a single computer hidden within a small pink bag. Upon arriving we had found that she had already beaten us there. From there we all hit it off, questions…
Our Social Justice group went to LSA: Little Sisters Assumption which is an organization that assists anyone living in poverty by supplying them with food. They also have a children’s education system, but since our group’s topic is Families In Poverty, we focused more on their food pantry. We were able to assist the LSA…
This was a really good first fieldwork because we learned a lot about our topic and what people our doing in our community to make a difference. We learned about the Algonquin Pipeline and Spectra is trying to build an expansion that travels through many upstate communities and completely destroying the envirement. As well as about…
We met with Marybeth Seitz-Brown at a coffee shop near Union square. Marybeth founded an anti-rape organization called SAFER. SAFER stands for Students Active For Ending Rape. SAFER’s mission states: Strong college sexual assault policies are a key element in the prevention of sexual assault. Despite the well-known prevalence of sexual violence among college students,…
Meeting with Anna: Our group met with Anna, an alumn of LREI and a rape victim, on December 2nd. We met her for coffee at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, where a very successful interview would soon take place. Anna was a freshman at Hobart University when she was sexually assaulted by multiple college football…
On February 9th, No Water No Life interviewed John Wright, the founder and president of the Wright Group, a lobbying group that lobbies for social justice causes in New York State. He is an expert at lobbying, and we asked to interview him to learn techniques for how to advocate for justice for water issues.…
During a lunch/recess period in February, my Social Justice Group watched Very Young Girls directed by David Schisgall. We invited the Women in the Media Social Justice Group and the End Rape on Campus Group to watch with us because some of our topic’s concepts overlapped. Very Young Girls was produced by Rachel Lloyd (founder…
On Friday, February 27, Celia, Campbell and visited Sanctuary for Families once again. We emailed Lauren Mindel a couple weeks before our visit telling her we would love to come in and help. Lauren gladly accepted our offer by saying Leah and the In-Kind Donations Program and Sanctuary could never have too much help. Leah is…
No Water No Life created a petition to advocate for the passage of an amendment. I first learned about this amendment from an email that the Wildlife Conservation Society sent to my mom. It’s passage is being debated by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC). It is called the Deep Sea Corals Amendment to the…
No Water No Life invited Dr. Howard S. Schiffman, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. to speak to the 8th grade at LREI. He is an expert in marine biology and conservation and is a lawyer. He is very well educated, and his expertise showed through his presentation, which was very detailed, informative, and intriguing. He went into…
This February my Social Justice group and I FaceTimed a woman named Annie J. Gardner She attends Dartmouth College is the President of her Sorority, Sigma Delta. Usually, college parties are held at frat houses, but Annie and her sorority recently opened their house to parties in order to address the issue of rape on campus. We spoke…
In January, two members of my Social Justice group and I met with the founder of SAFER organization, activist and speaker Marybeth Seitz Brown. SAFER is an organization that empowers students to hold their universities accountable for having strong campus sexual assault policies and programming. They hold workshops and seminars on the dangers of campus rape,…
This December, my Social Justice group and I met with Anna, an LREI Alum and rape survivor. We met her for coffee and had an extremely interesting interview. Anna was a freshman at Hobart University when she was sexually assaulted by multiple collage football players. She immediately wanted to speak out about her experience and…
My group, Sarah Barlow, and I went to Washington square park to talk with strangers about child abuse. We felt that if we could find out what random people thought about child abuse we could understand how the world sees the issue. We asked around 10 people and got mixed results. Some people felt that…
On February 19, Marion White visited our school to talk about child abuse and The Child Abuse Prevention Program to the eighth grade. Marion has been such a large help to our group. The Child Abuse Prevention Program informs young children about child abuse using puppets. This way is child-friendly and effective, yet also gets…
On February 24, my group and I visited Manhattan Child Advocacy Center at 1753 Park Avenue and 122nd St. We walked into a very large building and were greeted by very welcoming people, including our tour guide John. First we went into a large conference room and had a great conversation. We told him about…
My group and I was very lucky to be able to interview Coe Booth. Mrs. Booth is a writer but she used to help child abuse victims. She would go into homes and help the children. She relived the experiences with us and you could really feel for these kids. These kids were not just…
On Tuesday, February 3rd, we were lucky enough to have Dr. Howard S. Schiffman, J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D. visit our class and give a speech on our topic. Daniela and Kiyomi had heard him previously, and invited him to speak to the class. He started off by telling us about how even since he was a…
On Tuesday, December 19th, 2014, my group and myself went to interview journalist Daryl Kahn. Daryl works for an online newspaper named the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and teaches at the CUNY School of Journalism. He recently wrote an article about a gang raid in Upper Manhattan. One thing we spoke to him about was…
On February 19th, my group and I were lucky to have Marion White, the Director of CAPP, visit LREI and speak with the entire 8th Grade about child abuse and what her organization does. Marion covered all aspects of child abuse, including neglect, physical, sexual, emotional abuse, what they are, why they happen, and what effects…
On February 24th, my group and I visited The Manhattan Child Advocacy Center on the Upper East Side. The Center consists of representatives from several different organizations and agencies, such as the Administration for Child Services and Safe Horizon. There were also detectives and members of the NYPD working there. At the Center, families who…
Rodney Lucas was born into poverty. He was, among other children, living in poverty with little to no hope of escaping the poverty cycle. We first heard about him when our group member, Siena, introduced the idea of interviewing him because she knew him from before. She explained the conditions that Rodney Lucas had been…
On Tuesday January 2, my group and I had the pleasure of interviewing Patricia McCormick via Skype, the award winning author of Purple Heart, and other books such as, Cut, Never Fall Down, I am Malala, Sold My Brother’s Keeper and many others. We were able to get in touch with Mrs. McCormick through Jennifer Hubert-Swan,…
On Tuesday, February 17, my Socia\l Justice Group and I met with Ileana Jimenez at Elisabeth Irwin High School. Ileana is feminist teacher at EI. She is also very involved in LGBTQ/Women’s Rights. When Maxine, Campbell and I (Celia was absent) arrived at the high school, Ileana greeted us in the lobby and led us to…
I started walking through the cold towards Bard College one early Saturday morning. I was headed to an Ambassadors Workshop hosted by Riverkeeper. I had no idea what to expect. I had never met any of the people in the workshop before and I was alone, representing my school. When I arrived at Bard College…
This meeting with Dr. Schiffman at LREI was highly anticipated. Our group had rescheduled with Dr. Schiffman, once before. But when he arrived, I realized it was for real. I remember turning to Daniela the first time we heard Dr. Schoffman speak. At that time we both agreed at that moment, that he would be…
On Monday, February 2nd, 2015, my group members and I called Rodney Lucas, an international rapper, Siena’s close friend, and who was formerly impoverished. Rodney grew up in the South side of Chicago, in a small house with his mother, aunt, uncle, and younger siblings. After living there for a while, his aunt and uncles…
FaceTime with Annie GardnerRecently, my group members and I interviewed Annie Gardner, a young woman who goes to Dartmouth University. We were asking her about her sorority, which has different beliefs from regular sororities. Most sororities in the United States don’t allow drinking in their houses. Annie was in a New York Times article about…
My group and I had the wonderful experience of meeting Mr.Ronald Kuby, a reputable American criminal defense and civil rights lawyer, radio talk show host and TV commentator. We went to his law office, where he gave us an interview entailing his past experiences with police brutality. When asked about why he is so taken…
On December 11th, my group mates and I went to the offices of CCR. CCR, or Center for Constitutional Rights, is an organization that is dedicated to protecting the rights guaranteed by law. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed…
On December 14, 2014, Caleb, Austin, and myself went to John Dewey High School to visit Bob DeSena, the founder of Council for Unity, or CFU. Council for Unity is an amazing organization that goes to schools and jails around the world to help kids and adults who are at a high risk of joining…
Back in December, my social justice group and I decided to conduct mini interviews to gain information on the knowledge of child abuse an everyday person has. So, with Sarah Barlow at our side, we took to the streets and asked nine willing strangers three simple questions. When asked, “what is child abuse,” a man…
On December 6th, 2014, my social justice group and I interviewed Coe Booth, a former social worker and author of four books: Tyrell, Kendra, Bronxwood and Kinda Like Brothers, all of which are about American low income families trying to make it despite their situations. Ms. Booth graduated from college in 1996, and soon after…
On February 2nd, my group and I had a phone interview/ conversation with Rodney Lucas aka F.Stokes. I have known Rodney for a handful of years. During that time, I got to know about his rap career and how he broke the cycle of poverty. He grew up in the South Side of Chicago in…
On February 2nd, 2015, my social justice group and I Facetimed Annie Gardner. She attends Dartmouth College and is the President of her Sorority, Sigma Delta. In the past, college parties usually occurred at frat houses instead of sorority homes, but Annie and her sorority recently opened their house to parties in order to address…
My group and I met with Marybeth Seitz-Brown, who is a rape activist and college rape survivor. She went and graduated from Columbia University and is now closely involved with an organization called Safer and has become an expert on the topic of rape on college campuses. This organization works to make all campuses free…
We left school at around 3:00 and met Hilary Meltzer in the lobby. We donned on our coats and winter gear and set out for the train station. We were headed to upper Manhattan to Greenpoint so we could take a tour of their water filter. I was a little anxious because I…
On January 29, “No Water, No Life” visited the Newtown Creek Water Treatment Plant. After we were dismissed from school, Kiyomi, Kai, and I met Hilary Meltzer in front of our school. I was happy to learn that she would be coming with us to tour the Plant. We all walked to the West 4th…
When we first got to the building where Empowered by You work, we were surprised about the fact that the floor was shared by many small companies that were just starting out. Everyone was very busy and seemed to be intrigued at why a group of 8th grade girls were doing at their workspace. When…
After attending a speech from Sister Mary Ellen O’Boyle, my group decided to ask her for an interview about Sexual Trafficking. We met with her for coffee and she told us lots of important information. she told us that Sexual Trafficking happens everywhere. She told us about an article she read about how there was…
My group had the pleasure of visiting Sanctuary for Families, a organization aimed to help victims of sexual trafficking and domestic violence. They invited us to their primary Manhattan location where we learned about the organization and helped put coats and clothing in their Butterfly Boutique, a store for victims of abuse to get clothing…
On Thursday, January 29th, my group and I went to the Newtown Creek Water Treatment Plant. We went with Hillary Meltzer to the plant where we were greeted by our tour guide. The tour guide brought us into the “lobby” of the Water Treatment Plant, where there was many posters containing information, for example, there…
On Wednesday, January 28th, my group and I (Kellin, Nubia, Katie and Jane) brought our whole entire grade back to the Paley Center for Media because we loved the class that we took, Girl’s Body Image, very much. This time we were greeted by Rebekah Fisk, another specialist in this topic. We were led up…
On Wednesday, January 21st, our school had the privilege of hosting the CEO of Goldieblox, a company creating engineering toys for young girls, Debbie Sterling. She talked a little bit about how she went to engineering school and was one of the very few girls attending the class. The problem with this was that on…
On January 16, my group and I walked to Washington Square park with a 5 question yes or no survey in hand. The survey contained 5 facts on veterans and the goal of the survey was to find out what people in society actually knew about veterans and how they are treated when they are…
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…
On Tuesday, January 20th, my group and I attended the Deep Sea Corals Amendment Webinar. This Webinar was held to decide whether or not The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council should pass the Deep Sea Corals Amendment, and what the details of it should be. We were some of the first people to “arrive” at the Webinar, and…
On Tuesday January 20, we were luckily enough to meet with the award winning Author Patricia McCormick. She is an author of many books such as, Sold, Cut, Never Fall Down, I am Malala, My Brother’s Keeper and many others, but the one that caught our eye was Purple Heart which is about a soldier…
On Thursday January 16. 2015, we gave people at Washington Square Park a survey on veterans to see if people realized the issues veterans face. Our survey had five questions. The first was “do you know one out four veterans is homeless.” The second one was “do you know every 65 seconds a veterans commits…
We left school at around 11:30 right after lunch. I was a little apprehensive, our fieldwork was not as prepared as I thought it should be. As soon as we had finally got every parent’s permission and we had finally gotten out the door, I suddenly realized we had no adult with us and didn’t…
On December 4th my group and I were lucky to have a woman named Ashley Coneys come to our classroom to conduct one of her “Know Your Rights” workshops. Ashley Coneys is the head project organizer at an organization named the PROP, Police Reform Organizing Project. We were introduced to Ashley during our previous interview…
On December 3rd my group and I went to a special puppet show presented by CAPP. It was at the school PS 506 where two people who have been trained by CAPP to go out and work at schools and demonstrate why child abuse is wrong. Before starting the actual show the two workers will…
On our latest fieldwork our group was able to meet the esteemed photographer, Steve Liss, an expert on juvenile justice. Steve Liss spent over 2 years in a juvenile detention center Texas, photographing and learning from the inmates. He was first inspired to take on this line of work after visiting a juvenile incarceration center while…
On December 4th, my groupmates and I hosted Ashley Coneys at our school who taught a “Know Your Rights” Workshop. Ashley is the Project Organizer at P.r.o.p, or Police Reform Organizing Project, which is an organization that specializes in creating awareness about the current wasteful, unequal and racially biased, police activity in our city and…
We were lucky enough to get the opportunity to meet with the author Coe Booth and speak about her book Tyrell and speak about her own experiences. She came to our school and met with us in the library. She was very easy to talk to and was very open about her experience. Ms. Booth…
We met with many different representatives from Strong Youth on December 2, 2014. Strong Youth is an organization that sends guidance counselors into schools to help prevent the risk of violence. During our visit, we learned that children don’t want to join gangs, they are forced to. With no extracurricular activities, nobody telling you violence…
For our fourth fieldwork we had an interview with Cheryl Roberts, the head of the Greenburger center, a recently founded organization that is working on an alternative to prison for people with mental illnesses. The Greenburger center was founded last year by Francis Greenburger, but lead by Cheryl Roberts. As said before the Greenburger center’s…
Our group wanted to not only to hear the perspective and opinions on our topic from experts, but the average person as well. We went to Washington Square park to ask people quick questions on child abuse and inform them about statistics in the United States. This was a very interesting…
On Tuesday, January fifth, my group and I went to The Paley Center for Media to attend a class called ‘Girl’s Body Image in Media’, which is exactly related to our topic of the way that women and girls are being portrayed in magazines, . When we got to the building where we were supposed to be, it turned…
On Wednesday, November 19th, my Social Justice group and I attended three field works, our last one of the day was attending the premiere of Tough Love, a documentary airing at AFC theater, just down the street from school. We had read about the premiere online, and were excited to see the film and gain insight into…
On Wednesday, December 3 our group visited a school to observe a puppet show done by the Child Abuse Prevention Program. We have worked with this organization before and the people are very nice and helpful. This organization puts on kid-friendly shows that express that some things are not safe, even for adults. Using puppets…
Cheryl Roberts, who is the head of the of the Greenburger Foundation, told us about what the foundation is trying to stop. The Foundation exists to try to prevent people with mental health problems from going to jail. The Foundation will create in the future, a mental health program that provides group therapy, and individual…
For our third fieldwork we had an interview with Ishmael Nazarro of the Fortune Society, and a formerly incarcerated juvenile. When Ishmael was 16 he was arrested for robbery and sent to Rikers Island. Shortly after being released from prison he was arrested for another robbery that he had not committed. Despite being innocent he…
On the morning of December 2, my group and I visited the eminent 1 Police Plaza, in downtown Manhattan. This is a large fourteen floor building that serves as the location of the NYPD headquarters. Interestingly, Daniel’s mother actually works in the building and we were able to say a quick hello to her. As…
On Tuesday, November 18, our social justice group was able to attend an LREI Speaker Series about public policy, this year’s theme. More specifically, the event was about mass incarceration (incarcerating the wrong people, for the wrong reasons, for the wrong time). This panel featured Francis Greenburger, Ann Jacobs, JoAnne Page, Gabriel Sayegh, all who…
Myself and my Social Justice group recently attended a lecture at New York University where people three inspirational women pondered the question, “How Might Shakespeare’s poem “The Rape of Lucrece” and talk about the current conversations about “rape culture” on collage campuses.” The three women who spoke were New York Magazine Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis (whom…
On Wednesday the 12th of November, my group and I interviewed Robert Gangi the head of the Police Reform Organizing Project(PROP). PROP is an organization that is actively working on reforming, monitoring, and influencing smart and justified policing. We visited his office on broadway and W 36th in Times Square. This interview allowed us to…
On Thursday, December 11th, 2014, Siena, Monica and I took the B train to 42nd street, to meet with the co-founder of Empowered by You. Empowered by You is an underwear company that uses the profits to help women start up their own companies. They find women all over the world and get them going.…
n October 29th, myself and my social justice group attended a student held rally at Colombia University. It was led by a handful of rape and sexual assault survivors who wanted to bring awareness to the topic and make a difference. Around 175 students, faculty, reporters, survivors and ordinary pedestrians attended the event with pillows…
On Friday, December 12, my social justice group and I interviewed Peggy Kern, author of realistic fiction young adult novel, Little Peach. Little Peach is about a fourteen year old named Michelle who is a victim of sexual trafficking or modern day slavery. All my group members had finished Little Peach in under two days and agreed…
Our group met with Esme Edwards on Thursday, December Eighteenth 2014 because she was very interested in the same topic that we were raising awareness for. She shared her views on how girls are portrayed in the media and what we can do to make sure that we love our bodies as much as possible.…
On Wednesday, December 17th, my group members and I headed to Washington Square Park to conduct several interviews with random people, as a way of collecting information about the general public’s knowledge of child abuse. In addition to collecting new data for ourselves to learn from and use, we also aimed to educate those that…
On Wednesday, December 3rd, our group was invited to attend one of the Child Abuse Prevention Program’s workshops at P.S. 506. We’ve worked with CAPP before, but have never seen them in action, so this was a great opportunity to get a sense of how they go about actually educating the kids. When we got…
On November 18th, my group members and I had the great opportunity to sit and listen to a panel on wrongful incarceration, organized by the Greenburger center.This event was held in the high school auditorium that evening and almost every seat was filled. There was a total of 5 or 6 members on the panel,…
On Wednesday, November 12, my group members and I had the pleasure of meeting with the Head Organizer of the Police Reform Organizing Project. (PROP)Prop is a non-profit organization whose mission is to stop the current ineffective, unjust, discriminatory, and racially biased practices of the NYPD; to investigate police priorities and punish abusive conduct; and…
My Social Justice Group had arranged to sell reusable water bottles with the organization “Take Back the Tap”. I had heard that some people at the parish I belong to, the Church of Saint Francis Xavier, were conducting a reusable water bottle sale. The goal of the “Take Back the Tap” reusable water bottle sale…
We arrived in Manhattan at 6:00 but at the Church of Saint Francis Xavier at about 6:15pm. It was cold and I had no idea what to expect. My dad and I walked up the many steps to the giant double doors. Our field work involved selling reusable water bottles for the organization “Take Back…
On Sunday, December 21st, I went to help sell water bottles for Take Back the Tap at the Church of Saint Xavier. Take Back the Tap is a project of the Peace and Justice committee in the Church of Saint Francis Xavier. While drinking bottled water may seem like a healthy choice, buying single use…
When we contacted Lauren Mucciolo, the producer of “Poor Kids” she was very eager to help us learn more about our topic. We found out about her through Momii. She told us that we should watch the movie and try to contact either the director or producer. When we did, Lauren agreed to come to LREI and so we…
My group and I interviewed Anna, who unfortunately was a victim of sexual assault on a college campus and had to suffer through dealing with the college’s awful, unjust ways of handling her rape case. Anna went to LREI until the end of tenth grade. Then transferred to York and went to Hobart College. We…
On December 2nd, Austin, Caleb, and myself went out to Jerusalem New York to visit the people at Strong Youth. Strong Youth is an organization that works with children in gangs, or children who are at risk of joining a gang, on a basis of intervention and prevention. They go to schools all over New…
On Thursday, December 11, my group and I were lucky enough to interview Hillary Meltzer, the Deputy Chief of Environmental Law who often works with groups like the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) and Parks and Recreation Department. Her office is at 100 Church Street, on the 6th floor. We had to show our student…
The interview with Anna took place on Tuesday, December 16.My group and I interviewed Anna about her experience in sexual assault, and what she did after the fact. After listening carefully to her story, I realized that her’s, just like many other college rapes, were not solved, and the people who committed the crimes were…
On Tuesday, December 2nd, my group mates and I visited One Police Plaza. One Police Plaza is the headquarters of Nypd operations. It has 14 floors, each floor ascending with higher rank. The Commissioner is at the 14th, while the Chief of Department is on the 13th. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by Officer…
On Friday, December 12th my social justice group and I were planning to meet Peggy Kern. Peggy Kern is the author who wrote, what is now one of my favorite books, Little Peach. Every member of our group has read the amazing story and we were so excited to meet her. When we went to the…
Interview with Hilary Meltzer, 12/11/14 On Thursday, December 11th, the “No Water, No Life” group met with lawyer and water pollution expert Hilary Meltzer at her office on Church Street. We walked from our school, LREI, to the West 4th Street subway station, and took the train downtown. As we emerged from the World Trade…
On Monday, November 24th, Siena, Monica and I had an interview with a woman named Lauren Mucciolo. Lauren is the producer of a documentary called “Poor Kids”, along with her colleague Jezza Neumann. The movie follows the lives of three kids, Brittany, Kaylie, and Jonny, all of whom struggle with staying above the poverty line.…
On Wednesday, November 19th, my group members and I payed a visit to NYCC’s (The New York Center For Children’s) headquarters on the Upper East Side. It was our second fieldwork of the day, and our third one total, which gave us confidence in our ability to act professional and conduct a great interview. We…
Interview with Robert J. DeSena, founder and president of Council For Unity, 12/16/14 My group members, Zeb, Caleb, and I, met with Bob DeSena at John Dewey High School. We learned about how Council For Unity has helped thousands of people by providing extracurricular activities and guidance counselors. Before CFU came to John Dewey High…
On Tuesday, December 2nd, me and my group went to Uniondale New York to meet with Beria Camargo of Strong Youth. Strong Youth is an organization that helps high risk kids in need and gives them the encouragement and support they need to get bye in school. A guidance councilor was supposed to meet with…
On Wednesday November 5th my group and I traveled to the movie theater to see Tough Love. This movie was about two parents, Hannah from New York, and Patrick from Seattle who lost there kids because they neglected them. These parents were convicted even though they may not have been at true fault. The film…
On December 11th, my group traveled on the subway to 39th street to the offices of Empowered By You, an organization that makes their money through their underwear sales. We met up with Charlotte who took us into a super modern, colorful, conference room to explain to us the company. I was shocked to hear…
On November 24th, my group and I had an interview with Lauren Mucciolo in the school library. I have to say, waiting for someone that you have never met before is pretty nerve racking and hilarious. Every single time someone that we hadn’t seen before appeared to be coming near the school entrance, we all…
