2016-2017

1/10/17, Interview With Suzanne Cohen, LGBTQ

by Gwen

On Tuesday, January 10th, 2017, my group interviewed one of our former humanities teachers, Suzanne Cohen. We asked her about her experience, and what it is like today to be a gay woman. We asked her about what it was like when she came out ot her family and friends. One really good point she…

by Juliet

On a rather ordinary early January day we took a train to the Staten Island Ferry then got on the boat to take us to staten island and a twenty minute walk later we arrived. The building is nice, with a colorful interior. Another elevator ride later we arrived. We sat down with the woman…

by Cole

On January 9, 2017, my other group members Spencer, Jack A, Willem, and I were fortunate enough to get an interview with Jaqueline Patterson Head of Environmental Justice at NAACP. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to…

by sadye

A few days ago my group and I had a fieldwork with Pro-Choice America, we interviewed Anne Bailey. Anne works for Pro-Choice America. Pro-Choice America uses politics to help elect candidates who believe in pro-choice and make sure that candidates who don’t believe in pro-choice are not in an office. While we were on the…

by Rei

When we met with the Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset for the second time, they were very interested in learning more about our point of view on the topic of child abuse. They mentioned how great it was to have kids as young as we are, so dedicated and passionate about our subject. They wanted our…

by Nina

On 1/20/17 my group and I talked with a man named Mike McGarry. He is an Environmental Consultant and does environmental work for a living. He studied environmental sciences in Cornel University in NY state. He has worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers, authored NEPA documents (Environmental Impact Statements/Environmental Assessments), for federal actions…

by Lindsay

On January 20th, most of my group and I had an over-the-phone interview with Mike McGary. Mike McGary is a cousin of Nina’s mother, and has experience in ecology. He is and ecologist, he is an environmental consultant, and does environmental work for a living. He explained how mercury gets into our system. He said…

by Lindsay

On January 19th, my group and I met with Kaitlyn Parkins, who is the education director for the Lower East Side Ecology Center. The Lower East Side Ecology Center focuses on making a sustainable New York City. They offer Community-based recycling and composting programs, local stewardship of green space, and environmental education programs. They are…

by Alexa

On this fieldwork, we met with various people who were part of the World Childhood Foundation at their NYC headquarters. We spoke to Joanna Rubinstein and Nicole Epps, and we had previously met with them two times in the past. Talking to Joanna, who is the president and CEO of Childhood, and Nicole, who is…

by Nina

On 1/19/17 we (Ruthanne, Ruby, and Lindsay) interviewed Kaitlyn Parkins. She is the education director of the L.E.S.E.C. and works on the stewardship programs. This organization has four different programs including electronic waste recycling, and are a host site for the NYC compost project. The electronic recycling is held in their Gowanus office. They collect electronic…

by Mika

My group and I are in the GSA club in our school. The GSA club is a group for people of the LGBTQ community and allies of the LGBTQ community. One of the teachers named Suzanne made this club and allowed us to interview her on the discrimination she dealt with because she is…

by Mika

My group wanted to watch a film called Trevor, which is about a boy named Trevor that discovers he is gay. Trevor is a 13 year old that starts to develop feelings towards his best friend Pinky. His whole school thinks he is gay since he is depicted as a stereotypical gay kid. After we…

by Juliet

We traveled up the great escape to the seventh grade classrooms where we sat down with seventh grade teacher Suzanne Cohen to talk about being gay in today’s harsh environments and political crisis, as well as what she wishes kids knew and were taught from an early age. She told us that she wishes words…

by Lily M

For our fourth fieldwork, we went to see the newly released movie, Hidden Figures. This movie is about African American women who work at NASA as mathematicians and fight for equality for both African Americans and women. Throughout the movie, they stand up to what they think is right and they prove themselves worthy of…

by Alexa

Today, we went to Kicking The Spectrum on Lexington Avenue. Kicking The Spectrum is a Karate organization for both kids with a wide range of different disabilities and kids without any disability at all. We learned briefly about what David does to run his program, and how it started. David and his wife have discovered many ways to navigate…

by sadye

On on December 9th, my group and I set off to go to the Center for Reproductive Rights. When we first walked in we were greeted with a huge smile and we all were overwhelmed by the view which was breathtaking. We ended up in a conference room with Devon Hutchins, and her two colleagues…

by Marcus

During my fieldwork visit, Caleb and I went to the Brooklyn Navy Yards with Caleb’s father, Adam Kohn-Blank. We drove from his house on Bergen Street and drove to building 52. There we met Emilie who gave us a full tour and interview. We talked with some of the participants, one being Dexter who was…

by Solomon

For my group’s third field work, we visited the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. We talked with a representative about the problems that have been occurring. The canal is being filled with sewage every time it rains. The canal used to be a dumping ground for coal waste, so it is toxic to animals. Along with the…

by Isabella

On Tuesday, January 10th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group had an interview with Suzanne Cohen, my former-Humanities teacher. We asked her questions about being a gay woman in today’s society. We asked her about experiences she had, how people reacted to her coming out, and how we can help kids at our school feel more…

by Jack S

For our third social justice project we watched a movie called hoop dreams. We decided to each watch the movie on our own over winter break. It was very cool to see how two black families in poverty had a lot of things in common. They both didn’t have a lot of money, and they…

by Jack S

We met with Paul Jeffries last week. Paul Jeffries came in and talked about what he does to help people in need through sports. He spoke in front of the whole eighth grade. He works for the soccer club NYCFC, and his job is to help communities and people in need through soccer. He grew…

by Jack S

On Monday, November 21, we met with David Ludwig. He is the director of Community Programs at Asphalt Green at the uptown location. Asphalt Green is a sports facility where they have sports classes. In addition to teaching classes, they also help children and senior citizens in need. We interviewed him about his role at…

by Rei

The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has an annual Holiday party in which they have presents for the kids and activities for them to do. We were invited by the funding administrator to come and help out in preparing the activities for the kids. We helped cut flowers, felt shapes, create…

by Spencer

On January 9th, after eating lunch and quickly discussing a plan, Cole, Jack, Willem, Susannah and I bundled up in 3+ layers, opened the doors and flinched at the freezing weather. Our goal was to go to a rally to say no to Donald Trump’s appointments to his cabinet. We arrived at 48th and were…

by Alexa

For this fieldwork, we partnered with the same team of people we had worked with before (one of the directors of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a new receptionist and funding administrator for the organization, and the development officer). What we did is we sorted through the thousands of…

by Alexa

On this visit, we were invited to volunteer by one of the directors of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a new receptionist and funding administrator for the organization, and the development officer. During this fieldwork, I felt very happy because the idea of kids using what we were making…

by Caleb

At 10:50 we arrived at the Refoundry. The Refoundry is a place where formerly incarcerated people can be selected to be trained. They are trained in either two things. Either wood working, of leather working. We were greeted by Emilie Grodman, who we had been in contact with for some time. Over the course of…

by Spencer

On January 9th, Cole, Willem, Jack and I called Jaqueline Patterson who is the head of the NAACP. We interviewed her asking questions, ranging from more philosophical questions like if you could change one thing about how we treat the environment and more specific questions like what are some examples of superfund sights. In specific,…

by Ruby

Billion Oyster Project 12/5/2017 The Billion Oyster Project’s mission is to put a billion oysters in the Hudson River. Oysters filter water so putting oysters in the river make it filtered and therefore cleaner. We met with Robina Taliaferrow who works at the Billion Oyster Project and we got a tour and got to watch…

by Willem

My group members and I interviewed David Chang from We Act on December 16th, 2016. During our conversation many topics were spoken of in great detail. All of these topics were about the environment, and David answered our questions very thoughtfully and fruitfully, which is what we expected and more, since he is an Indoor…

by Ruby

We met with Michael Wasserman who has worked at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy for over a year. He gave us a tour and showed us the canal, where their growing plants and trees in giant dumpsters, their nursery where they keep and raise lots of plants and some of the parks that they created and…

by Caleb

On my group’s first fieldwork, we met with a man named Saadiq Bey, who works for the Vera Institute. We met at LREI and interviewed him about the Vera Institute and what is does. The Vera Institute is an organization that try to help create justice in the Judicial System. Saadiq told us that a…

by Cole

On December 16th, 2016 my social justice group and I interviewed David Chang with We Act. David specialized in indoor environmental justice. We decided as a group that we wanted to go more into depth in that field and decided that David would be perfect to interview. We interviewed him after school one day and…

by Cole

On Saturday, November 12, 2016, we went to a conference titled Urban Communities for Climate Resilience up at Columbia University. We met up with our contact David Chang, the Environmental Health Coordinator for We Act Organization. We Act is a group made up of scientists, lawyers and devoted workers to help make not-as-privileged communities environmentally…

by Jack A

We met with one of WEACT’s head officials David Chang. We had an interview with David Chang over the phone. David Chang’s goal is to provide poor communities with the tools he has to offer. his he works with the tools to improve their health and their environment. We learned about how our new President, Donald J.…

by Rachel

On this visit, we were invited to volunteer by Inessa Spencer, and Beverly Orth-Geoghegan. Our job was to assemble arts and crafts toys for kids who have been abused. We along with 4 other volunteers, and 5 other staff members cut out hundreds of paper flowers for the children to make boquets out of. The people…

by Rachel

I think so far, this interview has affected my group most. We interviewed a child abuse survivor. For confidentiality reasons, the name of the survivor will not be named. In a private room in our school, we interviewed her about her experiences. When we interviewed this person, the conversation felt real, she wasn’t hiding anything…

by Gwen

This wasn’t a fieldwork, but I felt like I had to make a post about it. Over winter break, each group had to choose a book about our topic. My group chose “Being Jazz” written by Jazz Jennings. Jazz is a 16 year old transgender girl. She has been recognized by President Obama, and The…

by Annabelle

On Friday, December 2nd, my Social Justice group showed the whole 8th grade a short film called, “Trevor”. We made an introduction explaining why we were showing them the film, and what the plot was. There were a few technical difficulties, but it mainly went smoothly. We planned questions in advance that we would ask…

by Yannik

Earlier this year we had an interview with Talmage Cooley who was a important gun activist. We met him at a restaurant and talked to him about his work and how we can make a difference. He gave us many ideas of how we can make a difference. Talmage started working on gun violence issue…

by Yannik

In November of 2016 our group went on an interview with Donna Dees who was one of the people who started the Million Mom March. We were very excited to interview her about her work, but the important reason why we met with her was to talk about a potential screening of the new movie…

by Mika

My group and I decided to go to a see Jodie Patterson speak about her transgender child and what it is like to be a mother with a trans kid. When her then son was very little he was usually very happy and energetic. But then there was a sudden change in behavior. Jodie noticed…

by Yannik

Early in November our group met with Kim Russel, a representative from the Brady Campaign. We talked about various things. We interviewed Kim Russel about her work with the Brady Campaign. We talked about laws and we learned about what the Brady Campaign does and how we could make an impact. We learned that it…

by Spencer

On December 16th, 2016 Me, Cole, Jack A. and Willem called and interviewed Mr. David Chang, who works at WEACT for Environmental Justice, he specializes on indoor environmental justice. We talked to him about, examples of Environmental Injustice, the Flint Water Crisis and Environmental Injustice in the future. One thing I learned about are superfund…

by Lily P

Our group all watched the movie Hoop Dreams. The movie is about 2 kids in Chicago who are talented basketball players. They dream about becoming famous NBA players. Both of the kids families are poor, and if the kids can make it big in basketball, they will make money for their families. This movie connects…

by Cate

On December 9th, my group and I went over to the Center For Reproductive Rights and interviewed three women. We interviewed Devon Hutchins, along with her two coworkers. Their names were Lauren and Genevieve. The Center For Reproductive Rights is an organization that focuses on using the law to help make the government protect, respect…

by Georgia

My group met with Devon Hutchins and her co-workers, Lauren and Genevieve who are all from the Center for Reproductive Rights. Devon joined the Center in 2013. She has been a big part of the Center for many years now. While we were talking, Genevieve said that when she was growing up, she had a…

by Georgia

A few days ago my group had a phone interview with a woman named Anne Bailey. Anne works for Pro Choice America. Pro Choice America uses politics to help elect candidates who believe in pro choice and eliminate candidates who don’t. Anne brought up some very smart points, especially about the election. Anne said that…

by Lily M

Our third fieldwork was going to the Taylor Swift Experience at the Grammy Museum. This exhibit was mostly made by Taylor Swift herself. We went there because we wanted to see how they would portray Taylor Swift, the pop star who has been criticised in the media many times. We wanted to know if the…

by Rei

For our third fieldwork, we talked with a child abuse survivor about her experiences with an abusive father a child. This meeting really made me think about how child abuse really has no face. I would never have been able to tell that this positive, well spirited person was treated in such awful dehumanizing ways. She…

by Keira

On Monday, December 12th, Peggy Kern visited our class to talk about her book, Little Peach. Little Peach is about a girl named Michelle who runs away from her home and gets seduced by a pimp. He brings her home with him and takes advantage of her by forcing her to have sex with men…

by Acadia

On my group’s second field work we met and interviewed a woman named Patricia McCormick. Patricia McCormick is the writer of Sold, I am Malala, Cut, Purple Heart and many more. Sold is about a girl that is sold by her family into prostitution in Nepal. I read this book and so did another member…

by Acadia

During my group’s first fieldwork we had a facetime interview with a woman named Sheila Berman. Sheila Berman is a lawyer and activist that works in human trafficking rights in the USA and all around the world. She goes around the world to teach judges, lawyers, policemen and more about the human trafficking and what…

by Gwen

Small spoiler warning! On Friday, December 2nd, my group showed the grade a film called Trevor. It is a 20 minute film about a boy named Trevor. He is a 14 year old gay kid in the 1970’s. He loves listening to Diana Ross and he loves the theater. Trevor goes to school like a…

by Gwen

On Tuesday, November 22, my group went to a speaking with Jodie Patterson. Jodie is a mother of an eight year old transgender son. She explained her experience along with her initial reaction. It was really interesting to hear the story from a parent’s point of view. I feel like perspective plays a big role…

by Marcus

During my field work visit, my partner, Caleb, and I invited Jumaane Williams, who is a council member in east Flatbush, to come to the school for a public interview. He had him sit down in Momii’s room in the evening and asked him questions about his job. He talked about what he did as…

by Caleb

At 2 o’clock on Wednesday, 12/7 our group, prison reform, invited city councilman Jumaane Williams to LREI. Jumaane Williams was elected in 2010 and has been a member ever since. When he arrived our whole grade gathered to talk to heim and ask him questions. He was very nice and it seemed like he enjoyed being there.…

by Solomon

For our second field work, my group decided to return to the B.O.P. to get a full tour of the facility along with more work like lifting the oyster cages and inspecting them. When we arrived on the island and headed over to the building, we got a tour of the aqua lab. Contained within…

by Aidhan

Blog Post #1: Asphalt Green Interview With David Ludwig, Head of Community Programs Monday, November 21st, 2016 On Monday, November 21st, my group mates and I went to Asphalt Green, a sports facility on 90th street and York Avenue, to interview David Ludwig, who is the head of Community Programs. David was happy to be…

by Cate

On December 9th, 2016, my group and I interviewed a lady named Anne Bailey. Anne is a young woman who works with an organization called Pro-Choice America. Pro-Choice America is also known as NARAL. Anne is Pro-Choice America Deputy Field Director. NARAL is an organization that is made up of pro-choice women and men across…

by Alexa

Our second interview we did was with the NY Center for Children Sarah McNamara, the senior social worker there. This organization works to provide therapy, medical, and recreational services to abused children. It is a non-for-profit organization, and a large amount of its budget comes from donations. When we arrived, we sat in a waiting…

by Alexa

For our first fieldwork and attempt to learn more about taking action in our topic, we scheduled an interview with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chermiset of the World Childhood foundation. We took the D train to West 31st street and walked to the building #715 on 183 Madison Ave. We took the beautiful glass elevator up…

by Sylvie

My social justice group had the honor to meet and have an interview with Rebecca Elbogen, who is the New York Representative for Ballet For All Kids. Rebecca has been working with the organization since she was in high school. She grew up in Los Angeles, and was a dedicated ballerina, dancing everyday throughout her teen years. While…

by Nina

On 12/5 my group, Ruthanne, Ruby, and Lindsay, and another group, William, Luke, Atticus, and Solomon met up with a woman named Robina Taliaferrow. She took us around Harbor School High school. The school is connected to the Billion Oyster Project and has their students scuba dive, take care of the oysters, and boat around the…

by Lindsay

On December 5th, my group, another social justice group and I volunteered at the Billion Oyster Project, with the help of Robina Taliaferrow. The Billion Oyster Project focuses on spawning and tagging oysters because and when they are put into the Hudson River, they help clean the water, and make it more liveable. They would like…

by Charlie

On Thursday my Social Justice group and I had our first field work, we had an interview with an important person from The Brady Campaign named Kim Russel. We asked her a few questions about her views on the gun issue in the US. She told us many interesting facts but one that stuck with…

by Miles

My group interviewed Kim Russell, who is the Regional Organizing Manager at the Brady Campaign. She told us about the Brady Campaigns mission which is to cut gun deaths in half by 2025. It’s a big goal, but that’s how they stay motivated. A big point she made is that guns aren’t being used…

by Miles

My group interviewed Donna Dees, who is the founder of Million Moms March, which is the largest protest against gun violence of all time. This visit was really fun and interesting. We also interviewed her about her current work with the Brady Campaign. Throughout this interview, she share some interesting facts and statistics about…

by Julien

In this interview I met with Talmage Cooley, the CEO of the Center to Prevent Youth Violence. He is one of the most prominent advocates for Gun Control. For this fieldwork visit Talmage and our group planned to meet at a restaurant on West 4th Street mostly because how cold it was outside. He was…

by Aidhan

Blog Post #2: NYCFC, City in the Community Meeting with Paul Jeffries, Director of Community Development for NYCFC Thursday, December 1st, 2016 Paul Jeffries, who used to be my coach at Downtown United Soccer Club (DUSC), came to visit my class. After he was at DUSC for a long time, he had a job…

by sadye

On Monday afternoon my group had a fieldwork. This fieldwork was not the kind where you go and volunteer, instead, my group and I had a phone call interview. At 1pm we got on the phone with Keli Golf is an American journalist, playwright, and screenwriter. She first came to prominence as a blogger and…

by Kiki

This fieldwork may be a bit confusing as to why we would go, but we had a very good reason. Taylor swift has been a huge figure in the media and is also a woman. She is well known for being a country singer and later switching to the pop genre. But she is also…

by Lily M

Our second field work was going to the Paley Center for Media. We went to go be a part of a workshop/conference about women’s portrayal in the media. A woman named Rebecca greeted us and she brought us to a small theater room. The conference lasted two hours and was extremely interesting. We started off…

by Lily P

Paul Jeffries, the director of community development for NYCFC (New York City Football Club), came into our school to talk to the grade about what he does. He was Aidhan’s soccer coach at DUSC (Downtown United Soccer Club) previously, and then moved on to work for NYCFC. He told us that he switched jobs because…

by Cate

On Monday 28th, 2016, my group and I were able to interview a woman named Keli Goff. We had this interview at 1:00 and we were able to have it at LREI. Keli Goff is an American journalist, playwright, and screenwriter. Currently, Keli Goff is making a documentary about women’s rights. Not only that, but…

by Sophie

We walked into the Taylor Swift Experience thinking it would be a museum based on celebrity drama or past boyfriends or magazine rumors. However, I was very impressed by the exhibit. It was all about Taylor’s accomplishments as a musician and the talents she had. They had videos of each of her grammy speeches and…

by Sophie

On November 28th, my group attended a workshop at the Paley Center for Media. The Paley Center is a nonprofit museum preserving television and radio programs. The workshop we attending was Women and Girls In The Media. We were greeted in the lobby by Rebecca and she took us to a theatre on the second…

by Annabelle

On Tuesday, November 22, we went to the cafeteria in the middle school to observe a talk hosted by a mother of 5, Jodie Patterson. She is a transgender ally and speaks at many events and places like she did at LREI. She gives advice to people going through the same things, and is happy…

by Annabelle

On Wednesday, November 16th we went to a lecture and Q&A with Moisés Kaufman, the writer of “The Laramie Project.” The lecture was at the high school on Charlton Street, after school. Moisés Kaufman talked about his inspiration with the play, and the how and why of him going to Laramie, Wyoming to conduct the…

by Annabelle

Thursday November 10th, we went to a play at the high school called “The Laramie Project”. It’s about a boy named Matthew Shepard who was brutally murdered by two men because he was gay. The play written by Moises Kaufman and it was made up from interviews made by Moises and his team. They went…

by Isabella

On Friday, December 2nd, our LGBTQ Social Justice group showed our grade a short film called Trevor. The film is about a thirteen year old boy named Trevor who realizes he’s gay when he falls in love with his best friend, Pinkie. With his love for Musical performance and Diana Ross, Trevor is quite the…

by Isabella

On Tuesday, November 22nd, our LGBTQ Social Justice group went to a lecture from a mother of a transgender child. Jodie Patterson is the mother of five children, one of them being transgender. Penelope, who is nine years old was born in the body of a girl, but with the mind of a boy. Jodie…

by Natalie

My group’s first field work was watching a movie called Miss Representation. The film was about all the types of ways women are misrepresented in the media in this day and age. When women become big figures in politics, a lot of times they tend to focus on how she presents herself – not as in…

by Kiki

As our second fieldwork, the Women in the Media group contacted and scheduled a trip to the Paley Center For Media. Since our group is about the portrayal of women in the media, we thought this would be a great place to visit. We first called and contacted an official that worked at the center…

by Natalie

On Thursday, December 1st, my Social Justice group and I went to the Taylor Swift Experience, a Grammy museum in the South Street Seaport. We had decided to go to this museum because Taylor Swift is a very big female in the media today; the press is always writing about her, making up rumors, and she…

by Keira

On November 29th, our group had an interview with Patricia Mcormick about her book Sold. Sold is the story of a young girl in Nepal who is sold into the sexual trafficking system. She is trapped in a house with several other prostitutes and is forced to have sex with men to “pay off her…

by Keira

On November 10th, my social justice group had a interview over face time with Sheila Berman. She is a sexual and human trafficking advocate and educator. She travels all over the world and talks to prosecutors, lawyers, judges, and police about how to treat victims of trafficking. The interview was very interesting and we learned…

by Marcus

On my field work visit my partner, Caleb, and I met with Saadiq Bey about his work. We interviewed him and it went very well because we gained a lot of information about the Justice system and how it works for and against certain people. We asked him a lot of questions such as: “While doing some…

by Georgia

My group and I had a very interesting phone call with Keli Goff. Kelly is an American journalist, playwright and screenwriter. She writes and interviews a lot of people who are dealing with/have to do with women’s reproductive rights. Keli said a lot of very interesting things to us. She explained how she thinks that social media…

by Lindsay

Flow: For Love of Water, is a Documentary focused on big water companies and how they’re treating people around. It’s also about how water pollution is affecting the water, and the serious tolls it’s taking on our limited water supply. One of the things one of the scientists was talking about briefly was that: “We…

by Natalie

We went to the Paley Center for a fieldwork on November 28th, 2016. Once we went upstairs, a woman named Rebecca led us into a small theater. Once seated (in the front row), Rebecca asked us on our opinion on how women are portrayed in the media. The rest of the fieldwork was led…

by Rei

For our second fieldwork, we went to the NY Center for Children on 333 E 70th St #1. There we met with Sarah McNamara, a social worker that works at the organization. She told us more about the organization and different things they do to prevent child abuse in the U.S.. Their center is a…

by Rei

For our first fieldwork, we met with Nicole Epps and Tessa Chemist from the World Childhood Foundation. Their organization focuses on preventing sexual abuse towards children. They were very friendly and gave us bracelets to raise awareness for their subject. Because their organization is still developing, we discussed different possibilities of helping them expand their…

by Lily M

For our first fieldwork, we decided we wanted to watch a documentary. We thought it was a good way to introduce ourselves to the subject. The movie we watched was called “Miss Representation” Written and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The movie was all about how women, and young women, are portrayed so badly and…

by Kiki

For my first social justice fieldwork, my group watched a movie called Miss Representation. I personally thought this movie was amazing and incredibly informing. It really opened my eyes on how hyper-sexualized women are in our society. I think it’s disgusting how we are constantly portrayed as sex objects, just a pretty face, stupid, and…

by Nina

On 11/28/16 My group visited the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. This organization helps all of the historical contaminations and are focusing on things near the Gowanus Canal. This canal is in 543 Union Street, #1E, Brooklyn, NY 11215. We met with Michael Wasserman who is the volunteer coordinator. He walked us through all of the places…

by Lindsay

On November 28th, me and my group met with Michael Wasserman, who helps the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. The Gowanus Canal Conservancy focuses on helping the Canal get back to the state that it was once in. Before it was used at a place for cargo ships to dock, it was a place for people to…

by Clair

Our group is studying the many kinds of child abuse in America and how to prevent it. Child abuse is very common; 1 in every 6 children will be abused before they turn 18, but many people ignore it or believe that it doesn’t happen in our country. This is a lie, child abuse happens…

by Clair

Our group is studying sexual assault and trafficking. There are millions of women and girls being trafficked every day. Their minds are manipulated by the pimps in order to believe that they owe something to the pimps. This is a global issue and it’s really important for people to work to prevent it. We hope…

by Clair

Our group is studying LGBTQ rights. We are specifically focusing on kids and teens. We think it is really important for everyone to be more aware about the problems with our country and people not accepting the LGBTQ community. Everyone deserves to be treated equally in the world. Often people are misjudged just because they…

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