Bio: These two Social Justice Mentors have been outstanding as returning students to the SJ program. Emma has started a school wide campaign to help our campus do the right thing by no longer ordering apparel from companies who use sweatshops. Martin focuses most of his efforts on the plight of farm animals and looks to help others make a compassionate choice when they sit down to eat. These eleventh graders are bound to raise eyebrows well into their senior year.
As retailers compete with one another by seeking lowest-cost workers, they put pressure on suppliers to keep their costs down, and they encourage consumers to buy more at "discount" prices. This market for cheap goods often squeezes factory owners to pinch even more. The result is forced overtime, low wages, punishments and fines for slow work and mistakes, worker intimidation, child labor, and other abuses.
Events:
March 23rd - Invisible Children World Tour 2007
Thousands of children flee their homes nightly in order to escape being abducted. Children in Uganda are regularly abducted by the LRA to be trained as child soldiers. The children who run from their homes walk miles to find shelter in hospitals or bus parks - virtually anywhere far away from rebel camps.
The film and organization will be on campus to help LCCHS get informed and active!
For more information please visit: Invisible Children
April 28th-29th - Sewing Seeds Workshop
Learn exciting, new approaches for teaching about environmental preservation, human rights, animal protection, and consumerism, media and culture.
Location:
La Costa Canyon High School
1 Maverick Way
Carlsbad, California 92009
LIMITED ENROLLMENT.
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: BY April 11
Sliding scale registration fee: $49.00 - $179.00
Student rate: $29.00
For more information or to register, click
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