Discussion Paper #4

Maritza Guerrero

SOC 122 M/W 10:00 am

14 May 2018

Discussion Paper #4

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/15/enough_a_million_students_walk_out

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/15/farmworkers_bring_human_rights_fight_to

The first story was on the students movement from different schools around the country that took a stand in protest for gun control. Students are doing "walk-outs" as a form of protest for gun control, and what are causing these protests from students was the recent event that happened in February of this year. The school shooting in Florida is the reason for these protests, and from past mass shootings in the country. The story takes us to a school in New York that shows students chanting and speaking out against gun violence and wanting a ending to it. Shown in the story was also two middle school students that participated in a walk-out in Colorado that talk about their walk-out at their school which they helped organize. The story continues with the focus of New York students on their protesting and showing many young advocates and students speaking on the issue. One being a 17-year old girl, president of the black lives matter coalition in New York sharing her story to why she is at the protest.

The second story has the same date as the first one of March 15,  2018. This story deals with farm workers from Florida protesting against Wendy's outside of a building in New York. These farm workers have fasted, and will end their fast at a protest. The reasoning for the protest was based on Wendy's refusal in signing for a program known as the Fair Food Program. Wendy's is one of the only ones that did not sign it in contrast to other major fast food chains that did sign which include McDonald's, Chipotle, and more. The reason why these farmers want Wendy's to sign on to this program is so that Wendy's will buy produce, in this case, tomatoes, from workers that would be protected from injustices such as physical abuses and sexual harassment according to Democracy Now spreaker Nermeen Shaikh. The story also features a farm worker, Gerardo Reyes Chavez, who speaks on the issue.