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- [Cheerleaders] S-C-O-R-E. score!

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S-C-O-R-E, score!

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S-C-O-R-E, score!

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- Do you want us to take it from the top?

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Slavia your life will soon be over.

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You\'re nearly as old as I was
when you were a little girl.

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You thought I was old then,
but you don\'t think you\'re old.

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- [Girl] Yes, I do.

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- I needed to go to college.

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I knew that for myself too I wanted to go

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to college like I\'ve always loved school.

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You still think your life hasn\'t started.

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You think it\'s ahead.

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- [Girl] Everyone feels like that.

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- How do you know?

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School has been the best
thing to happen to me.

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And I\'m learning so much about
myself and like what I love.

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And it\'s great that I\'m
given the opportunity

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to explore that.

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- Is it on more plates, your distribution,

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how we sell.

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What would you say the focus...

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- It\'s weird \'cause I go
from crying in a scene

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and then an hour later
come to business class

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and talk about like
customer needs and wants.

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- Did you see any prior?

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Yeah, Eve?

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- I wrote down that he
held like focus groups.

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- Yeah and that\'s common.

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You know that that\'s common to do that.

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- You know, acting is
a business in itself.

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So, I want to educate myself
so I can market myself.

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I may even want to open
my own theater one day.

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Then I\'ll have knowledge
about what it\'s like

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to run your own business.

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It\'s great.

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Like you\'re learning so
much but it\'s hard too.

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Like you just got to be
able to balance it all.

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- To be a college student
there\'s the assumption

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that you struggle and you also
have a very busy schedule.

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My friends call me Busy Izzy.

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That\'s my actual nickname.

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I am currently in seven classes
this semester, 19 credits.

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I hold two or three jobs.

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I am enrolled in two universities

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Drive an average of 2000 miles a month.

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My mom had six kids to provide for.

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She gave me two choices.

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She said college or the
military or I could do both.

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Education is the only
way I can really be happy

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in my future.

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Every time I learn something
new it\'s just another reason

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to be happy with the day is like wow cool

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I got something and
that\'s that\'s priceless.

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Even though it cost me $60,000 dollars.

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(laughing)

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It\'s not priceless.

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There\'s a price on it but
inside it should be priceless.

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- I don\'t actually know
where my class is today, so.

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Thank you.

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I\'ll tell you what though this is probably

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the earliest I\'m getting to this class.

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I\'m almost always late.

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Don\'t put that in there.

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My reasons for coming
to college like a lot

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of people in this generation
it was this pressure

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this feeling that like you
had to go to college order

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to be successful.

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For a lot of people in
high school they\'re used

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to this idea of okay, four more years.

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It\'s called college and
you have to pay for it now.

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For a lot of jobs a bachelor\'s
degree is a necessity even

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if it\'s not directly in that field.

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Going into high school, the
idea of a military career

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had appealed to me.

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I joined the reserves

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and then I joined the
ROTC program in college.

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I\'m a senior airman.

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That\'s my rank.

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I like the Air Force

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because it was a lot more
technological and scientific.

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I want to be a pilot.

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You need a bachelor\'s degree.

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That\'s just the minimum requirement.

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What is this?

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Actually, this was um,
I was class president

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my junior my senior year.

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Being class president,

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I feel like is what kind
of pushed me to stand out.

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- [Shaquara] Thank you

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Usually I get up around
five in the morning

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to get to my classes on time.

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There\'s a laceration in my
knee and I have to use a cane.

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So, it takes about an hour and 40 minutes

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- [Woman] This is a Manhattan bound train.

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- I was going to college for nursing

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but I took a turn and
took nutrition instead.

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Many African-Americans
die from heart disease,

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diabetes and cancer.

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What I like about nutrition
is that it teaches us

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how to keep ourselves healthy.

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- [Woman] The next stop
is Kingsbridge Road.

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- [Shaquara] Going to college
has actually been hard for me.

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You have to pay for the books,

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your transportation, your
meals and your housing.

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It stresses a lot as, but I push myself

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to do everything that it takes.

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- [Man] Good morning.

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- [Class] Good morning.

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- Thank you all for
coming to this discussion

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of a very important issue

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Food and education nourish us.

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They help us to grow.

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Unfortunately, many
students have to choose

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between food and education.

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Students face these challenges everywhere.

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At public institutions such as Lehman,

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at elite private institutions
and at community colleges.

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Please give a warm welcome
to Sara Goldrick-Rab.

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(audience applauding)

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- Let\'s start by talking about
today\'s college students.

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(clearing throat)
(audience laughing)

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Most of this country believes

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that today\'s college
students are millennials.

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And let\'s be honest,
they have food insecurity

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because they\'re too lazy to eat cereal.

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But I can tell you from having
spent about 20 years now

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interviewing and meeting
with college students

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all over this country

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that the data don\'t suggest that

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this fits the experience of most people.

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Over the entire...

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I\'m a sociologist by training

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and I ended up conducting a study

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on financial aid when
I was at the University

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of Wisconsin Madison.

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It was the fall of 2008 and the recession

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was really kind of getting underway

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and in the middle of one of
our interviews a young woman

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18 years old disclosed that the trouble

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that she was having with college

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was that she hadn\'t eaten in two days.

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And we were pretty struck.

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We\'d heard about not
being able to buy books,

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not being able to buy a computer

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but this idea that
students weren\'t eating,

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that was something new.

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It took me a couple of years

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before I even started talking about it

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because we wanted to be sure first

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that this wasn\'t the sad
story of a few people.

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A few years later it became really clear

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that at least this was
a problem in Wisconsin.

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So, I started speaking very specifically

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about campus hunger.

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This does not mean that they haven\'t heard

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of a dollar menu.

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This means something much more serious.

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This means they miss meals.

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This means they lose weight.

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This means that they
think on a daily basis

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about choosing between the materials

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they need for their classes

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and whether they\'re
going to have something

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to eat that night.

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I faced a lot of skeptics.

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I faced a lot of people

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who thought well maybe
she\'s misunderstanding.

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- Sara, how do you even
know that a student

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who\'s going to classes
is turning up for school,

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is actually struggling
with getting the next meal?

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- You know, the only way
that you know is ask them.

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I mean that\'s the truth
and I think the reason

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that most people don\'t know

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about this problem is they\'re
not asking the questions.

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So, how many people is this happening to?

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There is no federal data set to turn to.

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The only thing we can
do is go to each college

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and university around the country and say,

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\"May we survey your students?\"

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Three years ago, 10
community colleges said,

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\"Yes.\"

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We asked the whole country.

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What I can tell you with some good news,

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this year we have already been contacted

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by over 80 colleges and
universities seeking

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to do it this fall and
the entire SUNY system

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and the entire CUNY system

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are doing the survey this September.

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(audience applauding)

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CUNY is the largest
urban university system

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in the entire country.

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More than 200,000 students.

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So, we have a new report
coming out in April

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that will have a lot
of public universities

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in it as well as the community colleges.

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I want to engage

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in these studies in order to
create some sort of change.

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Every time I give a public
lecture a student comes up

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to me afterwards and says
I didn\'t know you knew.

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(all chattering)

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- Shaquara.

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This is Shaquara and this
is Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab.

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- How are you?

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Nice to meet you.

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- Shaquara is one of the
most awesome, brilliant,

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resilient students.

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- Thank you.

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- How long have you been in school?

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- I\'m a junior now.

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- You\'re a junior?

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What are you trying to study?

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- Nutrition.

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- That\'s awesome.

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What do you want to do?

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- Well, for me, I\'m more about
helping out the homeless.

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Yeah.

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I\'m actually homeless myself.

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- [Sara] You are?

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- Yeah.

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But I don\'t tell like everyone.

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- No, I understand.

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Has anyone offered you any help?

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It\'s hard to get it when
you don\'t ask for it.

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- Yeah.

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- [Sara] You know, it\'s
embarrassing though right?

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- Yeah.

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- The problem is that
you won\'t get the help

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you need unless you tell somebody.

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Almost every-you have
to keep telling them.

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- Yeah.

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It\'s kind of hard and
then it\'s like sometimes

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you don\'t know who to actually talk to

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or who to trust when it comes to it.

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- You know, one of the
reasons that we worked

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so hard on talking about this stuff

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is that too many people are pretending

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like it\'s not happening.

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There are literally thousands of people

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in the city who are going through this

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and you did not cause this.

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And it\'s not because you\'re not talented.

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You know what I mean?

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It\'s not because you didn\'t work hard.

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It\'s not your fault.

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It\'s good to meet you.

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- Nice meeting you too.

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- Yeah, nice to meet you.

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It is really hard to walk away

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after those talks having
done nothing for those folks.

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You know, I hope to help some
students feel less alone.

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There\'s something about
being a mom, frankly,

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that I don\'t have kids of college age yet,

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but it\'s heartbreaking
to think about the number

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of parents out there who don\'t know

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that their children are coming to my talks

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and confessing that they
don\'t have enough to eat.

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And their teachers don\'t know.

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The professor in front
of the classroom thinks

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that they\'re falling asleep

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because they were out partying

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not because they haven\'t had breakfast.

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And knowing that the resources really

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aren\'t there to fix this.

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At this point.

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In other words, knowing that
the odds are this challenging.

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You know, I do it I just tell myself

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get up in the morning and just keep going.

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(dramatic orchestral music)

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(crowd cheering)

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- People like me are
more likely to hide out.

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You never know what people are gonna say

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to you when you\'re actually homeless.

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If they find out about your situation

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they can act really, really terrible.

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- We talked a lot about obesity last time

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and some unfavorable metabolic changes

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that occur with obesity
would be that increase...

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- [Shaquara] Growing up things
were extremely unstable.

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My mom has been in the
hospital more times than

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I can count while I was
actually going through school.

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- [Teacher] So, there were also issues

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with obesity and pregnancy

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- I am a student who gets financial aid.

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It\'s supposed to cover your meals

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and your housing but it does not suffice.

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- So, you are graduating
after this semester, right?

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- I have two semesters left.

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- Two more?
- Yeah.

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There are actually days that
I only eat a piece of bread.

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I usually just feel tired.

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Being a nutrition student,

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I\'ve learned that I
shouldn\'t be doing that.

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But, then it\'s still hard

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because you never know when
your next meal is gonna come.

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- I\'m a baby boomer, you know.

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Dad moved us out of the city.

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We were fortunate to come to south Jersey.

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Back then it was sort
of you know industrial.

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You had a lot of factories and
you know now it\'s it\'s paper.

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You\'ve got to have a sheet
you gotta have a four year.

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That\'s just to be looked at.

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(door clicking)

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- Hello.

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- [John] Hey, hun.

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- Hi

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- [John] How are you?

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- Good.

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- [John] You were able to get out.

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- Yes.

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Hi, buddy.

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- [John] He\'s always like this.

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- We would just believe that there

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was really something special
about Joey from the beginning.

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We really did.

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He, it\'s almost like he
had like an anointing

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of some sort that he
would do great things.

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You know our income levels aren\'t high.

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We knew we were always going to be

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in kind of a struggle mode
because we had several kids.

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Five altogether.

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So, it\'s not like we had a
pot for them for college.

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And, I was worried
because I know my parents

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didn\'t have a pot.

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I had to figure it out.

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I had loans.

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I still have loans.

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- I served in the army.

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They helped me with my college.

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And when he showed interest

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in the ROTC we together
took it a step further

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and obviously he made the decision.

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(dramatic orchestral music)

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- [Madeline] I think it was his way

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of actually helping us out.

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- I just remember when we went
to Lackland Air Force Base

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to see him graduate.

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I\'m standing next to my older son

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and I asked Sean, Sean, where\'s Joey?

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He says, \"Dad, you don\'t see him?\"

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I go, no.

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\"He\'s in the front, he\'s the flag bearer.\"

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I lost it.

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I lost it man.

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I mean it was just so
emotional for me to see that.

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I\'m proud of him.

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Love you.

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- Love you, dad.

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When I hear these things,
I can like crumble

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under the weight of that, or I could use

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that as fuel motivation to really strive.

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A lot of pressure sometimes,
but, I see it as a good thing.

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When I was applying to
schools I had acting in mind.

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And the reason I chose Montclair is

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because it\'s so close to New York City.

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So, I saw that as a great opportunity to

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go to the city and go on auditions

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and try to pursue the acting thing.

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One thing lead to the other,

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I decided to do ROTC and then

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that became my new reason
for staying in college.

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God willing all the Air
Force stuff works out.

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I can be able to handle the
debt that I\'ve accrued now.

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I think when I graduate it\'ll be somewhere

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around 40, maybe $50,000.

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So, welcome to my humble abode.

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Of course, nobody wants debt,

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but it\'s not like my
parents have the money

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to just pay my school right now they will

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just get their loans so it\'s
either they pay or I pay.

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And, it\'s like they already
did their part, you know?

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They both came from very poor families.

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This semester I think I\'ve gotten down

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a pretty good system
keeping my food expenses

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pretty light eating relatively good food.

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Definitely not three meals a day.

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I wish it was.

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I don\'t have a meal plan,
so I can\'t eat on campus

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unless I\'m going out of pocket.

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Sometimes I\'m up at 11
o\'clock cooking dinner

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and I have to be up in
like less than eight hours.

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There have definitely been times where

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like I\'ve kind of gone
hungry but just accept it.

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- My mom and my dad, we
don\'t come from the highest

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of the class, so we\'re always struggling.

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I applied for financial aid.

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I obviously get money but
I don\'t have a meal plan

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and I couldn\'t afford it all.

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My PB&J sandwich.

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My first year here I would forget to eat

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because I was so busy.

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There\'s been times where
I don\'t have any food

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because I forgot to pack a lunch

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and I\'m like crap like
I need to get something.

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And like they\'ll have
like six, $7 sandwiches

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and I\'m like I can\'t make that happen.

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Even like their chips are like two or $3.

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I have anxiety too, so
I have had like a couple

00:20:07.393 --> 00:20:09.109
of mental breakdowns just like thinking

00:20:09.110 --> 00:20:11.574
about how much college is overall

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and how much I\'m going to be paying back.

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I feel like going to college is

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for people who do have money.

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And the people who don\'t have money,

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they can go to college, but they have

00:20:24.087 --> 00:20:26.325
to suffer throughout the entire experience

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because they\'re constantly
just trying to make ends meet.

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And that, I just don\'t understand.

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- The biggest part of the
cost of attending college

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is covering your living expenses.

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So, this is stuff like the food

00:20:51.890 --> 00:20:54.187
and the housing and the transportation.

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These are very real costs for people

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and they have grown
substantially over time.

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Most students are using
financial aid to pay for it.

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So, colleges and universities have noticed

00:21:06.758 --> 00:21:09.899
that they can charge
students a fair bit of money

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for meal plans and students will pay it.

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Some students feel like it\'s an amenity

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that the schools can offer
them that they will enjoy.

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They want all kinds of options.

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They might even want
sushi on their campus.

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And as a result, the school
can really derive some profit.

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And the food service providers
share in that benefit.

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To the point that it\'s
actually become pragmatic.

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For a food service provider
in securing a contact

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with a university to even agree

00:21:42.864 --> 00:21:45.000
to build a massive building for example,

00:21:45.001 --> 00:21:47.252
a student wellness center.

00:21:47.253 --> 00:21:51.424
Because that contract is
so financially valuable

00:21:51.425 --> 00:21:54.523
that they can make a $10M
investment in a building

00:21:54.524 --> 00:21:59.401
and still not cut very far
into their profit margins.

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So, now we\'re in a
situation where the students

00:22:01.335 --> 00:22:05.425
do need lower prices, but
the schools don\'t want

00:22:05.426 --> 00:22:07.711
to give up on those extras.

00:22:07.712 --> 00:22:09.449
And the food service industry

00:22:09.450 --> 00:22:11.492
does not have very many incentives,

00:22:11.493 --> 00:22:14.243
frankly, to do anything about it.

00:22:23.790 --> 00:22:26.731
- Sometimes students complain
about the cost of food.

00:22:26.732 --> 00:22:29.841
You know I was in college too
and I had some nights tough

00:22:29.842 --> 00:22:31.884
trying to figure out
what I was going to eat.

00:22:31.885 --> 00:22:35.189
But on a daily basis there is
so many different varieties

00:22:35.190 --> 00:22:37.836
of food that we present to the students.

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There is a give and take with that.

00:22:39.781 --> 00:22:42.320
Each year my costs go up.

00:22:42.321 --> 00:22:44.488
I need to cover that cost.

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- So, the question really
has become who is going

00:22:50.689 --> 00:22:53.845
to make these prices
fall and distribute food

00:22:53.846 --> 00:22:56.456
to students that is in fact affordable.

00:22:56.457 --> 00:22:59.290
So, that they don\'t become hungry.

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:15.453
(rooster crowing)

00:23:17.431 --> 00:23:20.310
- Does one of you want to come in here?

00:23:20.311 --> 00:23:24.237
\'Cause your shoes might
get stuck into something.

00:23:24.238 --> 00:23:28.071
(light acoustic guitar music)

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.611
When I moved here and I started going

00:23:34.612 --> 00:23:36.728
to school at Susquehanna

00:23:36.729 --> 00:23:40.068
learning about the area
is one of the things

00:23:40.069 --> 00:23:42.569
that my advisor really pushes.

00:23:44.454 --> 00:23:46.590
Because we\'re rural area,
we have a lot of farms,

00:23:46.591 --> 00:23:49.258
so I work whenever they need me.

00:23:51.302 --> 00:23:54.102
I\'m just trying to get to your water, bud.

00:23:54.103 --> 00:23:56.020
Can you leave me alone?

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If you go to school

00:23:58.228 --> 00:24:00.485
and have a part-time job, it is difficult.

00:24:00.486 --> 00:24:04.069
Ask any college student
who does them both.

00:24:04.915 --> 00:24:09.140
And I don\'t have a home
necessarily to just go to.

00:24:09.141 --> 00:24:12.388
You know, my mom or my dad
is not making me dinner.

00:24:12.389 --> 00:24:14.472
I have to do that myself.

00:24:17.364 --> 00:24:19.031
Y\'all not eating it?

00:24:19.981 --> 00:24:21.814
There you go, Waffles.

00:24:23.818 --> 00:24:27.568
My mother, she is not
in the picture anymore.

00:24:30.446 --> 00:24:32.389
She struggled with alcoholism.

00:24:32.390 --> 00:24:37.390
And her addiction was very,
very hard for me to work around.

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Move over y\'all

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When I turned 18, then I couldn\'t deal

00:24:48.201 --> 00:24:53.201
with taking care of her anymore,
moved out, slept in my car.

00:24:55.426 --> 00:24:58.630
Eventually, I started going
to school at Susquehanna.

00:24:58.631 --> 00:25:01.214
(man shouting)

00:25:12.277 --> 00:25:15.536
- All right, so, we have lots
of things to talk about today.

00:25:15.537 --> 00:25:17.509
I think I told you guys last week

00:25:17.510 --> 00:25:20.265
that I sent out a news release, right?

00:25:20.266 --> 00:25:22.870
And if you look at your syllabus...

00:25:22.871 --> 00:25:27.447
- I ended up at Susquehanna
because of financial aid.

00:25:27.448 --> 00:25:30.960
It was just ended up being
the best decision for me.

00:25:30.961 --> 00:25:32.679
When I was putting in the applications

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:34.044
and I was telling people
yes this is where I\'m going,

00:25:34.045 --> 00:25:35.621
people go, \"Where are you gonna live?

00:25:35.622 --> 00:25:37.227
\"What are you going to eat?\"

00:25:37.228 --> 00:25:40.457
And my answer was, that doesn\'t matter.

00:25:40.458 --> 00:25:42.363
It matters that I\'m in school.

00:25:42.364 --> 00:25:44.728
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:25:44.729 --> 00:25:47.779
My very first semester my
refrigerator was empty.

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:49.143
I had like pictures I would send

00:25:49.144 --> 00:25:52.878
to people because nothing was in there.

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:54.852
- [Teacher] Beyond trying to
come up with these topics...

00:25:54.853 --> 00:25:56.773
- There are definitely moments of panic

00:25:56.774 --> 00:26:00.020
when it\'s about three, four o\'clock

00:26:00.021 --> 00:26:02.849
and you realize I haven\'t
eaten anything all day.

00:26:02.850 --> 00:26:05.754
Am I going to eat something?

00:26:05.755 --> 00:26:09.980
And my stomach makes a lot
of noise when it\'s hungry.

00:26:09.981 --> 00:26:11.975
I\'ve been in class and it\'s dead silent

00:26:11.976 --> 00:26:12.809
and you hear

00:26:12.810 --> 00:26:14.703
(growling)

00:26:14.704 --> 00:26:15.796
It\'s just like, sorry guys.

00:26:15.797 --> 00:26:17.297
Haven\'t eaten yet.

00:26:22.291 --> 00:26:23.421
You know you start to think

00:26:23.422 --> 00:26:26.558
about how long a human
can go without food,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:29.262
which is about 30, 40 days.

00:26:29.263 --> 00:26:30.975
And I couldn\'t do that.

00:26:30.976 --> 00:26:32.641
Hi. Can I try some of this?

00:26:32.642 --> 00:26:33.986
- Yes, of course, help yourself

00:26:33.987 --> 00:26:35.173
- Cool.

00:26:35.174 --> 00:26:40.174
But hunger becomes consuming
of your thoughts and your body.

00:26:41.761 --> 00:26:44.153
It hurts, physically.

00:26:44.154 --> 00:26:46.321
And mentally, emotionally.

00:26:51.371 --> 00:26:53.371
Just from the lack of a meal,

00:26:53.372 --> 00:26:56.539
you feel different from everyone else.

00:27:13.070 --> 00:27:16.315
(phone ringing)

00:27:16.316 --> 00:27:19.649
- Campus Life, Suzette speaking.

00:27:19.650 --> 00:27:22.233
Well, what school are you from?

00:27:23.187 --> 00:27:24.203
Would you like to volunteer

00:27:24.204 --> 00:27:27.323
for the the Leadership
Center or for the foodbank?

00:27:27.324 --> 00:27:28.642
Okay, great.

00:27:28.643 --> 00:27:31.041
Would you like to stop by
\'cause I can meet with you.

00:27:31.042 --> 00:27:35.292
Or, we have a student who
is working at the pantry.

00:27:39.760 --> 00:27:41.768
I met Shaquara when she interviewed,

00:27:41.769 --> 00:27:45.086
and she was looking for a job.

00:27:45.087 --> 00:27:47.959
She impressed me because not only

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:50.246
was she bright and had perspective,

00:27:50.247 --> 00:27:52.416
she really was the one being strong

00:27:52.417 --> 00:27:55.783
and being there for her family.

00:27:55.784 --> 00:27:57.244
We noticed that kids were coming in

00:27:57.245 --> 00:27:59.192
around seven and asking for food,

00:27:59.193 --> 00:28:01.574
\"Hey, I haven\'t had dinner,
do you have something?\"

00:28:01.575 --> 00:28:04.622
And then that brought on
a big discussion of like,

00:28:04.623 --> 00:28:08.102
\"Oh, yeah, I know someone
who eats one meal per day

00:28:08.103 --> 00:28:09.716
\"just to watch their money.

00:28:09.717 --> 00:28:11.353
\"Or, who skips meals.\"

00:28:11.354 --> 00:28:14.318
And so, we decided to
partner with the food bank

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:17.069
and have a food pantry on campus.

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:22.127
- You get five items from
fruits and vegetables.

00:28:22.128 --> 00:28:24.633
Three items from dairy or protein,

00:28:24.634 --> 00:28:26.140
but if you take the peanut butter

00:28:26.141 --> 00:28:27.922
that\'s going to equal
three items altogether.

00:28:27.923 --> 00:28:31.962
- [Man] All right, I\'ll
take peanut butter.

00:28:31.963 --> 00:28:35.286
- As unique as Shaquara\'s story is

00:28:35.287 --> 00:28:39.116
I know so many students
with a similar story.

00:28:39.117 --> 00:28:42.784
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:28:51.226 --> 00:28:56.226
- Last semester, I barely had
anything in my bank account.

00:28:56.768 --> 00:29:01.601
I went to the Red Hawk Food
Pantry almost every two weeks.

00:29:04.025 --> 00:29:05.775
I saw it on an email.

00:29:06.736 --> 00:29:08.085
It said, \"Red hawk Food Pantry.\"

00:29:08.086 --> 00:29:10.672
And I was like, What is that all about?

00:29:10.673 --> 00:29:12.590
You guys got pork roll.

00:29:14.221 --> 00:29:15.787
Ah.

00:29:15.788 --> 00:29:17.121
This is awesome.

00:29:18.235 --> 00:29:19.652
I love pork roll.

00:29:22.593 --> 00:29:27.593
Most of my friends are like
struggling just as much as I am.

00:29:28.631 --> 00:29:31.033
I mean, I do have a
limited few who are like,

00:29:31.034 --> 00:29:33.858
\"Oh yeah, I have you
know money being thrown

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.801
\"into my account from my parents.\"

00:29:35.802 --> 00:29:37.054
And they would just be like,

00:29:37.055 --> 00:29:38.061
\"You never hang out with us.\"

00:29:38.062 --> 00:29:40.374
I\'m like, \"Can we do
something like on campus

00:29:40.375 --> 00:29:44.998
\"at my place like watch
a movie, make some food?\"

00:29:44.999 --> 00:29:46.636
It\'s definitely embarrassing,

00:29:46.637 --> 00:29:48.590
but like I can\'t be going out to the bar

00:29:48.591 --> 00:29:50.051
or like going out to eat.

00:29:50.052 --> 00:29:51.802
I just can\'t do that.

00:29:53.961 --> 00:29:56.388
- I gotta start with
the veggies, you know?

00:29:56.389 --> 00:29:58.913
Pretend like I\'m healthy.

00:29:58.914 --> 00:30:00.525
This is the stuff that I really need.

00:30:00.526 --> 00:30:02.489
When my days get late.

00:30:02.490 --> 00:30:05.240
Don\'t got time for anything else.

00:30:06.988 --> 00:30:08.463
A lot of my friends here they are honestly

00:30:08.464 --> 00:30:10.128
in the same position as me.

00:30:10.129 --> 00:30:13.490
It\'s like we don\'t really
have that much money.

00:30:13.491 --> 00:30:16.491
We literally have an iMessage group,

00:30:18.334 --> 00:30:19.786
it started off as like, \"Free food.\"

00:30:19.787 --> 00:30:21.233
That was the title of it.

00:30:21.234 --> 00:30:22.836
And we just like share
information on campus

00:30:22.837 --> 00:30:25.577
of like whenever they\'re giving out.

00:30:25.578 --> 00:30:29.327
They\'ll see on an email, whatever it is,

00:30:29.328 --> 00:30:30.309
something about free food.

00:30:30.309 --> 00:30:31.192
Doesn\'t matter who.

00:30:31.192 --> 00:30:32.025
Doesn\'t matter where.

00:30:32.026 --> 00:30:33.692
Doesn\'t matter what.

00:30:36.268 --> 00:30:40.268
- When we first opened,
it was pretty emotional.

00:30:41.515 --> 00:30:45.668
We had students who would come
in here and breakdown crying.

00:30:45.669 --> 00:30:47.735
Um, because they didn\'t
know where their meal

00:30:47.736 --> 00:30:50.027
was gonna come from.

00:30:50.028 --> 00:30:52.195
It was really eye-opening.

00:30:54.658 --> 00:30:56.659
When we\'re talking about food insecurity,

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.696
we\'re talking about poverty.

00:30:58.697 --> 00:31:00.551
Here are students who are
trying to go to college

00:31:00.552 --> 00:31:02.678
so they can better their lives,

00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:05.262
but there is a major roadblock.

00:31:12.937 --> 00:31:14.604
- I\'m always hungry.

00:31:18.285 --> 00:31:20.946
I have struggled with eating disorders

00:31:20.947 --> 00:31:24.613
because I would always try to hold back

00:31:24.614 --> 00:31:26.364
from eating too much.

00:31:28.281 --> 00:31:29.412
I didn\'t want to look greedy,

00:31:29.413 --> 00:31:33.746
\'cause people didn\'t really
know about my situation.

00:31:37.669 --> 00:31:39.577
(audience applauding)

00:31:39.578 --> 00:31:41.852
- More than 600 colleges
and universities now

00:31:41.853 --> 00:31:43.686
do have food pantries.

00:31:45.391 --> 00:31:48.714
However, food pantries
have never solved hunger

00:31:48.715 --> 00:31:50.408
and they have never prevented it

00:31:50.409 --> 00:31:53.242
from occurring in the first place.

00:31:54.910 --> 00:31:57.179
People go to food pantries when

00:31:57.180 --> 00:32:00.257
things have already fallen apart

00:32:00.258 --> 00:32:01.873
So, the challenge is to try

00:32:01.874 --> 00:32:06.374
to address the underlying
problems in the first place.

00:32:10.386 --> 00:32:13.803
(light orchestral music)

00:32:16.244 --> 00:32:17.371
In the \'50s and \'60s,

00:32:17.372 --> 00:32:21.060
people who went to college went
because they had resources.

00:32:21.061 --> 00:32:23.484
You were more likely to come
from a two-parent family.

00:32:23.485 --> 00:32:24.883
They might have some savings.

00:32:24.884 --> 00:32:26.039
And those were the kinds of people

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:28.540
who got the access to college.

00:32:29.536 --> 00:32:30.823
Many people who didn\'t have money

00:32:30.824 --> 00:32:32.855
had no way of really affording it.

00:32:32.856 --> 00:32:34.378
And also people were not encouraged

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:36.229
to go to college in the same way.

00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:38.202
So, if you came out of high
school it was more common

00:32:38.203 --> 00:32:39.471
especially if you were a

00:32:39.472 --> 00:32:41.722
woman or a person of
color to be encouraged

00:32:41.723 --> 00:32:43.306
to just go to work.

00:32:46.598 --> 00:32:48.523
Both the federal government
and state governments

00:32:48.524 --> 00:32:51.894
took steps to try to broaden
and open those doors.

00:32:51.895 --> 00:32:56.355
They did things like create a
federal financial aid system.

00:32:56.356 --> 00:32:57.483
They also put some

00:32:57.484 --> 00:33:00.653
resources into public
colleges and universities

00:33:00.654 --> 00:33:02.975
to expand the number of seats and places

00:33:02.976 --> 00:33:07.059
that were available to
people nearby their homes.

00:33:08.677 --> 00:33:11.522
We worked really hard
to expand opportunity

00:33:11.523 --> 00:33:13.190
for higher education

00:33:14.093 --> 00:33:16.402
but every time a door
opens a little bit wider,

00:33:16.403 --> 00:33:18.455
we find some other way

00:33:18.456 --> 00:33:21.742
to try to make sure that
not everybody gets through.

00:33:21.743 --> 00:33:24.683
- Your budget calls for cuts in education,

00:33:24.684 --> 00:33:26.957
you\'re calling for cuts in student aid.

00:33:26.958 --> 00:33:29.397
- You don\'t bet a 1000%

00:33:29.398 --> 00:33:32.609
in making sure that everyone is deserving.

00:33:32.610 --> 00:33:35.729
We find students that are getting this aid

00:33:35.730 --> 00:33:37.469
that really there is no reason or excuse

00:33:37.470 --> 00:33:40.984
for them to be getting federal help.

00:33:40.985 --> 00:33:43.613
- We have watched funding
for higher education diminish

00:33:43.614 --> 00:33:46.509
as the student body has
become slightly browner

00:33:46.510 --> 00:33:48.870
and more women finish college.

00:33:48.871 --> 00:33:51.203
And now we say, maybe
we sent too many people

00:33:51.204 --> 00:33:52.831
we\'re spending too much money.

00:33:52.832 --> 00:33:54.743
- Since 2008, state funding

00:33:54.744 --> 00:33:58.997
for higher education has dropped by 50%.

00:33:58.998 --> 00:34:00.906
- As states have cut
funding to those places,

00:34:00.907 --> 00:34:03.095
they in turn have raised their tuition.

00:34:03.096 --> 00:34:05.111
Passing the bill onto families.

00:34:05.112 --> 00:34:07.570
- We\'ll put a chart up that
basically shows the rate

00:34:07.571 --> 00:34:09.314
at which inflation has increased

00:34:09.315 --> 00:34:10.834
over the last 10 to 15 years and the rate

00:34:10.835 --> 00:34:13.437
at which higher education
costs have increased.

00:34:13.438 --> 00:34:14.958
This is not sustainable.

00:34:14.959 --> 00:34:16.938
(audience applauding)

00:34:16.939 --> 00:34:21.061
- Students today want a decent
job that\'s there for them.

00:34:21.062 --> 00:34:22.872
They want stability.

00:34:22.873 --> 00:34:25.895
The only way to get there
is with a college degree.

00:34:25.896 --> 00:34:28.141
And it\'s not necessarily
a bachelor\'s degree.

00:34:28.142 --> 00:34:29.736
I mean a lot of the people
that I\'m talking about

00:34:29.737 --> 00:34:31.036
that are going through this,

00:34:31.037 --> 00:34:34.254
they\'re pursuing a certificate
or an Associate\'s degree.

00:34:34.255 --> 00:34:36.433
You can\'t be an electrician
or fix a car anymore

00:34:36.434 --> 00:34:39.601
without a college degree of some type.

00:34:40.758 --> 00:34:41.899
We have a problem

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:44.188
Where people are being
priced out of college.

00:34:44.189 --> 00:34:45.995
And in their effort to not be priced out,

00:34:45.996 --> 00:34:46.972
they\'re taking on debt that

00:34:46.973 --> 00:34:50.276
they\'re gonna have real trouble repaying.

00:34:50.277 --> 00:34:52.004
- [Woman] The average
student graduates with

00:34:52.005 --> 00:34:55.318
about $37,000 in student debt.

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:59.623
- So, we have about a 50%
dropout rate on average.

00:34:59.624 --> 00:35:04.624
People over four, five, six
years are not finishing degrees.

00:35:05.351 --> 00:35:08.438
Because people can\'t fully
pay the price of college,

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:10.629
they have a very strong likelihood

00:35:10.630 --> 00:35:12.797
of ending up with nothing.

00:35:13.634 --> 00:35:14.634
Except debt.

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.472
- What I thought we would do today

00:35:21.473 --> 00:35:24.216
is talk about your financial aid.

00:35:24.217 --> 00:35:28.268
And talk about how we\'re going
to get you to graduation.

00:35:28.269 --> 00:35:29.102
Okay?

00:35:29.102 --> 00:35:29.988
- Okay.

00:35:29.989 --> 00:35:31.271
- I would love.

00:35:31.272 --> 00:35:32.564
No, not I would love, I know.

00:35:32.565 --> 00:35:35.464
I\'m gonna be at your graduation ceremony.

00:35:35.465 --> 00:35:36.822
I\'m gonna do the happy dance.

00:35:36.823 --> 00:35:37.656
How\'s that?

00:35:37.656 --> 00:35:38.489
- Okay.

00:35:38.490 --> 00:35:39.796
- [Elvira] Okay, good.

00:35:39.797 --> 00:35:42.947
- I do think I will need an extra course.

00:35:42.948 --> 00:35:45.286
But I\'m trying my hardest
to figure things out

00:35:45.287 --> 00:35:47.893
just so I can graduate in the fall.

00:35:47.894 --> 00:35:48.751
- Okay.

00:35:48.752 --> 00:35:51.823
So, let\'s let\'s do this one
semester at a time, okay?

00:35:51.824 --> 00:35:54.119
\'Cause sometimes when
we look at the whole,

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:56.378
the big picture becomes
really overwhelming.

00:35:56.379 --> 00:35:58.666
So, let\'s just do one semester at a time.

00:35:58.667 --> 00:35:59.500
Okay?
- Okay.

00:35:59.501 --> 00:36:02.567
- So, your tuition and fees came out

00:36:02.568 --> 00:36:04.568
to approximately $3,473.

00:36:08.816 --> 00:36:10.385
What we\'re going to
try and do is make sure

00:36:10.386 --> 00:36:13.158
that you get the maximum
grants that you\'re entitled to.

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:16.232
That money can be used to buy books

00:36:16.233 --> 00:36:18.701
for transportation and for food.

00:36:18.702 --> 00:36:22.185
- Is there any other
option for getting my books

00:36:22.186 --> 00:36:23.976
because I actually didn\'t I wasn\'t able

00:36:23.977 --> 00:36:26.155
to buy any books this semester.

00:36:26.156 --> 00:36:28.080
- A lot of students like yourself

00:36:28.081 --> 00:36:30.581
can\'t afford to buy the books.

00:36:31.429 --> 00:36:33.731
I find that if you you know reach out

00:36:33.732 --> 00:36:35.224
to the faculty members,

00:36:35.225 --> 00:36:38.083
sometimes they\'ll try and find a way.

00:36:38.084 --> 00:36:40.725
There\'s nothing official
or a formal process

00:36:40.726 --> 00:36:43.122
but if they see that you\'re proactive,

00:36:43.123 --> 00:36:44.817
which I know you are,

00:36:44.818 --> 00:36:48.599
I have a feeling that
they\'ll they\'ll try to help.

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:51.570
You did take out a
student loan application.

00:36:51.571 --> 00:36:54.967
Did you have your dad fill out
the rest of the application?

00:36:54.968 --> 00:36:57.278
- I tried to get him to
fill out the signatures,

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:59.754
but he wasn\'t able to do it yet.

00:36:59.755 --> 00:37:02.268
- He doesn\'t have a Social
Security number, correct?

00:37:02.269 --> 00:37:03.193
- No, he does not.

00:37:03.193 --> 00:37:04.072
- Yeah.

00:37:04.073 --> 00:37:08.155
Unfortunately, that does
delay it by a few weeks.

00:37:15.309 --> 00:37:17.514
- I do wanna graduate early \'cause I feel

00:37:17.515 --> 00:37:19.432
like it\'ll help us out.

00:37:22.744 --> 00:37:25.066
My dad is kind of stressing out

00:37:25.067 --> 00:37:26.900
because the shelter system,

00:37:26.901 --> 00:37:30.968
they\'re always telling him
that his undocumented status

00:37:30.969 --> 00:37:32.716
is the reason why we can\'t get out.

00:37:32.717 --> 00:37:36.384
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:37:38.053 --> 00:37:40.833
Being inside of the shelter
system is kind of stressful

00:37:40.834 --> 00:37:43.513
because they expect you to work.

00:37:43.514 --> 00:37:45.303
They expect you to go to school.

00:37:45.304 --> 00:37:49.137
They expect you to do
everything that it takes

00:37:50.083 --> 00:37:52.093
to get out of the shelter.

00:37:52.094 --> 00:37:55.206
But most of the times it\'s just like okay,

00:37:55.207 --> 00:37:57.492
how do I complete my schoolwork

00:37:57.493 --> 00:38:02.076
when then I have to focus
about all these other things?

00:38:07.610 --> 00:38:12.066
This photo is actually from
a cotillion at my church.

00:38:12.067 --> 00:38:16.270
So, they were teaching us table etiquette.

00:38:16.271 --> 00:38:19.397
All the parents had to come and support

00:38:19.398 --> 00:38:21.246
but my mom couldn\'t come.

00:38:21.247 --> 00:38:23.247
She was in the hospital.

00:38:27.399 --> 00:38:30.316
This was my high school graduation.

00:38:32.156 --> 00:38:33.913
Especially like with all the things

00:38:33.914 --> 00:38:36.129
we were already dealing with

00:38:36.130 --> 00:38:38.770
to make it through high
school, it was actually

00:38:38.771 --> 00:38:40.438
a very proud moment.

00:38:42.483 --> 00:38:46.179
I\'m actually kind of happy
that she was able to go.

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:47.983
She was sick but she didn\'t like try

00:38:47.984 --> 00:38:50.151
to let that keep her down.

00:38:51.523 --> 00:38:54.440
My nickname for her is The Warrior.

00:38:58.093 --> 00:39:02.015
- She did have a problem, a heart problem.

00:39:02.016 --> 00:39:04.849
She did a surgery putting a valve.

00:39:06.816 --> 00:39:10.013
One day, she was in the house.

00:39:10.014 --> 00:39:12.664
My daughter went to school.

00:39:12.665 --> 00:39:15.472
And she told me, because she said,

00:39:15.473 --> 00:39:17.565
\"Babes, I want to go to the hospital.\"

00:39:17.566 --> 00:39:21.536
I said, okay, I\'m going to
take you to the hospital.

00:39:21.537 --> 00:39:26.120
She asked me, she said,
\"Babes, take care of Shaquara.\"

00:39:27.530 --> 00:39:29.780
When I take her up there...

00:39:36.894 --> 00:39:40.727
- You don\'t have to talk
if you don\'t want to.

00:39:44.689 --> 00:39:48.461
The only thing now is that
she doesn\'t have to suffer.

00:39:48.462 --> 00:39:50.703
She doesn\'t have to deal
with those sicknesses,

00:39:50.704 --> 00:39:52.750
and she doesn\'t have to deal

00:39:52.751 --> 00:39:55.418
with the shelter system anymore.

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.394
She was always hoping
that we would get out.

00:40:02.395 --> 00:40:05.631
And I believe like most of the stress

00:40:05.632 --> 00:40:08.931
that she was going through
actually caused her to pass away.

00:40:08.932 --> 00:40:12.599
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:40:14.698 --> 00:40:15.923
I\'m the one who\'s going to have

00:40:15.924 --> 00:40:19.007
to make sure my family like gets out.

00:40:55.772 --> 00:40:56.920
- What\'s up, man?

00:40:56.921 --> 00:40:57.754
What\'s good, guys?

00:40:57.755 --> 00:40:59.336
Good, how are you guys?

00:40:59.337 --> 00:41:00.920
What\'s on the menu?

00:41:03.647 --> 00:41:06.178
It\'s pretty good coming here, honestly.

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:08.451
You can have a really balanced meal.

00:41:08.452 --> 00:41:09.518
- The Air Force has the best food by far.

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:11.745
- That\'s why we joined the
Air Force. Was for the food.

00:41:11.746 --> 00:41:12.966
How are you doing?

00:41:12.967 --> 00:41:16.494
Can I please have some
chicken and is that steak?

00:41:16.495 --> 00:41:19.064
Um, just some veggies please.

00:41:19.065 --> 00:41:20.065
Thank you.

00:41:28.652 --> 00:41:30.345
When I\'m here, I\'m gonna feel that change

00:41:30.346 --> 00:41:34.013
where I have energy
\'cause I\'m eating right.

00:41:38.590 --> 00:41:39.946
I have my own personal goals like with

00:41:39.947 --> 00:41:41.162
wanting to gain weight,

00:41:41.163 --> 00:41:42.563
which is not realistic right now

00:41:42.564 --> 00:41:47.053
because I haven\'t had the time
or the means to eat enough.

00:41:47.054 --> 00:41:50.137
And when I do it\'s often not healthy.

00:41:53.456 --> 00:41:55.740
Beginning of this semester I was so good.

00:41:55.741 --> 00:41:59.868
I was never going to
bed like hungry at all.

00:41:59.869 --> 00:42:04.119
But then once I started to
transition into midterms

00:42:05.724 --> 00:42:07.529
I actually lost five pounds from like

00:42:07.530 --> 00:42:08.982
where I was at the
beginning of the semester

00:42:08.983 --> 00:42:10.483
to where I am now.

00:42:15.512 --> 00:42:18.274
Last week, I just went to
Patterson Air Force Base

00:42:18.275 --> 00:42:19.847
and I had a flight physical,

00:42:19.848 --> 00:42:23.765
which was to determine
if I\'m flight qualified.

00:42:25.634 --> 00:42:28.667
And then pilot training
when I through that

00:42:28.668 --> 00:42:30.428
that they\'re going to
be looking into my eyes

00:42:30.429 --> 00:42:32.869
really deeply and checking
my blood for everything and

00:42:32.870 --> 00:42:36.037
even like a psychological examination.

00:42:39.068 --> 00:42:41.399
There was a guy who
the week before I went,

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:43.740
they had found something
which disqualified him

00:42:43.741 --> 00:42:47.413
completely from even
going into the military.

00:42:47.414 --> 00:42:48.713
This is somebody who spent three years

00:42:48.714 --> 00:42:50.347
and then like now told that they can\'t.

00:42:50.348 --> 00:42:51.708
So, he had to be healthy

00:42:51.709 --> 00:42:53.414
in spite of the difficulty and the stress

00:42:53.415 --> 00:42:54.998
of all the classes.

00:42:57.575 --> 00:43:01.492
I\'m really just felling
the pressure of it all.

00:43:10.551 --> 00:43:12.681
- Just some of the comments
that we\'ve gotten from students,

00:43:12.682 --> 00:43:15.399
\"I commute but many nights
there\'s no food at home.\"

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:17.499
And, \"I mostly have no
money in my pocket.\"

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:18.828
\"I cannot afford a meal plant.

00:43:18.829 --> 00:43:20.663
\"I dropped it after my freshman year.\"

00:43:20.664 --> 00:43:22.236
\"I have been eating once a day.\"

00:43:22.237 --> 00:43:24.339
\"I was unable to make
enough income last week

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.334
\"due to sickness,

00:43:25.335 --> 00:43:28.351
\"that I could not purchase any food.\"

00:43:28.352 --> 00:43:31.217
- These are stories that are real

00:43:31.218 --> 00:43:33.801
on every single college campus.

00:43:34.646 --> 00:43:37.100
It went from five students four years ago

00:43:37.101 --> 00:43:39.891
on my college campus to 70.

00:43:39.892 --> 00:43:41.621
- One thing I feel like we\'re
not really addressing here

00:43:41.622 --> 00:43:42.993
is the actual student poverty

00:43:42.994 --> 00:43:45.135
that\'s existing that
causes food insecurity.

00:43:45.136 --> 00:43:47.174
These students are paid really low wages

00:43:47.175 --> 00:43:48.813
that doesn\'t allow them to buy food

00:43:48.814 --> 00:43:50.196
and put themselves in the right direction

00:43:50.197 --> 00:43:53.822
to escape both food
insecurity and poverty itself.

00:43:53.823 --> 00:43:55.981
- The squeaky wheel
gets the oil and I just

00:43:55.982 --> 00:43:58.019
encourage you to work hard on compiling

00:43:58.020 --> 00:43:59.745
the data that you can, you know?

00:43:59.746 --> 00:44:01.347
At some point someone will listen.

00:44:01.348 --> 00:44:04.515
(audience applauding)

00:44:19.831 --> 00:44:21.379
- [Isaac] So, what\'s your schedule now?

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:22.904
What are you doing?

00:44:22.905 --> 00:44:26.261
- Um, I\'m doing a breakfast
for a scholarship,

00:44:26.262 --> 00:44:27.890
a state scholarship
that\'s like a fundraiser.

00:44:27.891 --> 00:44:28.896
- Right.

00:44:28.897 --> 00:44:30.226
- Then I\'m giving a talk

00:44:30.227 --> 00:44:33.412
to the community college association.

00:44:33.413 --> 00:44:34.965
And then I\'m going to Ohio

00:44:34.966 --> 00:44:36.585
and giving another community college talk.

00:44:36.586 --> 00:44:39.358
- You have to pace yourself, all right?

00:44:39.359 --> 00:44:41.254
You have to take off and nourish yourself

00:44:41.255 --> 00:44:44.266
because you\'re putting out constantly

00:44:44.267 --> 00:44:46.903
- Okay, so I brought you pictures.

00:44:46.904 --> 00:44:49.242
Connor got all involved in thinking

00:44:49.243 --> 00:44:51.607
about what he should
wear for this picture.

00:44:51.608 --> 00:44:53.858
And, how his hair would be.

00:44:54.718 --> 00:44:57.366
- I\'ll have to teach him how to cut hair.

00:44:57.367 --> 00:44:58.736
- You want to teach him how to do it?

00:44:58.737 --> 00:45:00.149
- [Isaac] Yeah.

00:45:00.150 --> 00:45:03.100
(laughing)

00:45:03.101 --> 00:45:04.431
- Mom said, I don\'t know what that is.

00:45:04.432 --> 00:45:05.491
I said, I don\'t know what that is either.

00:45:05.492 --> 00:45:06.989
I was lucky enough to grow up

00:45:06.990 --> 00:45:10.193
with all four of my
grandparents still alive

00:45:10.194 --> 00:45:14.566
I became really, really
close to my mom\'s parents.

00:45:14.567 --> 00:45:17.235
And my grandfather, he\'s always sort of

00:45:17.236 --> 00:45:19.035
been by my side reminding me that

00:45:19.036 --> 00:45:22.953
education has changed
everything for my family.

00:45:24.956 --> 00:45:26.470
The only way that my grandfather got to

00:45:26.471 --> 00:45:30.066
go to college was because
of the federal G.I. Bill.

00:45:30.067 --> 00:45:33.248
And he\'s gone on to a successful
career as a psychoanalyst.

00:45:33.249 --> 00:45:34.502
To the point that

00:45:34.503 --> 00:45:37.946
he\'s still practicing at 91 years old.

00:45:37.947 --> 00:45:39.657
- You know, I wouldn\'t
have any of this today

00:45:39.658 --> 00:45:41.189
if it wasn\'t for the G.I. Bill.

00:45:41.190 --> 00:45:44.773
So, I\'m left with a
feeling of gratefulness

00:45:45.631 --> 00:45:48.384
and thankfulness to the country.

00:45:48.385 --> 00:45:50.688
In your work, do you actually ask the kids

00:45:50.689 --> 00:45:52.737
what they think of this country?

00:45:52.738 --> 00:45:54.544
Because I think a whole huge cohort

00:45:54.545 --> 00:45:59.030
of young people feel
betrayed by the country.

00:45:59.031 --> 00:46:01.855
- When I interview students I
don\'t try to lead them, right.

00:46:01.856 --> 00:46:04.182
So, I wouldn\'t ask them necessarily

00:46:04.183 --> 00:46:05.576
what they think of the country

00:46:05.577 --> 00:46:08.994
but I ask them how things make them feel.

00:46:10.146 --> 00:46:13.341
And the word betrayal comes up that way.

00:46:13.342 --> 00:46:16.016
- You know, I grew up
in the Second World War

00:46:16.017 --> 00:46:18.816
and it was something
precious to fight for.

00:46:18.817 --> 00:46:23.484
It meant something and to die
for and we\'re losing that.

00:46:25.269 --> 00:46:27.607
Are we seeing our children in our society,

00:46:27.608 --> 00:46:28.846
are they disturbed?

00:46:28.847 --> 00:46:31.275
Are they troubled? How would
you how would you say it?

00:46:31.276 --> 00:46:32.529
- [Sara] I\'d say they\'re traumatized.

00:46:32.530 --> 00:46:33.363
- Traumatized?

00:46:33.364 --> 00:46:34.583
- Traumatized because for generations

00:46:34.584 --> 00:46:37.687
now we\'ve taken away the support.

00:46:37.688 --> 00:46:39.535
It just blows my mind
though how many people

00:46:39.536 --> 00:46:41.580
keep repeated over and
over that they\'re weak

00:46:41.581 --> 00:46:43.719
or that they\'re entitled
that they\'re not hardworking.

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:45.622
These are like the people going to college

00:46:45.623 --> 00:46:48.250
with the least support we\'ve ever seen.

00:46:48.251 --> 00:46:51.153
- This is the national problem.

00:46:51.154 --> 00:46:54.237
And survival of the nation is at risk

00:47:00.859 --> 00:47:04.556
- I mean, students today,
one in four has a child.

00:47:04.557 --> 00:47:08.714
13% of American undergraduates
is a single parent.

00:47:08.715 --> 00:47:10.379
And, there\'s even more
people who don\'t have a child

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:12.589
of their own but are taking
care of a younger sibling,

00:47:12.590 --> 00:47:14.568
or a cousin, or somebody else\'s kid

00:47:14.569 --> 00:47:17.500
who the parent couldn\'t handle it.

00:47:17.501 --> 00:47:19.698
They\'re living very different lives

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:23.388
than the undergraduate
of 20 or 30 years ago.

00:47:23.389 --> 00:47:25.182
And, even though you would
think that they would

00:47:25.183 --> 00:47:30.183
need more support, and they
do, they\'re getting less.

00:47:30.308 --> 00:47:33.215
Today, the modern food stamp program SNAP,

00:47:33.216 --> 00:47:36.748
it\'s not really there
for our college students.

00:47:36.749 --> 00:47:38.206
- [Woman] That\'s because federal rules

00:47:38.207 --> 00:47:39.880
require college students

00:47:39.881 --> 00:47:42.131
to work 20 hours weekly to qualify.

00:47:42.132 --> 00:47:44.356
A heavy burden for a
student who is managing

00:47:44.357 --> 00:47:48.469
a full-time academic schedule
or a non-traditional student

00:47:48.470 --> 00:47:51.588
who has a family to take care of.

00:47:51.589 --> 00:47:54.031
- These are students who have the talent.

00:47:54.032 --> 00:47:54.983
They\'re working hard.

00:47:54.984 --> 00:47:56.849
They\'re exhibiting the effort

00:47:56.850 --> 00:47:58.184
but they\'re being asked to do things

00:47:58.185 --> 00:48:02.768
that most of us never imagined
having to do in college.

00:48:15.177 --> 00:48:17.055
- My dad called me and
he said that the shelter

00:48:17.056 --> 00:48:20.824
has just logged us out of the building.

00:48:20.825 --> 00:48:23.908
As in, we don\'t have a place anymore.

00:48:24.961 --> 00:48:27.570
I guess they saw my dad
leave to go get food

00:48:27.571 --> 00:48:29.866
and from the time he came back in he said

00:48:29.867 --> 00:48:32.008
that they had a letter stating that

00:48:32.009 --> 00:48:36.009
we need to move and that
we\'re being logged out.

00:48:39.077 --> 00:48:40.077
Excuse me.

00:48:41.459 --> 00:48:43.336
Is Ms. Diaz there?
- [Man] You hear what I said?

00:48:43.337 --> 00:48:44.295
You cannot go up there.

00:48:44.296 --> 00:48:45.415
- [Shaquara] Okay, but
I\'m waiting for Ms. Dias

00:48:45.416 --> 00:48:47.046
\'cause my father told me Diaz

00:48:47.047 --> 00:48:48.208
is the one who came to him.

00:48:48.209 --> 00:48:49.492
- [Woman] Ms. Diaz is not here.

00:48:49.493 --> 00:48:52.512
She was here earlier
but she\'s not here now.

00:48:52.513 --> 00:48:55.275
- [Shaquara] I would like to
go inside to talk to my father.

00:48:55.276 --> 00:48:56.399
Because apparently you guys

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:57.598
are saying that we are logged out.

00:48:57.599 --> 00:48:58.432
- [Woman] Yes

00:48:58.433 --> 00:49:00.098
- [Shaquara] But he has
signed in on the bed sheet

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:02.436
and the bed sheet is so
that we can keep the room.

00:49:02.437 --> 00:49:04.568
- [Woman] No, it doesn\'t work
that way. You have to be here.

00:49:04.569 --> 00:49:05.746
- [Shaquara] Yes, it does work that way.

00:49:05.747 --> 00:49:08.467
- [Woman] This is a family shelter.

00:49:08.468 --> 00:49:09.301
- [Shaquara] I understand that.

00:49:09.302 --> 00:49:11.542
- [Woman] Okay, but a
single cannot be here.

00:49:11.543 --> 00:49:13.678
- [Shaquara] He\'s not
staying here by himself.

00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:15.363
- [Woman] He is staying
here by himself, because...

00:49:15.364 --> 00:49:16.281
- [Shaquara] No, he\'s not.

00:49:16.282 --> 00:49:18.499
It wasn\'t, it\'s not about
him staying here by himself.

00:49:18.500 --> 00:49:20.241
- [Woman] I\'m not trying
to belabor the point,

00:49:20.242 --> 00:49:21.579
it\'s already been done.

00:49:21.580 --> 00:49:23.402
Let me know what is it you need

00:49:23.403 --> 00:49:24.873
to do now to get your father\'s things out?

00:49:24.874 --> 00:49:28.707
- I need to go in there
and talk to my father.

00:49:31.899 --> 00:49:33.543
There was just a few days where I had

00:49:33.544 --> 00:49:36.536
to get something straight
with my boyfriend.

00:49:36.537 --> 00:49:39.152
And I don\'t want to reveal what that is.

00:49:39.153 --> 00:49:41.103
But because I was not
here for those few days

00:49:41.104 --> 00:49:42.843
they\'re stating that my dad was single

00:49:42.844 --> 00:49:44.149
and he\'s by hisself in here.

00:49:44.150 --> 00:49:46.483
He\'s not by hisself in here.

00:49:47.557 --> 00:49:50.000
Right now, the shelter
is stating that we have

00:49:50.001 --> 00:49:53.052
to go to another place in Manhattan

00:49:53.053 --> 00:49:55.498
in order to get back into the system.

00:49:55.499 --> 00:49:56.837
But if he goes to Manhattan,

00:49:56.838 --> 00:50:01.763
they\'ll tell him to go to
a men\'s shelter by hisself.

00:50:01.764 --> 00:50:06.724
It will be hard like I have to
be there to take care of him.

00:50:06.725 --> 00:50:10.392
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:50:13.521 --> 00:50:15.734
Can you hold this?

00:50:15.735 --> 00:50:17.774
- What is in here?

00:50:17.775 --> 00:50:19.192
- My mom\'s ashes.

00:50:56.649 --> 00:50:58.439
We\'re going by my boyfriend\'s house

00:50:58.440 --> 00:51:01.531
to see if we could stay
there just for a few days.

00:51:01.532 --> 00:51:05.782
Otherwise, we don\'t have
any other plans right now.

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:13.936
I\'m really frustrated and I
kinda just feel like giving up.

00:51:37.453 --> 00:51:39.078
- Well, I went home for winter break

00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:41.104
to help my mom and my dad

00:51:41.105 --> 00:51:44.355
because we\'re in the process of moving.

00:51:46.188 --> 00:51:47.820
The house that we that I grew up in,

00:51:47.821 --> 00:51:50.472
it\'s being foreclosed on.

00:51:50.473 --> 00:51:52.406
So, it\'s been really like a rough year.

00:51:52.407 --> 00:51:53.365
- What\'s up?

00:51:53.366 --> 00:51:54.445
- [Eve] How are you?

00:51:54.446 --> 00:51:55.332
- Good

00:51:55.333 --> 00:51:57.625
- I just got a new job at the bakery.

00:51:57.626 --> 00:51:59.165
It\'s pretty nice.

00:51:59.166 --> 00:51:59.999
- [Man] How much you getting paid?

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:01.339
- 10 bucks an hour.

00:52:01.340 --> 00:52:03.757
That\'s pretty good, you know?

00:52:06.385 --> 00:52:08.476
Hopefully, with this new job I\'ll be able

00:52:08.477 --> 00:52:10.328
to pay for my groceries.

00:52:10.329 --> 00:52:12.522
But I have to pay my housing deposit.

00:52:12.523 --> 00:52:14.141
And then I also have to pay back

00:52:14.142 --> 00:52:16.050
any holds on my account too because I did

00:52:16.051 --> 00:52:18.866
go to the health center a few times.

00:52:18.867 --> 00:52:20.115
They won\'t let you apply for classes

00:52:20.116 --> 00:52:22.783
unless the hold is taken care of

00:52:23.620 --> 00:52:24.453
- [Girl] Oh, hey Eve.

00:52:24.453 --> 00:52:25.371
What\'s up?

00:52:25.371 --> 00:52:26.371
- Hey.

00:52:28.261 --> 00:52:29.994
There\'s times that I\'ve thought,

00:52:29.995 --> 00:52:32.862
I don\'t know if I can
make this work anymore.

00:52:32.863 --> 00:52:34.576
Is college for me?

00:52:34.577 --> 00:52:36.047
And then at the end of the
day, I\'m like, of course it is!

00:52:36.048 --> 00:52:36.881
I want to be here.

00:52:36.882 --> 00:52:38.176
I want to get an education.

00:52:38.177 --> 00:52:39.236
This is what I want to do.

00:52:39.237 --> 00:52:40.848
I think it\'s important.

00:52:40.849 --> 00:52:42.619
But there are also days
where I\'m just like,

00:52:42.620 --> 00:52:43.825
I can\'t do it anymore.

00:52:43.826 --> 00:52:45.412
Like, I wonder what it would be like

00:52:45.413 --> 00:52:48.063
if I just went back home and worked?

00:52:48.064 --> 00:52:51.731
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:53:28.413 --> 00:53:29.840
- [Sara] Good morning.

00:53:29.841 --> 00:53:31.517
What\'s happening out here?

00:53:31.518 --> 00:53:32.671
Oh, does this go all the way through?

00:53:32.672 --> 00:53:33.534
- [Woman] Yes.

00:53:33.535 --> 00:53:34.913
- Oh, my God.

00:53:34.914 --> 00:53:35.995
That\'s great.

00:53:35.996 --> 00:53:38.212
That\'s the only way we\'re fitting.

00:53:38.213 --> 00:53:39.546
I was wondering.

00:53:40.892 --> 00:53:41.892
Hey.

00:53:42.856 --> 00:53:43.733
How are you.

00:53:43.734 --> 00:53:45.108
- [Both] Good to see you.

00:53:45.109 --> 00:53:45.942
- Good morning.
- Yay.

00:53:45.943 --> 00:53:47.490
Are we ready?

00:53:47.491 --> 00:53:49.171
Yes, we are ready.

00:53:49.172 --> 00:53:52.044
Yay, I am so happy that you\'re here.

00:53:52.045 --> 00:53:53.393
- This is so wonderful.

00:53:53.394 --> 00:53:55.791
- This is so exciting.

00:53:55.792 --> 00:53:57.001
I see you over there.

00:53:57.002 --> 00:53:58.005
Good to see you.

00:53:58.006 --> 00:53:59.728
Give me a hug, give me a hug.

00:53:59.729 --> 00:54:01.953
I knew there were other
people out there who cared.

00:54:01.954 --> 00:54:03.669
And I knew they were already doing work,

00:54:03.670 --> 00:54:04.892
but I didn\'t really understand

00:54:04.893 --> 00:54:07.009
the power of bringing them together.

00:54:07.010 --> 00:54:08.138
You guys met.

00:54:08.139 --> 00:54:09.442
That was one of my objectives.

00:54:09.443 --> 00:54:10.443
Done.

00:54:11.184 --> 00:54:12.267
Done.

00:54:12.268 --> 00:54:14.274
I literally did wake up one day and

00:54:14.275 --> 00:54:16.329
look at my email inbox and think,

00:54:16.330 --> 00:54:18.730
we have to have a meeting.

00:54:18.731 --> 00:54:21.854
This is the third year that
we\'ve held RealCollege.

00:54:21.855 --> 00:54:23.464
It is the place where you come to talk

00:54:23.465 --> 00:54:27.039
about campus food insecurity
and what to do about it.

00:54:27.040 --> 00:54:28.260
There are people here who do

00:54:28.261 --> 00:54:29.424
research on the topic.

00:54:29.425 --> 00:54:32.419
There are people here who
are students and live this.

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:34.713
There are people here
who teach those students

00:54:34.714 --> 00:54:36.030
and there are people here who are

00:54:36.031 --> 00:54:39.448
in charge of making decisions about them.

00:54:49.564 --> 00:54:51.633
- Harnessing the power of storytelling

00:54:51.634 --> 00:54:53.381
for advocacy that\'s a good one.

00:54:53.382 --> 00:54:56.089
You guys are open to that?

00:54:56.090 --> 00:54:57.924
Remember, one of the reasons we\'re going

00:54:57.925 --> 00:55:01.326
is we want to be able to
address homelessness on campus

00:55:01.327 --> 00:55:02.941
so I think that...

00:55:02.942 --> 00:55:05.275
- After getting logged out of the shelter,

00:55:05.276 --> 00:55:08.412
Suzette helped me to
speak of someone in school

00:55:08.413 --> 00:55:10.792
so that we could at least get some money

00:55:10.793 --> 00:55:14.885
from my student loans to
help us find an apartment.

00:55:14.886 --> 00:55:19.386
I\'m fighting really, really
hard to find an apartment.

00:55:25.049 --> 00:55:26.875
- Wow, look at all of you.

00:55:26.876 --> 00:55:28.744
This is amazing.

00:55:28.745 --> 00:55:29.587
Good.

00:55:29.588 --> 00:55:31.679
I have to admit I\'m still
a little bit stunned

00:55:31.680 --> 00:55:34.219
that we\'re doing this.

00:55:34.220 --> 00:55:36.098
It\'s grown very organically from

00:55:36.099 --> 00:55:39.611
just over 100 people three years ago.

00:55:39.612 --> 00:55:43.112
To now, we just welcomed about 550 people.

00:55:44.706 --> 00:55:46.578
Good morning, RealCollege.

00:55:46.579 --> 00:55:49.746
(audience applauding)

00:55:53.912 --> 00:55:56.481
There are a lot of you here.

00:55:56.482 --> 00:55:58.783
And you are here to do work.

00:55:58.784 --> 00:56:03.617
And take actions so that we
don\'t have to keep doing this.

00:56:04.938 --> 00:56:05.794
- Please rise

00:56:05.795 --> 00:56:07.253
or otherwise signify

00:56:07.254 --> 00:56:08.569
if you currently serve students

00:56:08.570 --> 00:56:10.987
experiencing food insecurity.

00:56:14.686 --> 00:56:16.330
Look around this room.

00:56:16.331 --> 00:56:17.331
Take a seat.

00:56:19.348 --> 00:56:21.120
Please rise or otherwise signify

00:56:21.121 --> 00:56:25.371
if you personally have
experienced food insecurity.

00:56:26.300 --> 00:56:27.467
Take a moment.

00:56:28.622 --> 00:56:32.455
Notice that you are not
alone and take a seat.

00:56:34.629 --> 00:56:37.589
- We want to walk away from
here and feel like a community

00:56:37.590 --> 00:56:39.456
and like a family.

00:56:39.457 --> 00:56:41.947
If you have one student
at your university,

00:56:41.948 --> 00:56:43.852
if you have one student
at your community college

00:56:43.853 --> 00:56:45.787
who is food or housing insecure,

00:56:45.788 --> 00:56:47.236
that is one student too many.

00:56:47.237 --> 00:56:50.404
(audience applauding)

00:56:58.845 --> 00:56:59.946
- Hi honey.

00:56:59.947 --> 00:57:01.029
Oh my God.

00:57:01.030 --> 00:57:01.923
How are you?

00:57:01.924 --> 00:57:03.163
- I\'m good.

00:57:03.164 --> 00:57:05.309
- You doing okay-ish?

00:57:05.310 --> 00:57:06.360
- Yeah.

00:57:06.361 --> 00:57:08.637
- And the housing thing
has still not happened?

00:57:08.638 --> 00:57:09.471
- No.

00:57:09.472 --> 00:57:11.472
- I literally, I\'ve thought of ugh,

00:57:11.473 --> 00:57:14.889
it\'s been the most frustrating
things that I\'ve ever seen.

00:57:14.890 --> 00:57:16.919
You\'re still in school despite all this?

00:57:16.920 --> 00:57:18.514
- I am still in school.

00:57:18.515 --> 00:57:21.321
I am supposed to be
graduating this semester.

00:57:21.322 --> 00:57:23.878
- Let me know if I can help
with that at least. Okay?

00:57:23.879 --> 00:57:27.528
There\'s a lot of folks here
who you really should meet.

00:57:27.529 --> 00:57:29.738
- [Shaquara] I\'m actually
supposed to be speaking

00:57:29.739 --> 00:57:31.378
but I\'m really, really scared.

00:57:31.379 --> 00:57:32.894
- Don\'t be.

00:57:32.895 --> 00:57:34.161
- For a while I thought I was the only one

00:57:34.162 --> 00:57:36.653
and then it looks like there\'s more

00:57:36.654 --> 00:57:40.416
and more people ending
up in this situation.

00:57:40.417 --> 00:57:42.295
- Which is why it is so important for you

00:57:42.296 --> 00:57:44.202
to share your story.

00:57:44.203 --> 00:57:46.615
Because imagine all the
people who don\'t know

00:57:46.616 --> 00:57:48.494
that they\'re not the only ones.

00:57:48.495 --> 00:57:49.489
You know?

00:57:49.490 --> 00:57:50.724
Oh, gimme a hug.

00:57:50.725 --> 00:57:52.045
Don\'t be nervous.

00:57:52.046 --> 00:57:54.337
There\'s nothing to be nervous about, okay?

00:57:54.338 --> 00:57:55.171
- Yup.

00:57:55.172 --> 00:57:57.081
(dramatic orchestral music)

00:57:57.082 --> 00:57:59.634
- I got to figure out where I\'m going.

00:57:59.635 --> 00:58:01.899
Benefits access, these guys are great.

00:58:01.900 --> 00:58:02.733
217.

00:58:02.734 --> 00:58:04.425
I am going to go to 217 and go look

00:58:04.426 --> 00:58:06.952
in some of these workshops.

00:58:06.953 --> 00:58:08.237
- What are goals

00:58:08.238 --> 00:58:10.520
that you want to accomplish this year?

00:58:10.521 --> 00:58:11.698
Anyone?

00:58:11.699 --> 00:58:13.404
- Getting buy in from your community

00:58:13.405 --> 00:58:15.692
that these problems exist.

00:58:15.693 --> 00:58:17.576
How do you engage them in conversation

00:58:17.577 --> 00:58:20.021
when they just shut you down?

00:58:20.022 --> 00:58:21.836
- I work for an emergency food pantry and

00:58:21.837 --> 00:58:24.503
I want to make sure as we go forward,

00:58:24.504 --> 00:58:26.563
we\'re finding ways to like truly

00:58:26.564 --> 00:58:29.481
engage student voices in this process.

00:58:29.482 --> 00:58:31.363
- I had free and reduced lunch growing up

00:58:31.364 --> 00:58:33.023
from middle school and onward

00:58:33.024 --> 00:58:35.016
and no one really thinks
about what happens

00:58:35.017 --> 00:58:37.234
when those students are
able to go to college.

00:58:37.235 --> 00:58:40.865
All of a sudden that food
doesn\'t appear out of nowhere.

00:58:40.866 --> 00:58:45.866
- Higher education should move
from luxuries to basic needs.

00:58:46.463 --> 00:58:50.886
Um, we don\'t need tanning
beds, we need food.

00:58:50.887 --> 00:58:52.827
I was constantly told
because of the income level

00:58:52.828 --> 00:58:54.831
of my family, that I would never have

00:58:54.832 --> 00:58:56.759
to worry about paying for college.

00:58:56.760 --> 00:58:59.381
Unfortunately, I did not
qualify for financial aid.

00:58:59.382 --> 00:59:02.233
I had to pay out of pocket for everything.

00:59:02.234 --> 00:59:04.221
- Being from Kenya, my mom was like

00:59:04.222 --> 00:59:05.646
trying to make ends meet.

00:59:05.647 --> 00:59:06.968
Sometimes it meant just doing

00:59:06.969 --> 00:59:08.941
two meals a day and that\'s enough.

00:59:08.942 --> 00:59:09.860
Like, I never considered

00:59:09.861 --> 00:59:13.780
that other people actually
eat three meals a day.

00:59:13.781 --> 00:59:16.871
- I\'ve been going through homelessness

00:59:16.872 --> 00:59:19.315
with my four-year-old son.

00:59:19.316 --> 00:59:22.515
A lot of people say, \"Oh, you look nice.

00:59:22.516 --> 00:59:24.714
\"You look like a person that\'s probably

00:59:24.715 --> 00:59:26.734
\"not going through anything.\"

00:59:26.735 --> 00:59:28.945
But, I\'m juggling so many tasks

00:59:28.946 --> 00:59:31.610
and I\'m juggling life in itself.

00:59:31.611 --> 00:59:33.950
- My university actually
doesn\'t have a pantry.

00:59:33.951 --> 00:59:35.216
They don\'t really do anything and

00:59:35.217 --> 00:59:37.226
so a lot of what I learned
from this conference,

00:59:37.227 --> 00:59:39.151
I\'m really hoping to bring back

00:59:39.152 --> 00:59:42.242
to my university and
implement for students like me

00:59:42.243 --> 00:59:44.862
who don\'t always have access to food.

00:59:44.863 --> 00:59:46.192
Food providers on campus

00:59:46.193 --> 00:59:47.443
do have a role.

00:59:48.492 --> 00:59:50.452
They are what feed us.

00:59:50.453 --> 00:59:53.078
And I think it\'s a big part
of their responsibility

00:59:53.079 --> 00:59:55.698
to make sure they\'re feeding all.

00:59:55.699 --> 00:59:58.062
- So, my challenge to you is to ensure

00:59:58.063 --> 01:00:00.146
that our colleges rise up

01:00:01.450 --> 01:00:04.214
and build transformative, and y\'all,

01:00:04.215 --> 01:00:07.614
don\'t get stuck on the food pantry.

01:00:07.615 --> 01:00:08.448
Right?

01:00:08.449 --> 01:00:10.355
(audience applauding)

01:00:10.356 --> 01:00:11.845
- At lease on-third of
the food that\'s raised

01:00:11.846 --> 01:00:14.372
and grown in the United
States is never eaten.

01:00:14.373 --> 01:00:15.815
What about the idea that the colleges

01:00:15.816 --> 01:00:17.405
started to take a really active role

01:00:17.406 --> 01:00:19.047
to eliminate surplus food,

01:00:19.048 --> 01:00:20.675
food waste in their communities

01:00:20.676 --> 01:00:23.104
and actually built
programs for the colleges

01:00:23.105 --> 01:00:25.318
to go and get it and find
a way to bring it in?

01:00:25.319 --> 01:00:26.244
(audience applauding)

01:00:26.245 --> 01:00:28.900
- We recently launched our food
rescue team at Drexel where

01:00:28.901 --> 01:00:32.724
we partner with local
grocers, local caterers,

01:00:32.725 --> 01:00:34.902
restaurants, cafes.

01:00:34.903 --> 01:00:36.650
What we\'re seeing in
terms of the sheer amount

01:00:36.651 --> 01:00:39.340
of leftover meals there are
and how much excess there is,

01:00:39.341 --> 01:00:41.790
they can absolutely feed
the amount of students

01:00:41.791 --> 01:00:43.374
that we have at Drexel that are suffering

01:00:43.375 --> 01:00:46.256
from food insecurity and even go further.

01:00:46.257 --> 01:00:47.261
- In finding solutions,

01:00:47.262 --> 01:00:49.303
we decided to schedule
a meeting with Spelman

01:00:49.304 --> 01:00:52.392
and the administration but
no one followed up with us.

01:00:52.393 --> 01:00:54.506
- So, being the
rabble-rousers that we are,

01:00:54.507 --> 01:00:58.424
we led a hunger strike
that gained 28,000 meals

01:00:59.312 --> 01:01:01.656
for students facing food
insecurity on campus.

01:01:01.657 --> 01:01:02.803
(audience applauding)

01:01:02.804 --> 01:01:04.577
We would hear of poor students

01:01:04.578 --> 01:01:06.540
say they were hungry Many
girls talked about, you know

01:01:06.541 --> 01:01:09.112
sex work that they would do for food.

01:01:09.113 --> 01:01:11.243
I mean, these institutions
get so much money

01:01:11.244 --> 01:01:13.893
from students a year
and the least students

01:01:13.894 --> 01:01:16.919
can do is access one-to-two meals a day

01:01:16.920 --> 01:01:19.650
while they\'re on their campuses.

01:01:19.651 --> 01:01:22.160
- Is everyone familiar
with the meal plan model?

01:01:22.161 --> 01:01:23.495
Buy a meal plan.

01:01:23.496 --> 01:01:26.816
If you don\'t use the money, it
becomes it\'s non-refundable.

01:01:26.817 --> 01:01:28.617
So, we gave students another option

01:01:28.618 --> 01:01:30.849
to be able to donate their meal swipes.

01:01:30.850 --> 01:01:34.334
And we are on 50 campuses
across the country.

01:01:34.335 --> 01:01:37.192
(audience applauding)

01:01:37.193 --> 01:01:39.018
- I heard Cornell West say this one time

01:01:39.019 --> 01:01:41.191
and just I get stuck on this.

01:01:41.192 --> 01:01:45.120
Social justice is what
love looks like in public.

01:01:45.121 --> 01:01:48.905
If you love someone, you
don\'t want them to be hungry.

01:01:48.906 --> 01:01:50.740
You don\'t want them to be homeless.

01:01:50.741 --> 01:01:52.955
You don\'t want them to feel insecure.

01:01:52.956 --> 01:01:55.351
So, you have to build practices, policies,

01:01:55.352 --> 01:01:57.569
networks and coalitions

01:01:57.570 --> 01:01:59.869
and more important, it is a requirement

01:01:59.870 --> 01:02:03.697
that we have raw courage
and engage in good trouble.

01:02:03.698 --> 01:02:04.531
Thank you.

01:02:04.532 --> 01:02:07.698
(audience applauding)

01:02:14.104 --> 01:02:16.104
- I have the PowerPoint.

01:02:17.946 --> 01:02:19.496
But you don\'t have to
really worry too much

01:02:19.497 --> 01:02:21.796
about what this is about.

01:02:21.797 --> 01:02:25.130
I am going to talk about like how I, um,

01:02:26.178 --> 01:02:30.032
why we started the pantry on
campus, because we saw a need.

01:02:30.033 --> 01:02:31.492
And then I\'m going to say,

01:02:31.493 --> 01:02:33.957
and here is Shaquara who is one

01:02:33.958 --> 01:02:37.124
of the most brilliant
students that I met at Lehman.

01:02:37.125 --> 01:02:39.118
And then here you go.

01:02:39.119 --> 01:02:40.646
- Good evening, everyone.

01:02:40.647 --> 01:02:43.275
Thank you for giving me this opportunity

01:02:43.276 --> 01:02:47.811
to share my story and
inviting me here to speak

01:02:47.812 --> 01:02:52.479
about the issues that I face
and how I\'ve overcome them.

01:02:53.556 --> 01:02:54.434
(sighing)

01:02:54.435 --> 01:02:55.771
- [Suzette] Oh, how I am overcoming them.

01:02:55.772 --> 01:02:58.189
- On how I\'m overcoming them.

01:03:00.048 --> 01:03:02.142
The only part is that I don\'t want to cry.

01:03:02.143 --> 01:03:06.196
Like, I keep feeling like I\'m gonna cry.

01:03:06.197 --> 01:03:08.614
My parents were undocumented.

01:03:10.323 --> 01:03:12.050
(taking deep breath)

01:03:12.051 --> 01:03:13.040
This is why I say

01:03:13.041 --> 01:03:16.503
it\'s really hard to talk up there.

01:03:16.504 --> 01:03:17.571
- Take a minute.

01:03:17.572 --> 01:03:19.261
Breathe. If you feel like you don\'t want

01:03:19.262 --> 01:03:21.086
to share something in that
moment, don\'t share it.

01:03:21.087 --> 01:03:22.336
It\'s okay.

01:03:22.337 --> 01:03:23.430
Okay?

01:03:23.431 --> 01:03:26.866
We want them to know this
is the hurt that you have

01:03:26.867 --> 01:03:28.814
in your heart and this is the damage

01:03:28.815 --> 01:03:31.066
that was done because of
a dysfunctional system

01:03:31.067 --> 01:03:33.794
and this is why they need to change it.

01:03:33.795 --> 01:03:35.535
That make sense?

01:03:35.536 --> 01:03:36.826
I can\'t promise that
that is going to happen

01:03:36.827 --> 01:03:38.810
but I\'m saying like you\'re doing the,

01:03:38.811 --> 01:03:40.511
you\'re standing up as an advocate.

01:03:40.512 --> 01:03:44.595
This is like a crazy,
strong thing you are doing.

01:03:47.919 --> 01:03:51.401
I want to do so much more
than I am doing, you know?

01:03:51.402 --> 01:03:53.677
I feel like the only thing I did, really,

01:03:53.678 --> 01:03:56.106
was just connect you to the pantry.

01:03:56.107 --> 01:03:57.864
Homelessness is still an issue.

01:03:57.865 --> 01:04:01.032
Like, we still have many other issues.

01:04:03.533 --> 01:04:08.283
I\'m going to be right next to
you when you\'re doing this.

01:04:09.117 --> 01:04:12.285
- While the economy is
struggling to survive,

01:04:12.286 --> 01:04:15.053
it is not a surprise that
many college students

01:04:15.054 --> 01:04:18.685
are residing in shelters, on the street,

01:04:18.686 --> 01:04:22.409
or in the homes of friends and relatives.

01:04:22.410 --> 01:04:24.709
During the academic year, I have struggled

01:04:24.710 --> 01:04:27.412
to maintain good academic stranding

01:04:27.413 --> 01:04:29.406
and completing shelter requirements

01:04:29.407 --> 01:04:34.003
that were supposed to help
me find permanent housing.

01:04:34.004 --> 01:04:36.734
My parents, they were both undocumented,

01:04:36.735 --> 01:04:38.880
could not work because they were always

01:04:38.881 --> 01:04:41.921
worrying that they were
going to get deported.

01:04:41.922 --> 01:04:44.138
So, I took it upon myself to make sure

01:04:44.139 --> 01:04:46.139
that my family was okay.

01:04:48.993 --> 01:04:51.933
During the 2017 fall semester,

01:04:51.934 --> 01:04:55.285
I found myself handling three jobs just

01:04:55.286 --> 01:04:59.786
to provide a income to all
three members of my family.

01:05:01.501 --> 01:05:04.553
Many times I have gotten
fed up and felt like

01:05:04.554 --> 01:05:09.554
I wanted to take my own life
just to get everything to stop.

01:05:10.176 --> 01:05:14.109
And thought that it
would be better for me.

01:05:14.110 --> 01:05:16.276
(crying)

01:05:16.277 --> 01:05:20.492
But having so many people
around me who told me

01:05:20.493 --> 01:05:24.582
suicide is not the way because all you do

01:05:24.583 --> 01:05:27.166
is hurt your family in the end.

01:05:28.827 --> 01:05:30.861
So, many times I kept pushing forward

01:05:30.862 --> 01:05:35.195
because this is not only
for me, it\'s for my family.

01:05:38.302 --> 01:05:42.016
My dad has been lifting me up to tell me

01:05:42.017 --> 01:05:46.853
to keep pushing because this
will all be good in the end.

01:05:46.854 --> 01:05:49.437
And you\'ll help so many others.

01:05:50.949 --> 01:05:55.595
I plan to one day open
up a pantry but a pantry

01:05:55.596 --> 01:05:59.622
that allows people to come
in and have full-time meals.

01:05:59.623 --> 01:06:01.956
Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

01:06:03.532 --> 01:06:04.800
I ask that everyone

01:06:04.801 --> 01:06:08.218
take the issue of homelessness seriously.

01:06:09.115 --> 01:06:13.045
Many times we like to
use homeless individuals

01:06:13.046 --> 01:06:17.713
as just propaganda, forgetting
that they are also human.

01:06:19.347 --> 01:06:20.593
Thank you very much.

01:06:20.594 --> 01:06:23.761
(audience applauding)

01:06:29.279 --> 01:06:32.696
(light orchestral music)

01:06:37.353 --> 01:06:38.560
- [Sara Voiceover] I\'m really overwhelmed

01:06:38.561 --> 01:06:39.975
at what the crowd looked like.

01:06:39.976 --> 01:06:43.365
I\'m really overwhelmed at
what the students said.

01:06:43.366 --> 01:06:44.740
- But I\'m proud of you.

01:06:44.741 --> 01:06:46.702
- I\'m proud of you too.

01:06:46.703 --> 01:06:49.120
- We\'re there for each other.

01:06:55.536 --> 01:06:56.369
- [Sara] Hi.

01:06:56.370 --> 01:06:57.917
Hi.

01:06:57.918 --> 01:06:58.913
Yay.

01:06:58.913 --> 01:06:59.913
How are you?

01:07:01.852 --> 01:07:04.102
I mean, this is a movement.

01:07:05.442 --> 01:07:07.371
When you see it and you feel it,

01:07:07.372 --> 01:07:10.905
then you understand what we\'re part of.

01:07:10.906 --> 01:07:13.812
- This is a historic moment

01:07:13.813 --> 01:07:15.346
where we\'re really beginning

01:07:15.347 --> 01:07:17.807
to reframe the conversation

01:07:17.808 --> 01:07:21.058
about what college actually looks like.

01:07:21.949 --> 01:07:26.881
- \"I am no longer accepting
the things I cannot change.

01:07:26.882 --> 01:07:30.465
\"I am changing the
things I cannot accept.\"

01:07:31.350 --> 01:07:33.670
That is Angela Davis.

01:07:33.671 --> 01:07:35.302
I have a son and a daughter.

01:07:35.303 --> 01:07:37.600
Connor and Annie sitting over there

01:07:37.601 --> 01:07:40.491
and they deserve better than

01:07:40.492 --> 01:07:42.495
what we\'ve currently leaving them.

01:07:42.496 --> 01:07:45.932
And so do their friends like Wasir.

01:07:45.933 --> 01:07:49.433
We have so much work to do in this country

01:07:51.107 --> 01:07:53.656
and we are ready for this fight.

01:07:53.657 --> 01:07:56.824
(audience applauding)

01:08:15.332 --> 01:08:16.404
- Hey, Ian.

01:08:16.405 --> 01:08:17.466
- [Ian] Hey, Maddy.

01:08:17.467 --> 01:08:19.312
- How\'s the elections going?

01:08:19.313 --> 01:08:21.602
Okay, Ian, why do you
gotta go and nominate me?

01:08:21.603 --> 01:08:22.436
- [Ian] What?

01:08:22.437 --> 01:08:23.606
- Why do you gotta go and nominate me?

01:08:23.607 --> 01:08:24.691
- You\'re welcome.

01:08:24.692 --> 01:08:25.525
- Thank you.

01:08:25.526 --> 01:08:26.858
I appreciate it.

01:08:28.964 --> 01:08:32.172
When I started college,
my very first semester,

01:08:32.173 --> 01:08:36.587
I was struggling with my
housing and food and school.

01:08:36.588 --> 01:08:39.285
And I was so stressed out with everything

01:08:39.286 --> 01:08:42.014
that my hair was falling out.

01:08:42.015 --> 01:08:45.932
And I was very hesitant
to tell the university.

01:08:47.206 --> 01:08:49.974
Eventually, I had professors
pull me after class

01:08:49.975 --> 01:08:51.396
and say, \"What\'s going on?

01:08:51.397 --> 01:08:52.230
\"You\'re failing.

01:08:52.230 --> 01:08:53.073
\"What is happening?\"

01:08:53.074 --> 01:08:55.909
And I said, well, honestly,

01:08:55.910 --> 01:09:00.339
please don\'t tell anyone,
but this is the situation.

01:09:00.340 --> 01:09:04.591
Can I please have a walking
taco with the nacho cheese?

01:09:04.592 --> 01:09:07.477
There wasn\'t a policy
to handle my situation.

01:09:07.478 --> 01:09:09.139
So, it was difficult \'cause everyone

01:09:09.140 --> 01:09:11.851
was starting from scratch.

01:09:11.852 --> 01:09:12.854
Thank you.

01:09:12.855 --> 01:09:14.007
Take care.

01:09:14.008 --> 01:09:15.462
The university got me a meal plan.

01:09:15.463 --> 01:09:16.296
Here you go

01:09:16.296 --> 01:09:17.296
- Thank you.

01:09:19.721 --> 01:09:21.939
- I think the university
is starting the procedure

01:09:21.940 --> 01:09:23.224
on how to address this.

01:09:23.225 --> 01:09:24.547
At least that is my hope.

01:09:24.548 --> 01:09:26.131
And that\'s my goal.

01:09:28.779 --> 01:09:30.061
The more I\'m learning,

01:09:30.062 --> 01:09:32.318
the more I\'m realizing
people are really trying

01:09:32.319 --> 01:09:34.764
to help this problem but something

01:09:34.765 --> 01:09:38.348
is in the way and I
think that\'s ignorance.

01:09:45.726 --> 01:09:49.413
There are definitely moments
where I\'m just angry.

01:09:49.414 --> 01:09:51.465
Sometimes it\'s super difficult

01:09:51.466 --> 01:09:54.633
to pinpoint what I should be angry at.

01:09:55.764 --> 01:09:59.764
It\'s motivation and
inspiration to do something.

01:10:06.532 --> 01:10:08.695
Do you want me to break these down?

01:10:08.696 --> 01:10:09.696
Okay.

01:10:10.580 --> 01:10:15.247
I was one of those kids that
was fed from food pantries.

01:10:17.769 --> 01:10:20.681
- You take the heavy one.
- God bless him.

01:10:20.682 --> 01:10:22.623
- The only reason why I am where I am now

01:10:22.624 --> 01:10:24.098
is because of the people.

01:10:24.099 --> 01:10:28.016
I want to do more to give
back to those people.

01:10:29.719 --> 01:10:32.717
Any chance I had to say what I learned

01:10:32.718 --> 01:10:34.667
from RealCollege, I\'ve taken it.

01:10:34.668 --> 01:10:37.051
Let\'s stay in touch with that C-A-A.

01:10:37.052 --> 01:10:38.638
- Absolutely, absolutely we will.

01:10:38.639 --> 01:10:39.472
- All right.

01:10:39.472 --> 01:10:40.305
Bye, Randy.

01:10:40.306 --> 01:10:41.970
- [Randy] Take care.
- See ya, it\'s been great.

01:10:41.971 --> 01:10:42.804
- Yeah.

01:10:42.805 --> 01:10:45.242
(laughing)
- I did not think of myself

01:10:45.243 --> 01:10:47.993
as an activist until RealCollege.

01:10:48.992 --> 01:10:53.261
And I heard that word and I
was like, that\'s not who I am.

01:10:53.262 --> 01:10:56.761
I just, I\'m doing what my
life requires me to do.

01:10:56.762 --> 01:10:58.863
I\'m doing what needs to be done

01:10:58.864 --> 01:11:02.281
(light orchestral music)

01:11:08.772 --> 01:11:12.127
- The growing food and
housing insecurity in the

01:11:12.128 --> 01:11:15.218
richest country in the world remains

01:11:15.219 --> 01:11:20.219
one of the most pressing and
urgent challenges of our time.

01:11:20.849 --> 01:11:24.030
And quite frankly, poses a major threat

01:11:24.031 --> 01:11:27.031
to our mission of transforming lives

01:11:28.531 --> 01:11:32.905
This is why today\'s event
to unveil student data

01:11:32.906 --> 01:11:36.985
from the CUNY Consortium and
Food and Housing Insecurity

01:11:36.986 --> 01:11:39.166
is hugely important.

01:11:39.167 --> 01:11:40.000
(audience applauding)

01:11:40.001 --> 01:11:42.667
It is a national call to action.

01:11:44.626 --> 01:11:47.812
- Let\'s go ahead and turn to the data.

01:11:47.813 --> 01:11:49.959
- [Woman] The numbers, jaw-dropping.

01:11:49.960 --> 01:11:53.995
Nearly half of all college
students are going hungry.

01:11:53.996 --> 01:11:57.403
- [Woman] The Hope Center
surveyed nearly 22,000 students

01:11:57.404 --> 01:11:59.984
at CUNY\'s 19 campuses

01:11:59.985 --> 01:12:02.214
- [Woman] 22% of students are regularly

01:12:02.215 --> 01:12:05.072
experiencing hunger and 48%

01:12:05.073 --> 01:12:09.842
said that they had had food
insecurity in the past 30 days.

01:12:09.843 --> 01:12:11.429
- [Man] More than a
million students nationally

01:12:11.430 --> 01:12:13.486
now say they\'re turning
to food banks to eat.

01:12:13.487 --> 01:12:15.398
- The adage of a starving college student

01:12:15.399 --> 01:12:19.924
is not just an adage anymore,
it\'s a very stark reality.

01:12:19.925 --> 01:12:21.548
- We talk a lot about the problems

01:12:21.549 --> 01:12:24.047
that are facing this country
and never thought about this.

01:12:24.048 --> 01:12:26.637
- [Woman] Study author, Sara
Goldrick-Rab, says hunger

01:12:26.638 --> 01:12:30.314
is a bigger problem on college
campuses than you\'d think.

01:12:30.315 --> 01:12:32.742
- This pattern is very similar to those

01:12:32.743 --> 01:12:33.832
that we have seen across the country.

01:12:33.833 --> 01:12:34.666
(audience applauding)

01:12:34.667 --> 01:12:39.583
- [Marla] In the Bronx, Marla
Diamond, WCBS News Radio 880.

01:12:40.594 --> 01:12:42.067
- It\'s energizing for me that people

01:12:42.068 --> 01:12:43.763
are finally paying attention.

01:12:43.764 --> 01:12:44.927
- Sara Goldrick-Rab, everybody.

01:12:44.928 --> 01:12:46.617
(audience applauding)

01:12:46.618 --> 01:12:49.772
The situation seems really dire.

01:12:49.773 --> 01:12:51.406
- It\'s literally heartbreaking
and it\'s something

01:12:51.407 --> 01:12:54.051
that we absolutely
could and should prevent

01:12:54.052 --> 01:12:57.018
- Is it a lack of programs
available to students?

01:12:57.019 --> 01:12:59.008
Or, is it students not
knowing about the programs?

01:12:59.009 --> 01:12:59.964
Or, is it the stigma?

01:12:59.965 --> 01:13:02.219
- Frankly, it\'s everything.

01:13:02.220 --> 01:13:04.040
It\'s about the fact that rent is rising.

01:13:04.041 --> 01:13:06.251
It\'s about the fact that
food gets more expensive

01:13:06.252 --> 01:13:08.292
and transportation gets
more expensive every year.

01:13:08.293 --> 01:13:11.623
But, financial aid does not
always go up at the same rate.

01:13:11.624 --> 01:13:13.861
What happens to these
students after they graduate?

01:13:13.862 --> 01:13:16.171
To be honest with you, they\'re
dealing with a lot of trauma.

01:13:16.172 --> 01:13:17.962
And it is a really difficult thing

01:13:17.963 --> 01:13:19.656
when I\'ve talked to students who\'ve said,

01:13:19.657 --> 01:13:22.340
\"I got a degree, but I
don\'t feel good about it.\"

01:13:22.341 --> 01:13:23.174
Right?

01:13:23.175 --> 01:13:25.652
I don\'t feel like I would
put my kid through this.

01:13:25.653 --> 01:13:28.054
So, I think about that in
the intergenerational cycle

01:13:28.055 --> 01:13:29.972
that that could create.

01:13:30.908 --> 01:13:32.253
It would be easier to drop out of college

01:13:32.254 --> 01:13:35.202
than to be hungry in
college in many cases.

01:13:35.203 --> 01:13:38.705
What we\'re doing to these
folks who are trying so hard,

01:13:38.706 --> 01:13:41.623
it\'s gonna hurt us for generations.

01:14:00.923 --> 01:14:03.671
- Today\'s the day of convocation.

01:14:03.672 --> 01:14:07.005
We finally get to walk across the stage.

01:14:09.201 --> 01:14:11.711
Yesterday, I drove past the fields

01:14:11.712 --> 01:14:14.545
that we\'re going to be walking on.

01:14:17.000 --> 01:14:20.068
It\'s kind of like a sadness but
not like a mourning sadness.

01:14:20.069 --> 01:14:22.229
But, like I finally kind of done it.

01:14:22.230 --> 01:14:26.166
And I remember like the
words like this is it.

01:14:26.167 --> 01:14:28.902
This was my college experience.

01:14:28.903 --> 01:14:31.191
These were the last four years of my life.

01:14:31.192 --> 01:14:33.355
I could have gone to so many other schools

01:14:33.356 --> 01:14:34.769
or not gone to school at all.

01:14:34.770 --> 01:14:37.091
I could have been so many
different things but this was,

01:14:37.092 --> 01:14:39.606
this was what it was for me.

01:14:39.607 --> 01:14:43.274
(dramatic orchestral music)

01:14:47.042 --> 01:14:48.375
Probably never really be using

01:14:48.376 --> 01:14:51.921
my actual degree Exercise
Science, directly.

01:14:51.922 --> 01:14:55.339
But, it was just another means to an end.

01:14:56.398 --> 01:14:59.148
(crowd cheering)

01:15:01.577 --> 01:15:04.874
You know, when I most recently
looked at like my loans

01:15:04.875 --> 01:15:06.555
and how much I have to pay,

01:15:06.556 --> 01:15:09.608
I hated seeing such a big number there.

01:15:09.609 --> 01:15:12.109
But, one day, I\'ll pay it off.

01:15:13.425 --> 01:15:16.096
Um, it won\'t be tomorrow,
it probably won\'t be,

01:15:16.097 --> 01:15:18.393
you know, very soon, but one day.

01:15:18.394 --> 01:15:19.639
(crowd cheering)

01:15:19.640 --> 01:15:22.928
- This commencement is a beginning.

01:15:22.929 --> 01:15:25.380
But, what I\'ve learned about
this class with the caliber

01:15:25.381 --> 01:15:30.220
of students at this ceremony
we expect a lot from you.

01:15:30.221 --> 01:15:32.154
Light the way, my people.

01:15:32.155 --> 01:15:34.526
Light the way and soar.

01:15:34.527 --> 01:15:36.282
Congratulations Class of 2019.

01:15:36.283 --> 01:15:39.549
(crowd cheering)

01:15:39.550 --> 01:15:41.800
- [Man] Joseph Aaron Galan.

01:15:46.865 --> 01:15:50.694
- There are lessons to be
learned about the grind,

01:15:50.695 --> 01:15:55.352
about figuring out how to
do life when the odds are,

01:15:55.353 --> 01:15:58.235
maybe stacked against you.

01:15:58.236 --> 01:16:00.986
(crowd cheering)

01:16:02.121 --> 01:16:04.988
It can grow you, it can mature you.

01:16:04.989 --> 01:16:06.978
But I think that you can grow and mature

01:16:06.979 --> 01:16:08.395
in other ways without having

01:16:08.396 --> 01:16:10.826
to incur such financial debt

01:16:10.827 --> 01:16:12.955
and make certain sacrifices that

01:16:12.956 --> 01:16:16.270
put your physical health in jeopardy.

01:16:16.271 --> 01:16:17.253
Like the skipping meals

01:16:17.254 --> 01:16:19.375
and maybe not having something to eat.

01:16:19.376 --> 01:16:20.770
Mental health and social health.

01:16:20.771 --> 01:16:21.875
You can\'t go out with friends

01:16:21.876 --> 01:16:24.876
because you\'re trying to save money.

01:16:25.882 --> 01:16:28.028
If college wasn\'t so expensive

01:16:28.029 --> 01:16:30.369
that would have made life so much easier.

01:16:30.370 --> 01:16:31.918
I didn\'t even see you guys.

01:16:31.919 --> 01:16:32.752
I just like...

01:16:32.753 --> 01:16:33.785
- Hi.

01:16:33.786 --> 01:16:34.786
My baby.

01:16:36.386 --> 01:16:37.719
So proud of you.

01:16:39.708 --> 01:16:40.787
- Love you.

01:16:40.788 --> 01:16:42.360
Congrats.

01:16:42.361 --> 01:16:43.462
I\'m proud of you.

01:16:43.463 --> 01:16:46.463
- [Madeline] You have to wear these.

01:16:48.052 --> 01:16:49.789
- Are these on there?

01:16:49.790 --> 01:16:51.439
- Lookin\' sharp, Joe.

01:16:51.440 --> 01:16:54.523
- [Joe] Feelin\' sharp, feelin\' sharp.

01:17:07.699 --> 01:17:11.449
- So, have a look at
it, this is your folder.

01:17:12.467 --> 01:17:14.271
- I spoke to the registrar\'s
office and they said

01:17:14.272 --> 01:17:16.514
that you have completed everything.

01:17:16.515 --> 01:17:20.648
As of February, the first week
of February, you graduated.

01:17:20.649 --> 01:17:23.455
So, that\'s pretty pretty awesome.

01:17:23.456 --> 01:17:25.133
How does it feel?

01:17:25.134 --> 01:17:26.914
- I\'m really, really excited.

01:17:26.915 --> 01:17:27.748
- Yeah?

01:17:27.749 --> 01:17:29.166
- Yes.

01:17:29.167 --> 01:17:31.667
I\'m happy that I\'m graduating.

01:17:32.504 --> 01:17:35.921
But my mom isn\'t really here to see it.

01:17:35.922 --> 01:17:38.320
- [Suzette] I mean, that\'s
your mom\'s necklace.

01:17:38.321 --> 01:17:40.321
So, you feel like she\'s here a little bit?

01:17:40.322 --> 01:17:41.155
- Yes.

01:17:41.156 --> 01:17:43.230
- [Suzette] Your mom would be so so proud

01:17:43.231 --> 01:17:47.424
of you that you
accomplished this, Shaquara.

01:17:47.425 --> 01:17:49.867
- Neither of my parents
go to go to college

01:17:49.868 --> 01:17:54.868
so, I feel like I\'ve
accomplished something for them.

01:17:54.906 --> 01:17:57.695
I\'m just a little concerned about my GPA.

01:17:57.696 --> 01:18:00.874
Just for getting into like grad school.

01:18:00.875 --> 01:18:03.671
- Can I tell you, when I
looked at your GPA, I mean,

01:18:03.672 --> 01:18:05.301
I was just like you,

01:18:05.302 --> 01:18:07.606
despite all that you were
going through you were able

01:18:07.607 --> 01:18:09.024
to still do well.

01:18:10.022 --> 01:18:12.057
But you\'re thinking
about different programs

01:18:12.058 --> 01:18:13.500
of what you may do?

01:18:13.501 --> 01:18:14.554
- [Shaquara] I mainly looking

01:18:14.555 --> 01:18:18.284
into public health
nutrition and advocating.

01:18:18.285 --> 01:18:19.889
- That\'s what I see for you later on.

01:18:19.890 --> 01:18:23.729
I see you being just
this fantastic advocate.

01:18:23.730 --> 01:18:24.590
- [Shaquara] Thank you.

01:18:24.591 --> 01:18:27.240
- It\'s just, I can see that for you.

01:18:27.241 --> 01:18:29.440
And that\'s going to happen, I\'m sure.

01:18:29.441 --> 01:18:31.694
(light orchestral music)

01:18:31.695 --> 01:18:33.112
- [All] Surprise!

01:18:37.929 --> 01:18:38.994
- Hello.

01:18:38.995 --> 01:18:40.105
Congratulations.

01:18:40.106 --> 01:18:41.106
- Thank you.

01:18:43.009 --> 01:18:46.342
I found out that I was pregnant the week

01:18:47.331 --> 01:18:50.581
before I got logged out of the shelter.

01:18:53.775 --> 01:18:55.100
- [Lillien] Thank you for all the support

01:18:55.101 --> 01:18:56.885
for the food pantry that you did before.

01:18:56.886 --> 01:18:58.117
- [Shaquara] You\'re welcome.

01:18:58.118 --> 01:19:01.021
I don\'t mind coming back to help.

01:19:01.022 --> 01:19:04.346
- [Lillien] We\'ll miss you there.

01:19:04.347 --> 01:19:06.405
- My boyfriend said he wants to be a part

01:19:06.406 --> 01:19:08.962
of the baby\'s life and
he wants to be there

01:19:08.963 --> 01:19:10.463
for me and my dad.

01:19:12.093 --> 01:19:14.592
He\'s in Florida right now.

01:19:14.593 --> 01:19:18.176
In a couple of days
that\'s where I\'m going.

01:19:20.494 --> 01:19:22.857
- What part of Florida are you moving to?

01:19:22.858 --> 01:19:24.521
- [Shaquara] Miami.

01:19:24.522 --> 01:19:26.637
- I\'mma see you when I go back home then.

01:19:26.638 --> 01:19:28.498
\'Cause I\'m going in the spring.

01:19:28.499 --> 01:19:30.228
When your baby turns like two or three,

01:19:30.229 --> 01:19:32.502
I\'mma give you all the spots to take him.

01:19:32.503 --> 01:19:34.822
There\'s a lot of like free things to do

01:19:34.823 --> 01:19:38.783
with the kids down there and it\'s amazing.

01:19:38.784 --> 01:19:40.322
- [Lillien] Shaquara have
you thought of a name

01:19:40.323 --> 01:19:42.277
for the baby yet?

01:19:42.278 --> 01:19:43.397
- Yes.

01:19:43.398 --> 01:19:44.420
- [Lillien] What\'s the name?

01:19:44.421 --> 01:19:45.559
- [Woman] Is it Lehman College?

01:19:45.560 --> 01:19:47.810
(laughing)

01:19:51.372 --> 01:19:53.870
- Now that I have a baby, I want things

01:19:53.871 --> 01:19:55.954
to be different for them.

01:19:58.811 --> 01:20:01.120
We\'ve been struggling a lot and I just

01:20:01.121 --> 01:20:05.204
feel like the new start
is really gonna help out.

01:20:07.295 --> 01:20:10.557
I\'ve been thinking about my mom a lot.

01:20:10.558 --> 01:20:13.058
I feel like I need her advice.

01:20:16.721 --> 01:20:19.304
I think about it like everyday.

01:20:26.033 --> 01:20:28.200
(sobbing)

01:20:32.807 --> 01:20:35.188
Well, she didn\'t really
get to say anything

01:20:35.189 --> 01:20:38.606
to me before she passed but the last bits

01:20:40.616 --> 01:20:44.467
of her being able to
hear me, I did tell her

01:20:44.468 --> 01:20:46.385
that she was a warrior.

01:20:47.563 --> 01:20:50.207
And, I still believe that
even though she\'s not here,

01:20:50.208 --> 01:20:52.041
she\'s still a warrior.

01:20:52.954 --> 01:20:54.863
And in some way or another,

01:20:54.864 --> 01:20:57.197
we\'re all actually warriors,

01:20:58.439 --> 01:21:01.522
fighting through different struggles.

01:21:04.112 --> 01:21:09.029
That\'s why I say we should keep
our head up no matter what.

01:21:21.830 --> 01:21:23.997
(sobbing)