Plastics Project
Pollution from single-use plastics harms our planet, our wildlife, and our own health. Much of this pollution comes from plastic items we don't need in our lives at all - from plastic grocery bags to polystyrene (aka Styrofoam) takeout food containers. The plastics project aims to push forward both local and statewide legislation to ban single-use plastic bags. Currently, we are focused on forming key partnerships with other organizations, such as ANJEC and the Plastic Pollution Coalition, & taking action for a state plastics bill to pass through the state Assembly.
Project Coordinator: Purva Bommireddy
Student Reps Program
NJSSC's Student Reps program provides an opportunity for students who are new to environmental activism to build political organizing skills through a curriculum of core trainings and mentorship from experienced student leaders. This program aims to build a network of new movement leaders and enable strategic, coordinated youth action for New Jersey's environment.
We are excited to have this new class of Student Reps on board for the 2020-2021 academic year, and thank the excellent youth mentors that make this training program possible!
Registration for the 2021-2022 academic year's Student Reps Program has now closed.
2020-2021 Student Reps
Newark Academy
Class of 2021
Tiffany Agkpo
Egg Harbor Twp HS
Class of 2023
Tasfia Ahmad
West Orange HS
Class of 2024
Svanfridur Mura
Indian Hills HS
Class of 2023
Thomas Wuensch
Indian Hills HS
Class of 2022
Mollie Good
Raritan Valley Community College
Class of 2021
Juaquin Goodbar
Somerset County Vocational & Technical HS
Class of 2021
Ananya Putta
Princeton University
Class of 2024
Isabel Kim
Bergen County Technical HS
Class of 2022
Ashley Park
Morris Hills HS
Class of 2022
Alison Fajardo
Haddonfield Memorial HS
Class of 2023
Maddy Crumley
West Windsor-Plainsboro HS North
Class of 2022
Tiffany Kemeklis
Park Middle School
Class of 2025
Maria Zelener
Haddonfield Memorial HS
Class of 2021
Georgia Willison
Indian Hills HS
Class of 2021
Maddy Liu
Stuart Country Day School
Class of 2021
Asmita Adya
2020-2021 Student Reps Mentors
Robbinsville HS
Class of 2023
Ava Blando
Newark Academy
Class of 2023
Navyaa Jain
Bordentown Regional HS
Class of 2021
Jessica Wilson
College of the Atlantic
Class of 2024
Ananya Singh
Rutgers University
Class of 2019 (Alum)
Katie Parrish
Stonybrook University
Class of 2024
Aneesha Rompally
Rutgers University
Class of 2019 (Alum)
Dorothy Lee
Bergen County Technical HS - Teterboro
Class of 2021
Ellen Lee
