decision to job shadow and interview employees of Philadelphia Futures. Philadelphia Futures is a nonprofit organization offering a range of services to help students excel in high school‚ and navigate the college admissions process‚ so they are prepared to enter and succeed in college. Philadelphia Futures has been helping young adults attend college and earn a degree since 1989. Having the opportunity to spend a full working day with the staff of Philadelphia Futures was an insightful experience. Job shadowing
Premium High school College University
The book Decision in Philadelphia the Constitutional Convention if 1787 by Christopher and James Collier offers a unique look at the scribing of the Constitution and the events that not only surrounded it but led up to its creation. The authors take on the events and their creative writing style make the book and enjoyable and fact filled read on one of the country’s most important events. They begin with a historical look at the events that led up to the signing and a brief synopsis of the events
Premium United States Constitution Constitution United States
A Moving Speech For many years and still currently‚ Primary speeches have been important and must be written thoughtfully and edited with every bit of scrutiny. They help office runners round up unprecedented amount of undecided voters and help paint a picture to the public of how they want to be portrayed. Obama’s 2008 New Hampshire speech did just that. With the usage of many literature techniques such as logical fallacies and rhetorical devices Obama was able to bring to life the ideas he wanted
Premium Rhetoric United States
playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance‚ people said it didn’t matter. WHEN he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control‚ pro-abortion‚ pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition‚ people said it didn’t matter. WHEN he said he favors sex education in kindergarten‚ including homosexual indoctrination‚ people said it didn’t matter. WHEN his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and
Premium Socialism Barack Obama United States
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies Stylistic Analysis of Barrack Obama´s Presidential Victory Speech Iveta Vondráková Nitra 2012 Content Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 1 Basic characteristics .................................................................................................... 4 1.1 References from the
Premium Barack Obama United States
Courtney Williams Dr. Ndeh African American Literature November 13‚ 2012 Foundation and Hope in Philadelphia Fire Five years after the MOVE incident in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ writer and professor at Brown University John Edgar Wideman wrote Philadelphia Fire. The novel is centered on the 1985 bombing of John Africa’s MOVE organization by the Philadelphia police and fire department‚ an attack that destroyed over fifty homes and killed eleven people. One of the main themes of this novel
Premium African American Ernest Hemingway J. Edgar Hoover
Senator Obama uses his time to bolster his credibility‚ while staying connected to Rev. Wright. You can hear his first step as Barack uses allusion as a step ladder. The candidate talks about the U.S. constitution to convey his understanding of american values to his audience. Knowing this‚ he can make a bigger impact when he tackles comparisons‚ later made in his speech. The subject of comparison being this “union” that failed to address the group of people in the country who were still enslaved
Premium United States Barack Obama Democratic Party
Contemporary Racism President Obama’s speech “A More Perfect Union” was a response to many outbursts made about things that Reverend Jeremiah Wright‚ Obama’s former pastor‚ had said on issues of racism. The reverend made statements that Obama called dismissive when what the world needed most was unity to overcome the continual racism in the country. Quotes from the Reverend such as “In the 21st century‚ white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to
Premium African American Racism White people
Philadelphia also known as the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ was a part of the Nativist movement in the United States. There have been immigrants in Philadelphia‚ but the continuous influx began to change the demographic of city’s population. Tensions began to rise over religion then political motives set in as well. The Philadelphia riots of 1844 took root in considering the immigrants as the Other and finding ways to establish their superiority through suppressing the immigrants power. The 1844 riots
Premium Protestantism Roman Catholic Church Catholic Church
In the midst of adversity‚ the state of hope exists. It is the term Barack Obama‚ 2004 US senate candidate‚ uses to bestow upon America’s citizens the possibilities of a brighter future for their nation. It is the term he sees as a gift to this country- “the bedrock of this nation”. He doesn’t fail to mention several of America’s greatest qualities as well‚ leading up to his praise for John Kerry‚ a presidential candidate. He vows that the nation’s greatest qualities would be preserved under Kerry’s
Premium United States President of the United States Democratic Party