knew that I did not want the next generation of entrepreneurs‚ doctors‚ actresses‚ lawyers‚ CEOs‚ and amazing women to not be aware of the world around them. I started small. During Black History Month‚ I gave a couple presentations on famous black leaders. My last presentation was on Amandla Stenberg‚ a teenage black icon. Within my presentation‚ I spoke about cultural appropriation and the drastic effect it has on people of color.
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I was eight when a bear scared me off my father’s elk I was dressing in the cool mountains. This is how I learned that when you are eight it can be very hard to scare a bear off when you have something it wants. My dad shot the elk at dusk and as the light began to dwindle he thought it was best to finish hauling everything out the next morning. The next morning my whole family went up to help pack out the elk. Late in the morning I saw a black bear‚ but we paid no heed to it as it was more scared
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One day ‚ there was a huge elk wandering in the forest . He was looking for grass to graze on . The elk was tired of eating the same dry grass . So he decided to keep wondering until he found something fresh to eat .Eventually‚ he found a fruit tree . These fruits weren’t like any old fruit these fruit were very sweet‚ large and fresh . He decided that instead of eating the same old grass that every other animal ate‚ to eat these sweet fruits . Unfortunately ‚ for the elk a hunter and his family lived
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Bailey Bauer‚ a citizen of Elk County‚ a friend of those who experiment with alcohol when underage‚ and a supporter of safety and the law‚ to all of the young people of Elk County. As a student of alcohol programs‚ and several heath and safety classes‚ I understand the effects of alcohol on young people. In simply being a citizen of Elk County‚ I have heard and witnessed many situations in which alcohol is available to underage people. I continue to be shocked and distressed at the large amount of
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Reintroduction of Elk in Pennsylvania Elk‚ also known as Wapitis by the natives once roamed the forest and country sides of Pennsylvania all the way to Georgia. Due to the expansion of society‚ disease‚ and constant hunting elk were eventually exterminated from the area. By 1850 most of the elk that remained in Pennsylvania took sanctuary in Cameron‚ Elk and McKean counties. A mere few remained in Elk and Cameron counties by the mid 1860’s. A decade later there would be no more elk in the area
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Black Like Me: Reflection #3 "For years it was my embarrassing task to sit in on the meetings of whites and blacks‚ to serve one ridiculous but necessary function: I knew‚ and every black man there knew‚ that I‚ as a man now white once again‚ could say the things that needed saying but would be rejected if black men said them...for the simple reason that white men could not tolerate hearing them from a black person’s mouth" (Griffin 177). John Howard Griffin pivoted in and out of an African American
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I learned from the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson that friendship is tender and brutal event. When Melinda loses all her friends at a party just before she starts high school due to a grave of misunderstanding‚ she’s forced to reevaluate the nature of friendship. This story teaches me that friendship can change overtime and people can change too. This proves that you should trust no one because one day people can hurt you and let you down without knowing the true part of the story. In
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Reflection Paper After doing some research on the many student organizations offered here at The University of Toledo‚ I’ve found that the Black Student Union is what that I may be interested in. This organization works to promotes the idea of making sure that there are a variety of events both on and off campus for African American’s and those of diversity to enjoy. The Black Student Union doesn’t only come up with ideas but they actually put together events. For instance‚ during black history
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Andrea Thomas Speak Essay In the movie Speak Melinda was raped by this guy by named Addy at a party‚ she was reluctant to talk to anyone about what happened because she was so traumatized‚ and everyone hated her for calling the cops. She was mad at herself for not being able to do anything about it. So she resorted to silence‚ so that she doesn’t have to bring back the horrible memories she was trying to forget even though all she had to do was speak. In fact‚ if Melinda had told the truth
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State University. Sandusky was recently imprisoned for these crimes. His victims‚ much like main character Melinda Sordino in the novel Speak‚ suffered in silence until they revealed their secret helping to finally express inner emotions. As I read this novel I compared scenarios and found the similarity between Sandusky’s victims and Melinda‚ they needed to speak in order to heal. Melinda begins to develop a coping mechanism that negatively affects her psychologically. She withdraws from her family
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