1.) Eddie Lama is a construction contractor and owns his own business. He believes that diversity in the workplace and its influence on his business is good because it is what makes his business successful. Eddie and his employees all get along‚ they all bring fresh ideas and perspectives. His prototype in terms of diversity is to hire employees of all races‚ and he makes sure when he hires them that they are okay with his pets. He attributes the success of his construction business to the relationship
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United Farm Workers is a labor union for farm workers which was founded by Cesar Chavez in response to the hardships he experienced as a migrant worker. For more than a century farm workers had been denied a decent life in the fields and communities of California’s agricultural valleys‚ and the creation of unions began to change this landscape. Farm Workers dealt with several difficulties in California. For example‚ farm workers were excluded from important national labor protections that benefitted
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Family Life During Civil War As a pivotal point in our nation’s history‚ the civil war holds a special fascination in the land and minds of the American people. It was a war entirely fought by Americans‚ often dividing families and even brothers against brothers. The American civil war was unforgettable. It was fought between the United States of America and the Southern slave states of the nearly formed confederate state of America under Jefferson Davis. The Civil War made really a tragic long
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foods. The wages of a field worker in the 1950’s dropped as low as $2 a day. One man named Cesar Chavez used his knowledge to raise the wages of every farm worker in California. Cesar Chavez was originally a farm worker whose job was to pick grapes along with many Immigrants such as Mexicans and Filipinos. In Delano‚ California Cesar started the National Farm Worker Association (NFWA). In December of 1965‚ Cesar lead a 300 mile march from Delano to Sacramento California. The march started with about
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organizer‚ Cesar Chavez published an article in a magazine of a religious organization with a resolute tone to influence his audience of those in need to consider resisting to nonviolence. Chavez appeals to the audience’s feelings‚ along with the use of repetition and rhetorical questioning to emphasize the importance of nonviolence and to convince those in favor of resisting to nonviolence; to keep following their beliefs and not let social circumstances depict their future. He reminds his audience
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future is ours.” The famous Cesar Chavez said this during his speech to the Mexican-American in 1984. As people who were mistreated and defenseless against the government and the communities they lived in‚ Mexicans sought to better their situations by uniting and holding strikes and boycotts‚ conferences‚ and participating in speeches. Powerless people can change their fate by coming together and involving themselves in the problem or going out to help themselves or a family. During the Delano grape
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females. The conductor bowed and the concert began. Before the members of the choir began to sing the conductor set the key for the song on the piano. The first song that they sang was not listed in the program. It was more of an introductory song. Sure On This Shining Night was the next song that they sang. The conductor for this song was different then the conductor for the first song. The tempo for this song was moderato. The voices in this song were mainly baritone with spirts of soprano and alto
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David Ives’ Sure Thing drama is an interesting play which has different way to entertain the readers. I have never read a play which is a little bit confusing at the first time I read it. Seems its every scene is separated by ring bell. However‚ by reading it more‚ I could sense comedy and fantasy combined at once. In the following paragraphs‚ you will see how some characters shaped based on the play. The first one is “educated”. Both of the characters in this play were educated. It could be proved
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without belief Cesar Chavez is known for his actions in advocating for field worker’s rights. Chavez had the inspiration for the worker’s union due to his own experience‚ he had grown up in the fields of Gila Valley (Mich 165). This allowed for Cesar to understand many of the injustices occurring in the working fields. Although‚ it took some time for Cesar to be recognized as a leader and for him to form his union‚ he devoted his life in ensure the rights of others. Chavez’ used both his knowledge of
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The cultural life is Sparta is composed of many elements including architecture‚ art and writing and literature (mainly the works of Alcman and Tyrtaeus). The study of these elements allows for insight into the cultural life of Sparta. The views of different Greek writers such as Herodotus‚ Xenophon and Aristotle also reveal different aspects of Spartan culture. Through the study of architecture it can be seen that Sparta was a very religious society. Structures such as the Amyklaion‚ the Menelaion
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