Bloomington‚ Indiana there has been protests about the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement “is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life” (Haki). The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2012. This movement is important because it is about equality. Equality is important because every life matters. The point of the Black Lives Matter movement is to show that one life does not matter more than another and that black lives just need some help and
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Every Child Matters From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Every Child Matters (ECM) is a UK government initiative that was launched in 2003‚ at least partly in response to the death of Victoria Climbié. It is one of the most important policy initiative and development programmes in relation to children and children’s services of the last decade‚ and has been described as a "sea of change" to the children and families agenda.[1] It has been the title of three government
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The main problem families’ face is the difficulty to pay for college‚ especially with the current economic condition. With increasing tuition cost the college experience in not the same as it was. Rick Pearlstein‚ author of‚ “What’s the Matter with College” has his own definition of college; where 18 years old have broken free from the jail that was their parents’ house. Where individuals gather together and engage in intellectual and cultural luminaries‚ while spending countless hours
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leads college graduates to work in fields that are irrelevant to their major. Thus‚ the question is posed: Do college majors really matter? Some may say that majors are essential if students are going into specialized fields‚ while others say that if students are considering majoring in the liberal arts they aren’t. All things considered‚ college majors do not matter due to the fact that many college graduates end up employed in a field they did not study for‚ college students’ experience is more
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With it being such a touchy subject‚ to the point that has brought numerous spouses‚ moms and families to demand justice for the killings of their husbands‚ children and fathers‚ the Black Lives Matters Movement has no doubt brought on social change. The movement stems from killings of black people by police and vigilantes throughout the United States‚ a country that is meant to stand for Justice for All but instead stands for justice for most or a select group of individuals. Innocent lives have
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I have decided to choose the topic of black lives matter. The reason I that I chose this topic is because when I was a policeman‚ at the time the Michael Brown incident happened. I saw and heard a lot of things. Being an African American male and a policeman I could not be outspoken about the incident. At the time the department frowns on that type of news form their employees. I saw a lot of people rioting for what I felt was no reason. I felt that if Martin Luther King was alive today he
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They are living in poverty and are victims of violent crimes‚ which is why there is effective policing that is taking place for the people‚ who must live with the effects of these untrue assumptions. More people are becoming aware of the Black Lives Matter movement and its importance‚ but as it continues to spread murder rates have increased in cities across the United
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In a perfect world all lives matter‚ but recently the question has been‚ do all lives really matter. As an answer to this question the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement was created. It was established in 2012 after the murder of Trayvon Martin‚ a 17-year-old African American male from Miami Gardens‚ Florida. His death proved that blacks are still targeted because of the color of their skin. I myself‚ along with many others agree that African Americans are still at the top of the list when it comes
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for the Black Lives Matter movement. Though the protests are often supposed to be peaceful and amicable‚ they often turn disruptive and violent. Police authorities frequently get involved and try to end the gatherings‚ whether it is calmly or with force. Within the Bill of Rights‚ the First Amendment allows the freedom of assembly as well as other important rights. Are the Black Lives Matter movements and protests within the constitutional right to assemble? The Black Lives Matter movement is a constitutional
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In the essay “Does Gender Matter?” Ben A. Barres exposes the discrimination against females that’s occurring in academic scientific programs throughout the United States. Having a close female friend majoring in chemical engineering‚ Barres’s essay struck a personal cord with me. Digging deeper into the issue‚ I was shocked by the extent of gender issues in STEM majors and careers. In STEM classes‚ for instance‚ many male students and often times professors will perceive female students as intellectually
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