Growing up in a middle-class family of four in the suburbs of Ohio‚ I consider myself to be blessed. Blessed with stable‚ loving parents‚ a roof over my head‚ and an education‚ I was practically handed all I needed to succeed in life. However‚ it was revealed to me that not everyone had been granted such privileges and opportunities to thrive. Although I was aware of the reality of homelessness in the community‚ it was not until my freshman year of high school at Archbishop Hoban that I was able
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The address to the women’s Rights Convention by Sojourner Truth occurred in 1851 in Akron‚ Ohio. The article recounts the plight of women in the 19th century and calls for actions to address the issue of race and inequality of women. According to Phillips-Anderson (2013)‚ women of color were discriminated due to their origins and gender. In her speech‚ Truth calls for Black men and women to elicit fear in the conscience of men who believe in the status quo. Truth gives an account of the special
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No Free Speech Without Hate Speech: An Annotated Bibliography Minder‚ Raphael. "Crackdowns on Free Speech Rise Across a Europe Wary of Terror." The New York Times. The New York Times‚ 25 Feb. 2016. Web. 20 June 2016. In this web article‚ Minder highlights the increased use of hate speech bans and anti-terrorism laws to prosecute illegal protestors in Spain. He alerts us to the fact that protestors claim that these laws are being misapplied to silence opposition. Minder‚ a graduate of both
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Hours on Health Status and Health Behaviors. Retrieved April 2013‚ from Institute for the Study of Labor: http://www.iza.org/conference_files/SUMS2012/berniell_m7629.pdf Bulgarella‚ C Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2013‚ April 26). Economy at a Glance: Akron‚ OH. Retrieved April 2013‚ from bls.gov: http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_akron_msa.htm Bureau of Labor Statistics Coote‚ A.‚ Franklin‚ J.‚ & Simms‚ A. (2010‚ February). 21 hours. Retrieved April 2013‚ from New Economics Foundation: http://dnwssx4l7gl7s
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In Sojourner Truth’s speech‚ “Ain’t I A Woman‚” she focused on how rights were very unjust‚ not only as a woman but also as an African American. In 1851 at the Woman’s Rights Convention located in Akron‚ Ohio‚ men were depreciating woman’s standards. Sojourner did not agree with what the men were saying and she stood up for the rights of all women. At the convention‚ one man had said that women needed to be helped into carriages and lifted over mud puddles. She is taken aback by the man’s comment
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Ain’t I a Woman? Sojourner Truth’s famous speech “Ain’t I a Woman” was an extemporaneous speech given on May 29th‚ 1851 at the Women’s Convention in Akron‚ Ohio. Truth gave the speech to call attention to the lack of rights held by her as a black woman; she represented a double minority group. The question “Ain’t I a Woman?” is repeated often in the most widely recognized version of Truth’s speech. She begins her speech by listing the actions men take to protect white women‚ such as helping them
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assets and time First Energy uses‚ is research into improving and enhancing existing equipment. To accomplish this‚ First energy partners with various organizations to test prototype equipment and processes. These partners include The University of Akron‚ The Defense Department‚ Case Western Reserve University‚ The Cuyahoga Valley National Park‚ and The Electric Power Research Institute. First Energy has been partnered with and has a long history of research with The Electric Power Institute. One example
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secion will be on how police cars have changed‚ over the years. Who had the first ever motorized patrol car used in U.S. law enforcement? Akron Police Department claims this spot with the historic distinction‚ of their electric-powered patrol wagon produced in 1899. Sadly it did cach on. One big reason being‚ powered by electricity fielded on the streets of Akron and could only last it 30 miles before its battery needed to be recharged however it did travel at 18 mph. The buggy made by the Collins
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My family and I had just landed on Oahu. The sight was one to behold. Beautiful grass-covered mountain ranges and a clear blue sky. We had seen the other islands of Hawaii leading up to Oahu like Maui and the Big Island but none of them were like this. When my family and I had gotten off the plane we were given lei’s to welcome us to what was a foreign place. We immediately got our luggage from the conveyor belt and a rental car‚ a 2016 Toyota Highlander that was as black as the night. The air and
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Cavaliers and the Heat. On January 16‚ 2013‚ he became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20‚000 career points‚ at 28 years and 17 days of age.[1] James played high school basketball at St. Vincent – St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron‚ Ohio. A three-time "Mr. Basketball of Ohio"‚ he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar. After graduating‚ he was selected with the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. James led the Cavaliers
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