Option for the Poor and Vulnerable is concerned with people who are unable to work or find a job‚ and end up not being able to have enough money to provide basic needs for themselves and their families. Sadly‚ there are many people in this world who are not able to provide themselves with these needs. Personally‚ I feel my family and I have supported this catholic social principle. Last year‚ I volunteered at the food bank where I organized foods‚ making sure they were in the right shape‚ condition
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The power and fervor illustrated within Maya Angelou’s numerous works resulted from the tribulations that she overcame. As a young African-American‚ discrimination vastly influenced Angelou’s life. However‚ Angelou refused to succumb to such unfair racial bigotry and strived for her voice and inequalities to be heard. Maya Angelou‚ herself‚ claims that although “ We may encounter many defeats...we must not be defeated…in fact‚ it is necessary to encounter the defeat‚ so that you can know who you
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Maya Angelou was born April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri.Through her childhood shoe encountered many racist threats. At age 7‚ Maya was raped by her mother’s byfriend. Maya’s uncle killed the boyfriend and for many years Maya never talked. During 1941‚ Maya moved to San Francisco where she got a scholarship to study dance and acting. Maya Angelou had several jobs to survive by herself and her baby. In the mid 1950’s Maya had a big break being a performer. Maya organized and performed in the musical
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Maya Angelou is such an inspiration. Her career encompassed a multitude of titles from author‚ playwright‚ and poet to stage and screen performer‚ director‚ and human rights activist. Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000 and the Lincoln Medal in 2008. She has received three Grammy Awards and some 50 honorary degrees. In 1993‚ she read her poem On the Pulse of the Morning at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration‚ at his request. Although she did all of these amazing things one
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Maya Angelou‚ who was the first African-American to work in the San Francisco streetcars‚ accomplished many things in her life. This fact proves that Angelou was a woman who believed in doing what needs to be done in order to accomplish her goals. Angelou made an impact on the world by creating books for children that could relate to most of their situations‚ but most importantly she fought for African American rights in the early and middle 1900s. Maya Angelou’s early life helped lead to her need
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G 1 Gender Roles and Maturity Boys and girls‚ is a fictional short story‚ beautifully written by Alice Munro‚ about gender identity and stereotypes‚ as a young child moves into adulthood. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm in Jubilee‚ Ontario. During this time women were viewed as second class citizens but the narrator‚ who is also the protagonist‚ desires to be more than “just a girl”. Through the conflicts of the protagonist‚ Munro depicts the challenges of growing up with gender
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Critiquing Mean Girls The film industry into one of the highest grossing within the larger entertainment sector with companies investing millions of dollars on single releases. As a result‚ there is a need for the production firms to create a trailer that intrigues the intended audience into buying cinema tickets or the DVDs for entertainment. For example‚ an investigation on how a trailer of one of the most popular movies in 2004‚ Mean Girls‚ applied art and cultural values can show how a film can
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First of all‚ a similar representation of the group of ‘popular kids’ is evident in Mean Girls and Destroying Avalon. The popular kids are known to us as the ‘A group’ from the novel and as the ‘Plastics’ from the movie. To begin with‚ the people from the Plastics and the A group are represented in both texts as the cliché or stereotypical bunch of popular people. By saying this‚ it is being implied that they demonstrate the hackneyed qualities of people with popularity. Both groups are stereotypically
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Guerrilla Girls’ are a group of women artists and art professionals who fight discrimination and expose sexism and racism in the art world. The Guerrilla Girls’ provide a serious yet humorous approach to feminism. The protest group wears gorilla masks to keep the focus on the real issues and not their personalities or personal identities. Our society grows up learning about centuries of artists‚ but are limited to white male masterpieces and movements. The Guerrilla Girls’ ask us to rethink the question
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Girl Scouts of the USA As young girls start school‚ they are presented with the opportunity to join the Girl Scouts of the USA. The opportunity is first presented as girls start kindergarten‚ but girls of any age are allowed to join Girl Scouts‚ even adults (FAQs). As an organization‚ Girl Scouts empower young girls to reach their full potential‚ showing them that they are not inferior to men. This organization attempts to create equality between men and women‚ by educating about and empowering
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