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    Sarah Grimke

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    Sarah Grimke was among many others who fought for the African Americans freedom in the United States. Sarah along with her sister Angelina both grew up in a home where their father owned slaves. Sarah was born on November 26‚ 1792 in Charleston‚ South Carolina. The sisters built an early dislike of slavery. In 1819 the sisters moved to Philadelphia where they joined the society of friends once known as the Friends of truth. Angelina had a letter against slavery published in 1835 by William Lloyd

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    Bigbrother Big Sister

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    and planned mentoring. There are many different ways to describe mentoring‚ but they all boil down to one thing: a positive‚ supportive relationship between a young person and a caring adult. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America was started over ninety years ago. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) agencies have provided supportive‚ one-to-one relationships between adult volunteers and youth living in single-parent homes. National studies are showing that participation in BBBS programs reduce

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    Big Brothers/Big Sister

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    Big Brothers/Big Sisters Pamela Naughton Rucker Mrs. McKibbin EH 322-04 March 19‚ 2001 OUTLINE Thesis Statement: The Big Brother/Big Sisters program was designed to help children from single parent homes. The program matches children with positive adult role models. I. Beginning a. History-BB/BS began as early at the 1900’s. b. Facts and statistics-Children in the program excel in various areas such as school and relationships with others. II. Role of a Big Brother or Big Sister a. Purpose-Our mentoring

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    Big Bother and Big Sister

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    Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) is the largest youth mentoring organization in the United States. The organization provides one-to-one mentoring relationships between children and adults. Its purpose is to provide friendship‚ emotional support‚ and guidance to youth through their involvement with positive role models. BBBSA’s national motto is "making a difference‚ one child at a time." According to the Big Brother Big Sister Association of Cincinnati‚ the idea of developing one-to-one

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    Grimke Gender Differences

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    Central Similarities that Fuller‚ Garrison‚ Grimke‚ and Truth Share in the Way they Structure their Argument for Racial and Gender Quality The authors champion for racial and gender equality in their literature despite using different approaches. The authors’ first similarities suffice on their urge to inform the people on the relevance of treating each and every person equally. Garrison‚ for instance‚ being a strong Christian‚ she uses her influence to force the church to champion for the rights

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    Angelina Grimke Born February 20‚ 1805‚ Angelina was youngest of 14 siblings‚ and daughter to a slaveholding judge whom fathered both white and African American children in Charleston‚ South Carolina. At an early age Angelina and her sister Sarah both developed a dislike for slavery because they felt that it was unrighteous of their father to have taken advantage of his working slaves . At the age of 12 Sarah broke the law by

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    I predict that Charlotte Grimké and her daughter Hetty Handful Grimké‚ will achieve freedom from being enslaved to the Grimkés‚ a white aristocratic family. It is likely that the two African-American slaves‚ Charlotte and Handful‚ will adorn freedom because they are determined. As a means to earn money‚ Charlotte urges Sarah’s mother‚ missus‚ to allow her to be hired out to other white people‚ which will allow her to obtain a portion of the revenue by applying her sewing skills. However‚ missus is

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    Angelina and Sarah Grimke were legends in their lifetime. The sisters made history‚ speaking to mixed crowds of men and women. They advocated some of the most powerful anti-slavery paths‚ and the rights to a women’s public role (274). Their movement was not only aimed to end slavery‚ but to help racial discrimination throughout the United States. These ideas made them sincerer than many other advocates who spoke about slavery. The Grimke sisters were also one of the first abolitionist to recognize

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    well as their moral duties. History has proven that Grimke is unwaveringly the contest winner of this debate . Compelling reasons for Grimke’s historical success can be seen in the women’s differing contextual arguments‚ the effective use of rhetorical mediums‚ and the personal embodiment of beliefs. Angelina E. Grimke’s Letters to Catharine Beecher is a contrasting response to Beecher’s Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism‚ which was addressed to Grimke herself. Specifically‚ Angelina’s 12th and 13th

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    Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has Moved Again? The 2015 Tampa Bay Times article proposes the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s (BBBSA) move is good for Tampa because it will bring jobs‚ visits by board members‚ and it promotes the career of one of their hometown leaders‚ Pam Iorio (Thalji‚ 2015). Two headquarters moves and six CEO’s (between 2009 and 2014) creates significant organizational stress‚ add in a Department of Justice investigation and anyone would expect massive changes at

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