Personal Mission Statement: I‚ Nicolette‚ Nedia‚ and Alecia Davis‚ am dedicated to leading a life of purpose‚ growth‚ and contribution. I work hard to build strong bonds with people around me while always learning‚ growing‚ and bettering myself. My goal is to make a significant difference in other people’s lives by using my abilities‚ expertise‚ and enthusiasm while also building a happy‚ balanced life for myself. Personal Vision Statement: Known for my knowledge‚ originality‚ and commitment to helping
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1. What was the legal issue in this case? The legal issue in this case of Davis v.The Board of county Commissioners of Dona County was‚ Plaintiff Jacqueline (Davis) file a case against her employer The Board of County Commissioners of Dona Ana County. On February 27 ‚2004 ‚Davis [ a paralegal ] filed a lawsuit under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Acts (FLSA ).Claiming her employer failure to pay her for overtime work during lunch time and rest period and for other work exceeding eight
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As I wake up to the smell of fresh breakfast biscuits on a hot August morning‚ I get the sudden feeling of nervous butterflies in my stomach. Today was mine and Cassie’s first day at the Jefferson Davis School‚ a former whites-only school‚ who wanted us to join. No one really knows why‚ but Mama agreed. Mama came into my room to get me out of bed‚ then to Cassie’s. Both of us were extremely anxious and did not want to go‚ but Mama did not want to hear it‚ so we kept quiet and obeyed. After dressing
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All about Me from A to Z Tuskegee Airmen I dedicate my first article to the Tuskegee airmen. They were the first African- American aviators in the United States armed forces. The Tuskegee airmen were subjected to racism. Despite these adversities they trained and flew with distinction. They went on amazing missions and saved many people. I chose these men because they inspired me to believe that even though you may be doubted and scoffed to still strive for your dreams
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REDTAILS A CRITIQUE TNTRODUCTION TO FILM ENGLISH 225 INSTRUCTOR DAVID PREIZLER SHERILYNN DUFFEY February 18‚ 2013 REDTAILS “Blacks are mentally inferior by nature subservient and cowards in the face of danger and are therefore unfit for combat” (U.S. Army War College War Study 1925). This is a quote in the opening of the movie. This movie is a testament to the men who proved the Army wrong. Though there are critics who did not like this movie they are in the minority.
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and movement. How wrong was I? Angela Davis wrote this book as a tool to show her resistance against the state‚ and continue the work to end systematic oppression through political awareness. This book is enlightenment to those who are not familiar with black woman’s firsthand experience in the criminal justice as an offender; well let me rephrase that into a better term as a political prisoner. What I love about this autobiography that each event in Ms. Davis’ incarcerated life she turned into an
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Davis v. The Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County Case What was the legal issue in this case? The plaintiff‚ Davis is suing Dona Ana County. The plaintiff was a patient at Mesilla Valley Hospital (MVH) in their inpatient mental facility‚ while she was in their care one of the mental health technicians‚ Joseph Herrera sexually assaulted her. She is suing the County of Dona Ana‚ because Herrera used to be a detention sergeant for the county‚ while employed there he was found to have
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Lisa Shen Black Student Union hosted a school wide event where students received the honor of meeting a World War II veteran on Friday‚ February 21. In addition‚ essay finalists delivered speeches that reflected the significance and impact of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. Sophomores Zane Landin (1st place winner) and Mia Liang (2nd place winner) received the opportunity to present their essays. “The speech was about the Tuskegee Airmen and how their past‚ present‚ and future has affected
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What was the legal issue in this case? The legal issue in the case of Davis v. The Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County involved acts of ill will‚ which could have been avoided. While employed as a detention officer at the Dona Ana County Detention Center‚ Joseph Herrera was accused of unsuitable sexual behavior with female prison inmates and of exchanging favors for sex acts. One of the reasons that the Mesilla Valley Hospital (MVH) had hired Herrera is because of the favorable recommendations
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In "Life in the Iron Mills" Rebecca Harding Davis reveals a growing industrial America in the nineteenth century‚ where an unbelievable level of poverty and limited opportunities of achieving success can cause individuals to take extreme risks to attain a descent lifestyle. Through the novella‚ Davis illustrates the distinct differences between upper and lower class lifestyles. Immigrant workers‚ Debora (lovingly called Deb) and Hugh‚ take the reader to a time when people were used as production
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