One protest issue we learnt about this term was Racism. Racism is a form of discrimination based on race‚ especially the belief that one race is superior to another. In “Strange Fruit” Abel Meeropol protests and raises awareness of the treatment of African Americans in South USA. The song describes the scene of lynching of Black American’s and their resemblance to a fruit hanging from a tree. We also studied the poem “took the children away” by Archie Roach which similarly portrayed a great understanding
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AA Meeting Reflection Heather Straight 3/20/15 10 Park Place Avon NY Zion Episcopal Church 5:30pm Monday Nights I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for the first time. Because of the fact that I live in a small rural town‚ I had expected not to find a meeting anywhere in my local area. To my surprise‚ there were two different meeting locations all within walking distance from my house. The fact that my small town needed two separate meetings‚ and there were many others in nearby towns
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On Monday night‚ the Board of Education met to discuss the possibility of building more facilities to accommodate the rising student population in the school district. The two and a half hour meeting was close to getting out of hand‚ as even members of the 152 person audience got involved in the heated debates. The subject opened with a report from superintendent Arlene A. Dunlap. She stated that student enrollment in the district was up eighteen percent from last year. "This is disturbing
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On my way to my first NA meeting I felt intimidation and nervousness. I wondered why I was feeling this way‚ when my first AA meeting I felt excited and I didn’t feel any intimidation or nervousness. As I entered the room‚ I could instantly tell it would be very different from the AA meeting. As I suspected‚ it was different in many ways‚ such as the atmosphere of the room‚ more rules‚ and less sharing of stories. The similarities of the meetings were that of how accepting and friendly everyone is
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What I learned at the AA meeting AA meeting was a very good learning opportunity for me and I benefited from it greatly I was amazed on how normal all the people looked and it really signified that honestly anyone could become and alcoholic and it can really mess up your life and make you so dysfunctional and take your life away I was amazed by all of their stories especially the story about how one of the men said that god is the only answer and it made me really realize that he is really and
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10 strange foods in the Philippines 1. Soup no. 5 If you are brave in tasting new types of food and you’re looking for an aphrodisiac to try. This might be the right one for you! Soup no. 5 is made from a bull’s sex organs—considered by many as the “fifth leg” of the animal where it’s name came from. The dish originated from the creative Filipino roadside eateries. Cebuanos know it as “lanciao” and is believed to give the physical attributes of a bull to anyone willing to take a sip. Of course these
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Unit 209: 1.1) the purpose of meetings is so that it gives people a chance to catch up in private with time put aside for any issues they have. Whereas just sat at your desk it’s easy to get distracted and not give yourself anytime to review the topics that need looking at. For example team meetings are useful because it gives the whole team a change to get together and discuss anything they have to raise or let the team know something important all at once when everyone is available. 1.2) organisational
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Safety meeting policy In a effort to consistently and clearly communicate the safety policies of the company to our installers‚ each Operations Manager will hold safety meetings with all the installers and project managers under there direction. Meetings will be distributed to each Operations Manager by the Director of Field Engineering. Meeting will be predated and must be conducted at the start of the work day on the day prescribed. Each Operations Manager shall supplement the safety meeting with
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Meetings with mobile technology The fast development of mobile technology is one of the most popular domains in all industries; its extensive use in conferences is undoubtedly inevitable. Smartphone is now not only widely accepted in people’s personal life but also in professional areas. Meeting this trend in holding conventions and conferences could improve meetings’ efficiency and also emerge professionalism as well. Why should we care about mobile technology? The term “mobile apps” is the word
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quite important meeting which takes place twice a month. It is necessary for participants to share their information and opinions. 2. Short minutes: this weekly meeting tend to be a meeting which its achievement is more important than individual opinions. 3. Extensive minutes: content of this meeting consists of various important items. Therefore‚ this monthly meeting is very important for participants to share their opinion. 4. Extensive minutes: this is an important meeting which takes place
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