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    faced by homeless children and youths. Two of the very knowledgeable people who are experts in the community and the problems I am addressing are the executive director of Family Promise and a social worker/counselor from Gloucester County Special Services who advocates for these families and their children. Family Promise is a homeless sheltering program located in Glassboro‚ New Jersey providing resources for struggling families with children. The program hosts up to four families at a time. The

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    In everyone’s life there comes a point in time when you assess your life‚ not just look back in time‚ but see the progression‚ the triumphs and the failures.....Eleanor Smith had reached this point. She sees that things aren’t as they seem‚ the passion and desire is gone from her marriage‚ she is unable to influence her children’s life‚ her best friend‚ who is an alcoholic seems to have her life in more order then Eleanor. How did her happy life slip away before her eyes. The story evolves

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    he California Republic was a short-lived‚ unrecognized state that‚ for a few weeks in 1846‚ militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California. In June 1846‚ a number of American immigrants in Alta California rebelled against the Mexican department’s government. The immigrants had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion from California because they had entered without official permission. Mexican officials

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    Promises i can keep

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    Soc 160 Paper #1 Promises I Can Keep Promises I can keep was an up close and personal look into the lives of Philadelphia’s poverty stricken single mothers and families .The author digs deep into the culture of some of the roughest parts of Philadelphia such as West Kensington. Through five years of ethnographic exploration‚she was able to paint a vivid image of the potential reasons why poverty stricken mothers continue to have children

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    that are based on Sociology and its different branches‚ but the one I was reading stood out to me. The reading “Sociological Imagination” was written by C. Wright Mills‚ and was published in 1959. In that large text was a small chapter called “The Promise”. When I read the piece‚ it made me think more in depth about my surroundings and made me wonder more about the tasks that happen in my everyday life. While I was reading the text‚ I came across a few words that made me stop and think about what

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    According to Mills‚ what is the promise of sociology? Be sure to put your response in your own words‚ do not copy and paste from the article. Mr. Mills that the promise is of sociological imagination works is between the personal troubles of milieu and public issues of social structure. That is rooted in the society. We was unable to comprehend the effect that monumental sociological and cultural changes have on their lives. Mills makes a distinction between personal troubles and issues. For example

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    I'Ve Seen the Promise Land

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    In accordance with the three speeches and one letter by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ there are many ways one can comprehend what he intended to accomplish with each. This‚ of course‚ means besides the obvious understanding that can be absorbed through a quick read through. The one speech that resonates even in today’s society and still relates to things‚ even outside what King was speaking on‚ was his speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” or also known as “I See the Promised Land”. With any movement against

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    Gionna Combs English Short Story Pinky Promise I raised my head up from the sink and stared at my reflection in the broken mirror. My head was pounding‚ my palms were sweaty. The shard of glass dropped from my hand and shattered into a million different pieces. My vision was blurry as I kneeled down to pick up the bloody shards of glass. While gazing at my reflection a tear splattered onto the glass. How did my life go to hell because of one person? As the door creaked open‚ slowly I turned around

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    Analyze the spirit of promise that gave way to disillusionment in Europe during the years 1914-1918. Prior to the devastation of the first World War‚ a spirit of optimism and enthusiasm engulfed the minds of citizens across Europe. Relating the potential outcome of another war to the short‚ decisive‚ progressive wars in the nineteenth century‚ Europeans greeted the opportunity for war as a tool to cleanse the current ailments of Europe. The people‚ blinded by an overwhelming belief in progress

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    Baja California, Mexico

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    Baja California‚ Mexico Baja California is one of the 31 states in Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. But before becoming a state in 1953‚ the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70‚113 km2 (27‚071 sq mi)‚ or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California peninsula. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean‚ on the east by Sonora‚ the U.S. State of Arizona‚ and the Gulf

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