Agent of Change I believe that Doctors without Borders should win the first annual Agent of change award because their goal was to provide emergency medical aid‚ no matter where it is needed or who needs it. In 1971‚ a small group of doctors in Paris formed this organization. This was the beginning of Medecins Sans Frontieres‚ (MSF) or‚ in English‚ Doctors Without Borders. The idea that MSF had is that all people have the right to medical care‚ regardless of race‚ religion‚ or nationality while
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When I first examined “Border Crossing‚” the first thing I noticed was that the man was carrying a woman on his shoulders. I also noticed that the two people were Mexican. This statue by Jose Jimenez is said to be endorsing illegal immigration on campus. It had been rumored that organizations had been trying to do away with the statue. The statue is not meant to be offensive or promote illegal immigration. It is meant to tell the story of a man crossing into another country in the search for a better
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Border Security in the State of Texas POL/215 August 30th‚ 2010 Border Security in the State of Texas A problem is brewing at the southern Texas borders and it appears to be growing bigger by the minute. The acceleration of people‚ weapons‚ and drugs from Mexico are taking a toll on the economy‚ citizens‚ and the job markets in Texas. Texas concerns with the rise of violent crimes presently pouring into its southern towns and quickly moving inland believes something needs to
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“Borders” and “Double Happiness” Nowadays‚ many cultures are disappearing and many encounter it. In “Borders”‚ by Thomas King and the movie “Double Happiness”‚ the mother and father‚ respectively‚ try to maintain their cultural identity through out their generations. Only one of the parents succeeded. It is the mother. Both made a lot of efforts but the mother made the right choices. She was able to bring her daughter back home although the father lost his daughter. There is a big contrast between
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Geography 303 7 November 2009 How the Drug Culture in Mexico Has Corrupted Its Youth The topic I have chosen to address is the drug culture in Mexico. I will aim to answer the question: how has the drug culture in Mexico corrupted its youth? The geography of Mexico has contributed greatly to it becoming a drug trafficking hot spot. Mexico is located in the middle of the world’s largest consumer and producer of cocaine. The United States is the world’s largest consumer of cocaine
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Education Without Borders Superintendent Tom Boasberg has put Denver Public Schools (DPS) on the fast track to be the first school district in the nation to hire fully qualified‚ previously undocumented immigrants to teach in classrooms. Boasberg’s trailblazing decision to hire undocumented educators under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative will bring a much desired wealth of diversity into Denver’s multicultural classrooms. This progressive course of action will positively
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bodies leading towards the Mexican border. However‚ the Mexican American border is not the only relevant border in their story. The borders that the Wellton 26 face separate not only themselves‚ but humanity as a whole. History‚ economics‚ and the borders between this world and the possibility of the next are all borders that everyone will come to face in their lifetime; whether or not they are crossed is a different story. History is behind not only exact borders between countries‚ but it serves
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<center><i>The Effect of Increased Greenhouse Gasses on Mexico and it ’s Effort to Reduce Environmental Damage</i></center><br><br><b>Introduction</b><br>For over a hundred years‚ scientists have been carefully gathering and verifying data on the earth ’s temperature. The latest data reveals some striking trends:<br><br><li>All 10 of the warmest years on record have occurred in the last 15 years <br><li>The 1990 ’s have already been warmer than the 1980 ’s- the warmest decade on record <br><li>The
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Case Study #3 Sony de Mexico It was a hot‚ dry afternoon in Mexico’s northern Sonora Desert and Rey was in a sour mood. Rey Uribe‚ the nor¬mally energetic and optimistic president of Sony de Mexico‚ had just received the news that Sony’s Mexican operations were to be shut down in a cost-cutting move. Corporate had decided that to remain competi¬tive‚ capacity should be shifted to Southeast Asia‚ where labor costs were a fraction of Mexico’s fully bur¬dened hourly labor rates of $3.50. Of course
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invading a bordering country first‚ the United Stares would be able to gain more territory and add to the military. The first border country to invade would be Mexico. This prevents the possibility of a surprise attack from the south‚ where the United States has many populous cities. Also‚ the greatly increases the amount of people the U.S. has under its control. Invading border countries first insures that the United
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