Minding her own business, little Vivian walks down the stairs in her J.C. Penny sweater. But-oh no! She bumps...
Archive for category: Call to Action
We welcome new users 917-612-3006 allisonpr@gmail.com
It’s all around us, we just don’t always see it.
Caitlyn, , Call to Action, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, WAMS, 0How Trafficking is Everywhere in Our Daily Lives Isn’t it scary that “Atlanta’s illegal sex trade has generated up...
Learning to lie: AI tools adept at creating disinformation – AP News
John C, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media and Message, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Artificial Intelligence, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Author: David Klepper “Learning to Lie: AI Tools Adept at Creating Disinformation.” AP NEWS, 24 Jan. 2023, https://apnews.com/article/technology-science-business-artificial-intelligence-afb4618ff593db9e3e51ecbd91dc3eef. Summarization:...
Discover the Impact of 1619
Gianaki, , Black Lives Matter At School, Call to Action, Fall 2022, Gaming, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Slavery, Spring 2023, Violence, SLA@Beeber, 3My initial thoughts are that this documentary does a good job of showing the struggle and trials of a...
Unlock The Black Project’s Power
Shareef, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Media, Student-Centered, This is America, genderlit, SLA@Beeber, 1Masking America Even though it might take some time and effort, I think change is always possible. I know...
Why Gender Affects Black People
Drew, , Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter At School, Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2023, Writing, #GenderLit, SLA@Beeber, 2During the viewing of The 1619 Project, I was fed a significant amount of information and takeaways connecting to...
Nothing to Lose in Iran
Julio, , Call to Action, Fall 2022, Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, #iran, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Nothing to Lose” (Upfront, Smith, 2022 subscription required) I learned that the people in Iran have...
The Dress Code Problem In Iran!
Dalia, , Call to Action, Death Penalty, #OCHS, #womensrights, #worldwideissues, 0In the article, “Nothing to lose” (Upfront,Smith 2022) a lady was seen with a loose scarf with a revealing...
Group 2: A Black Women’s History of the United States, Ch. 6-11
Spencer, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, History, Rights, #blackhistory, Pasadena City College, 0GROUP-2-SLIDES-2Download
The World is Ending (slowly)
John C, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Climate Action, Environment, Environment & World, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Three top social issues, World Connections, Youth Activism, Climate Change, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Earlier in the year, many experts predicted that the 22 year long megadrought that the western hemisphere had been...
Are We Close To Ending Poverty?
Yaslin, , Call to Action, No Poverty (Economy), #endpoverty, life, Orange Cove High School, poverty, World, 3In the article, “Can We End Extreme Poverty?” (Upfront, Smith, 2022) I learned that poverty around the world is...
Starting a New Life
Belen, , Call to Action, Media, Refugees, Afghanistan, life, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Starting Over” (Upfront, Smith, 2022), I read about thousands of refugees that had to flee from...
Cars That Stop Drunk Driving?
Joshua, , Call to Action, Community, Drugs, Fall 2022, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, Auto, Orange Cove High School, 3The article “Cars That Stop Drunk Driving?” in BTW, talks about Biden releasing a statement for automakers to release...
Until Black Women are Free, None of Us Will Be Free
Arual, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Critical Courageous Conversations, Gender Equity (Women), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Protest, Race Relations, Raise Your Voice, Reduced Inequalities, This is America, Women in Action, #judgememorial, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1African-American women have been fighting for equal rights for forever now. They tend to be the leaders of these...
In the article “Protests in Sri Lanka” I learn that protestors continue to rally outside the president’s office. These...
Voting Rights for Ex-Criminals?
Valarie, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, This is America, Orange Cove High School, voting, 1On November 19, 2019, Florida passed a new amendment. This newly passed law, it would allow Florida residents with...
Climate Change & Earth Day
Brenda, , Call to Action, Community, #EarthDay, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Earth Day 2022: Invest in Our Planet” (McGraw Hill) elaborates on the history and importance of...
Should the vaccine be mandatory?
Arnold, , Call to Action, Coronavirus Photo Memoirs, Rights, Covid 19, madatory, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article “Should Covid vaccines Be Mandatory?” by BTW, I learned that over almost 2 years of pandemic...
Rallying Around Ukraine
Erika, , Call to Action, Environment & World, War, #UkraineandRussia, #war, #worldwideissues, 0The war against Ukraine and Russia has affected people all around the world and inflation has gone up because...
Rain poured more than usual on the day of February 15, 2022. The descriptions explain the downpour triggering deadly...
The Case for Ukrainian Neutrality
Paul, , Argument, Call to Action, History, Media, Politics, Quality Education, Voting, #PeacefulProtest, #UkraineandRussia, 0https://nowcomment.com/documents/310124 The title of this article was “a deal doesn’t have to be a death sentence.” It’s about making...
Schwarzenegger, Vindman Team Up for Viral Video Against Russian Disinfo
Paul, , Argument, Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, History, Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Quality Education, #PeacefulProtest, #UkraineandRussia, War, 0https://nowcomment.com/documents/310128 This article talked about a video Arnold Schwarzenegger made, appealing to Russians not to believe their government’s misinformation...
Kids Are Growing Up Wired — and That’s Changing Their Brains
Isabella, , Call to Action, Community, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Environment, Gaming, Media and Message, Partnerships for the Goals, Quality Education, Youth Activism, #judgememorial, Gaming, teens, 0Screens have not only had a big impact on our young children today but have taken a toll on...
The Response to COVID-19
Ruendi, , Call to Action, Coronavirus, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Politics, #UkraineandRussia, COVID-19, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “COVID-19 Response ”, by McGraw Hill, I learned that the White House had planned to roll...
The Lies to Survive
Andrea L, , Call to Action, History, Raise Your Voice, Upstander, Violence, War, Orange Cove High School, WWII, 0In the article The Forger (Upfront), I learned that during World War II, there were many people willing to...
In the article “Crisis at the Pump” I’ve learned the gas prices have increased. Due to the fact of...
Biden will travel to Europe next week for an extraordinary NATO meeting.
Paul, , Argument, Call to Action, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Protest, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Spring 2022, Student-Centered, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, #PeacefulProtest, #UkraineandRussia, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, War, 2This article talked about Biden’s trip to Europe next week, including meetings with NATO and the European Union. Biden...
A guide to what Russia and Ukraine want from talks- and where the red lines are
Paul, , Argument, Call to Action, History, Inquiry, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Protest, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Spring 2022, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, #PeacefulProtest, #UkraineandRussia, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, War, 4This article talked about the demands of both sides in Ukraine-Russia negotiations. Russia demands a guarantee that Ukraine will...
To protect Black women and save America from itself, elect Black women
Arual, , Argument, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Constitution, Decision Making, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Getting Started, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Questioning and posing problems, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Social Class, Stress, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Voting, Women in Action, Black Women, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 10America has given women the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, yet there are still many obstacles that...
Black Women: Fight for Equality
Arual, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Career & Job Readiness, Gender, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Slavery, #judgememorial, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Black women have to work harder to obtain a white man’s monthly salary in just a year. Black women,...
Why the Death Penalty should be Abolished
Charles, , Call to Action, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, justice, 5The death penalty targets minorities, religious/political groups and poor people showing the system is futile because it’s incorrect. It...
Green Energy
Aaliyah, , Call to Action, Technology, #ecofriendly, #Energy, Orange Cove High School, 0in the article, “The Transition to Green Energy” (Thomas, Youthvoices) I learned that there are many benefits when it...
Social media is bad for the brain!
Jeramiah, , Bullying, Call to Action, Social Media, bullying, mental health, Orange Cove High School, Social Media, 4In the article ¨ The Implementation of Social Media in school ¨ (McGraw Hill) I learned that social media...
In the article A Daring Rescue (Upfront) I learned about a rescue in Thailand of a soccer team. After...
What Is Poverty and how can we help end it?
Erika, , Call to Action, Clean Water and Sanitation, Community, Environment, Environment & World, #Calltoaction, #help, #poverty, 1Poverty is the state of being extremely poor and many people may suffer from poverty. In Ethiopia, nearly 7 out of 10 people lived on less than$1.90 a day in 1995, according to the World Bank; now that’s closer to 3 in 10. InBangladesh, the proportion of people in extreme poverty dropped from about 43percent in 1991 to 14 percent recently. In Indonesia, more than half the population lived in extreme poverty in 1990, compared with about 3 percent today. Poverty is...
In the article, “Can We End Extreme Poverty?” (Patricia Smith) I learned that in some parts of the world,...
Hate Crime
Raniyah, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Crime, History, March for Our Lives, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2022, This is America, Youth Activism, #hatecrimes, Activist, black history, Black Lives Matter, black power, Black wall street, justice, The U School, Tulsa Race Massacre, 14The Hate caught my attention.But white folks say it was the eventthat took place that caused them to make that...
Possible opportunity to slow down Alzheimer’s
Jennifer G, , Call to Action, Spring 2022, This I Believe, #alzheimer's, #possiblecure, 0In the article, “Stuff You Should Know” (McGraw Hill) I learned that apart from all the covid vaccine testing...
Russia might want war with the U.S
Erika, , Call to Action, Critical Courageous Conversations, #russia, #USA, #war, 0In the article, “Does Russia want War?” I learned that In late January 100,000 Russian troops were massed on...
U.S. Troops To Leave Afghanistan
Maria Z, , Call to Action, History, Media, War, #Afghanistan, Orange Cove High School, War, 0In the article “U.S. Troops to leave Afghanistan” (McGraw Hill) I learned that president Biden announced that he wants...
Food Waste
Christopher, , Call to Action, Zero Hunger, #FoodInsecurity, #FoodWaste, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Nigerian Inventor Fights Food Waste” (BTW) I learned that about ⅓ of food produced in the...
In the article, “The Opioid Crisis”(Upfront) I learned about the recent high rates in deaths due to overdosing. Studies...
What’s going on with Russia and Ukraine
Felipe, , Call to Action, Media, Media, Orange Cove High School, 0IN the article ” Tension Rising Between Russia and Ukraine”(McGraw- Hill) I learned that Russia is trying to get...
Is There a Way to Prevent Drunk Driving?
Valarie, , Call to Action, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, #drunkdriving, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Cars that Stop Drunk Driving”(BTW) I learned that the infrastructure bill that congress passed part of...
The flying car
Araceli, , American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, COVID Around the World, History, Media, Photography, Student-Centered, #cars, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Charting a New ´Highway´ (upfront) I learned that a flying vehicle was constructed and named ¨Aircar¨....
Should cars prevent Drunk Driving?
Joseph, , Call to Action, Media, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, driving, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Cars That Stop Drunk Driving?” I learned that congress passed a law that demands U.S. automakers...
Pandemics
Aaliyah, , Call to Action, COVID Around the World, History, #pandemic, #studenttalk, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Pandemic Prevention” (Kyler, Mcgraw Hill) I learned the many aspects of a pandemic and if it...
Tattoos On The Heart
Nyalok, , Books or Plays, Call to Action, Gregory Boyle, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Tattoos On The Heart, 4Before reading this book I was skeptical about how I would be drawn to this book. It didn’t seem...
In the article, “You Decide Cars That Stop Drunk Driving”(McGraw Hill), I learned that President Biden demanded automakers in...
Keeping drunk drivers safe
Felipe, , Call to Action, Drugs, #NoDrunkDriving, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article ” Cars that stop drunk driving” (McGraw Hill) I learned that some companies are developing a...
In the article “Human Trafficking in Asia”(McGraw Hill) I learned that it become a big problem in different states...
Into the wild book review
Jiang, , American Dream, Call to Action, Literary Essay, Literature Guides, Social Class, This is America, Writing, # book review, #judgememorial, Adventure, wild life, 0A 22-year-old graduate of a prestigious American university, just before entering Harvard Law School, mysteriously disappeared. Two years later,...
In the article, “YOU DECIDE: Cars That Stop Drunk Driving?” (BTW) I learned that a way to stop drunk...
Should Colleges Athletes be Paid?
James, , Argument, Call to Action, #PayAthletes, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article “College Athletes” To Pay or Not to pay” (McGraw Hill) I learned that colleges are going...
In the article, “The Price of Fast Fashion” (Upfront) Chelsey Christina felt pressured to look stylish and never wanted...
The refugee crisis in Afghanistan
Maria Z, , Call to Action, Refugees, War, Orange Cove High School, refugees, War, 0In the article “Refugee crisis in Afghanistan” I learned that As the United States and its allies pull their...
Pandemic Prevention?
Kyler, , Call to Action, Community, Environment, Partnerships for the Goals, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Pandemic, Pandemic Prevention, 0What is a pandemic? A pandemic is an “epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large...
Care Resource Coordinator
Ernesto, , Call to Action, Career & Job Readiness, Coronavirus, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, career path, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article ¨Careers: Care Resource Coordinator¨ I learned that these professionals are the ones who help people infected...
Hispanic Heritage Month
Ivan, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, History, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican pride, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article “Hispanic Heritage Month” (btw) I learned that Hispanic heritage month is from September 15 to October...
College Athletes: To pay or not to pay?
Destiny, , Call to Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2021, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Sports, College Football, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “College Athletes to pay or not to pay”, it explains that football players should start getting...
Commonality of Defects
Lauren, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #awarness, RHS, 0Children are born all around the world that do not conform to the stereotype of normal as society labels...
Police Apathy
Taylor R, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #police, RHS, 0It is very disturbing to see the apathy of the general community when a police officer gets hurt and...
Grocery Stores Try Reusable Packaging
Israel, , Call to Action, Environment, Orange Cove High School, waste, 0In the article “Grocery Stores Try Reusable Packaging” (BTW) I learned that there are certain efforts countries are making...
“Untamed” by Glennon Doyle Book Review
Georgia, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Gender Equity (Women), Persisting, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, untamed, 0Hi, I am Georgia. I am reading the book “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle, a memoir about finding your inner...
The Biden Administration and Immigrants.
Ruendi, , Call to Action, Immigration, This is America, #Acceptance, #america, #americancreed #immigration #immigrants #americandream, #ImmigrationIssues, 1In the article, “More Border Issues for President Biden” (McGraw Hill), I learned that a lot of migrants have...
Don’t Text And Drive
Fatima, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Media, Showcase, Orange Cove High School, safety, 18In the article “Stay Alive” I learned that it is super important to not text and drive. Technology is...
What Is The Major Cause That Occurred In Tennessee?
Ruendi, , Call to Action, Climate Action, Environment, Environment & World, Fall 2021, Showcase, #Climate change, #environment, #worldwideissues, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Deadly Flooding In Tennessee” (McGraw Hill), I learned that there was a flood that went for...
AirBnB Provides Housing for Afghan Refugees
Destiny, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, No Poverty (Economy), Refugees, Showcase, Orange Cove High School, things you should know, 5In the article, ¨AirBnB Provides Housing for Afghan Refugees¨ (Stuff you should know) I am now aware that millions...
What Was The Catastrophe That Occurred On September 11, 2001?
Ruendi, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Terrorism, This is America, #9/11, #A day to remember, #america, #terrrorism, #twenty years, 1In the article, “Remembering 9/11,Twenty Years Later” (McGraw Hill), I read that fourteen members of al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger...
California School Vaccination Requirement
Destiny, , Call to Action, COVID Around the World, COVID-19, Orange Cove High School, 0According to the text, California school vaccination requirements, since schools have started their reopenings, School districts want to make...
Assemble A Change
MaryJoe, , Call to Action, COVID Around the World, make a change, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article,” California School Vaccination Requirement”(McGraw Hill) I learned that as of “October 15th, 2021 they will be...
WE NEED TO CHANGE
Saniya, , Call to Action, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2021, This is America, change, Inspirational poem, The U School, 8We need to change our waysWe need to change our mindsWe need to change our heart to recognize Recognize that...
Do We Need Stricter Gun Laws?
Heidi, , Argument, Call to Action, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2021, america, Laws, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article “Do We Need Stricter Gun Laws” is about two intellectuals, Dylan Arya and Erich Pratt, give...
COVID Mandatory?
Monserrat, , Call to Action, Community, Coronavirus, Showcase, Spring 2021, This is America, #COVID-19, #Vaccine, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Should Covid Vaccines Be Mandatory?” I learned that the Covid-19 had affect the whole world and...
What is Climate change causing?
Zhelanea, , Call to Action, Climate Action, Environment, Environment & World, Refugees, Orange Cove High School, showcase, 1After watching the informative video by NASA called “Climate Change”, “ I understood the harmful effects of Climate Change. ...
Protecting Our Public Lands: Hope In The Face Of Greed
Sam, , Call to Action, Environment, environment, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Public Lands, responsible land management, 0Anyone who lives in the American West will tell you of the almost mythical proportions of the wilderness in...
Covid Vaccines
Litzy, , Call to Action, Community, Coronavirus, Showcase, Spring 2021, Covid 19, Orange Cove High School, Vaccines, 4In the article, “Should Covid Vaccines Be Mandatory” I learned that about 2 million people have died from Covid-19...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Zhelanea, , Call to Action, Environment, Environment & World, Life Below Water, Showcase, Spring 2021, oceanpollution, oceantrash, Orange Cove High School, showcase, 1After watching the video “Ocean Today Trash Day”, I learned that the ocean is very full of trash as...
A Trip to the Past?
Monserrat, , Call to Action, Community, Fall 2020, History, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, This I Believe, #history, #Pasttimes, #Titanic, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “A Titanic Do-Over” I learned that mistakes during the build of the ship were made as...
If Beale Street Could Talk
Drew, , Call to Action, Character Traits and Relationships, Getting Started, Guides, Literature Guides, Rights, Writing, Harvest Collegiate High School, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, 0Tish, the protagonist in If Beale Street Could Talk, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others....
Struggles of Indigenous Women
Halimah, , Call to Action, Fall 2020, Gender Equity (Women), Showcase, This is America, Berkeley High School, Decolonizing Research Project, Native Americans, 4The issue I have chosen to study is Indigenous Women. The articles that I looked at talked about how...
Teen Suicide in Utah
Zoe, , Call to Action, Drugs, Fall 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, Guns, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, suicide, suicide prevention, teen suicide, 3As of 2018, Utah has the third highest teen death by suicide rate in the United States. Of Utahn’s...
Covid-19 Vaccine
Cristian, , Call to Action, Good Health and Well-Being, Media, November 2020, Showcase, This is America, #COVID-19, #life, health, Orange Cove High School, 6The rise of Covid-19 has surged over the past 3 weeks. Many companies are rushing to get a vaccine...
The Importance of a Second Language in a Multilingual World
Liann, , Argument, Call to Action, Fall 2020, Media, Quality Education, Showcase, This is America, education, language, RHS, SECOND LANGUAGE, 4Today, although most of the world is multilingual, many Americans are not fluent in a second language. This is...
Should Paid Sick Days Be Required?
Alondra, , Argument, Call to Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2020, Media, Showcase, This is America, argument, debate, jobs, Money, Orange Cove High School, paid leave, 1In the article ¨Should Paid Sick Days Be Required?” by Patt Murray and James Lanckford it argues whether sick...
Should more gun control laws be enacted?
Jose, , Argument, Call to Action, Fall 2020, Guns, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Showcase, #Gunsafety, #LESS GUNS LESS VIOLENCE, Covid 19, Guns, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, laws and restrictions, War, 4According to the Los Angeles Times, “almost 146 out of 167 mass shootings could have been prevented in the...
What To Do About the Senate?
Sam, , American Dream, Call to Action, Fall 2020, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Voting, #congress, #govenrment, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, senate, voting, 0It can largely be agreed upon in liberal circles that the Senate is an antiquated institution that requires immediate...
Confederate Monuments, and the History That Should Be Kept
Milo, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Charlottesville, Community, Fall 2020, Protest, Showcase, Slavery, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 3In a previous post I made, I tried to tackle the question of “what Confederate Monuments really are, and...
No More Suicides!
Leslie, , Call to Action, Critical Courageous Conversations, Fall 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, October 2020, Showcase, Orange Cove High School, suicide prevention, 17Today, more and more people are facing the problem of depression and the pressure of work or school. Suicides...
Big Data
Gus, , Call to Action, Fall 2020, Showcase, Technology, big data, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 3Question: Should there be a restriction on how much data technology companies are allowed to collect on you? This...
Does White Privilege Exist?
Alondra, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Fall 2020, Showcase, #rise above, Orange Cove High School, Police Brutality, 0In the article ¨George Floyd´s Death Sparks MAssive nationwide Protests¨ by Patricia Smith regarding the long and repeating history...
Is it worth giving Americans $1,000?
Dominic, , Call to Action, Community, Coronavirus, Debt, Homelessness, Housing, Media, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Pitching, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1The US is debating on giving people $1,000 to help them support their family and to get bills and...
How should the government deal with the Coronavirus?
Ruhang, , Call to Action, Coronavirus, Showcase, Spring 2020, coronavirus, government, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1Recently, coronavirus have spread rapidly in the United States. But the government’s approach is not good.So here I want...
How is COVID-19 helping the earth?
Katie, , Call to Action, Environment & World, Showcase, Spring 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 3Coronavirus has had a huge impact on our daily lives. With everyone having to do social distance many people...
Overfishing
Mike, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Life Below Water, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2020, Youth Activism, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 3Dear Fishermen, Stop overfishing. Fishermen should stop overfishing because if they overfish too much tuna it can become an...
Dear People Who Are Against Gun Violence
Kheriya, , Call to Action, Guns, March for Our Lives, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Pro Gun Control, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2020, call to action, Gun Violence, Health Sciences High and Middle College, teens, 1To teens, adults, parents, teachers, high school students, and etc. Something needs to be done and it needs to...
Dear People Who Think Doing Drugs and Gun Violence Are Okay
Kheriya, , Call to Action, Con Gun Control, Drugs, Guns, Showcase, Spring 2020, drugs, Gun Violence, Health Sciences High and Middle College, open letter, 9Dear People Who Think Doing Drugs and Gun Violence Are Okay, To kids, adults, parents, students, moms, dads, and...
Is a vegetarian diet really have benefits for the environment
Katie, , Call to Action, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Environment, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life on Land, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2Vegetarianism has been around ever since Ancient Greece (570 BC – 495 BC) There were many philosophers back then...
Do video games contribute to youth violence?
Dominic, , Argument, Bullying, Call to Action, Fall 2019, Gaming, Good Health and Well-Being, Psychology, Showcase, Violence, bullying, child violence, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 6Parents are teaching their kids values in the wrong ways. Giving kids video games that show aggression and violence...
Police Brutality In America
Casey, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, Guns, Partnerships for the Goals, Police, Quality Education, Showcase, This is America, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1Everybody has an alternate meaning of being American, albeit a large number of us can concur that being American...
Will You Vote Now?
Emily, , American Dream, Call to Action, Constitution, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Surveys, Technology, This is America, Voting, Youth Activism, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, voting, voting age, 0A huge debate within the last couple of years is how can we get everyone to use their privilege...
How does Literacy affect people’s lives?
Lauren, , Call to Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Okemos High School, 0The book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich takes you into the everyday life of lower income families and...
Plastic Pollution
Katie, , Call to Action, Clean Water and Sanitation, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Ocean, Plastic, 2In this day and age it is hard to imagine life without plastic, we see it everywhere for example...
Opioid Epidemic in the United States
Louis, , Call to Action, Fall 2019, Showcase, This is America, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 4The United States is experiencing an alarming rate of overdoses due to opioids and that causes the question to...
Vaping is a No No!
Emily, , Call to Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Drugs, Fall 2019, Good Health and Well-Being, Quality Education, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, vaping, 7How can we prevent teenagers from vaping? That is a great question that many parents are trying to figure...
Diplomacy Is the Key to American Success
Han, , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Fall 2019, Family, Friendship, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Showcase, This is America, Violence, War, 1At a time when the United States is under development and facing corrupt relations, global public opinion started to...
Fighting For You
Meghan, , Call to Action, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Poetry, Showcase, #PeopleSuck, climatechange, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, 10Dear Earth, I’m sorry I’m so so sorry I’m sorry that we’re losing our chance for change I’m sorry...
Fight For Victims: The Results
Lamiah, , Call to Action, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media and Message, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Stress, Student-Centered, Summer 2019, Technology, 0Our project was about the dangers of sexual harassment and our overall goal was to inform people about sexual...
Digital Activist Project
Lina, , Call to Action, Community, Media, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Writing, #diabetesprevention, affordableinsulin, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, BSGE info, diabetes, insulin4all, 0Hello, my name is Lina and I am currently in 9th grade. In my tech class, our teacher challenged...
Child Abuse: Presentation
Tasnia, , Call to Action, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2019, Violence, #childabuse, #End Violence, #raiseawareness, Help, Violence, 1I chose the topic of child abuse for my digital activism topic for multiple reasons. The first being that...
Sexual Harassment in Schools
Lamiah, , Call to Action, Happiness, Media, Raise Your Voice, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, Stress, Student-Centered, This I Believe, Upstander, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, 0In tech, we are doing a digital presentation project and the issue that me and my group chose was...
Poverty In New York City
Khan, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, This I Believe, #endpoverty, #povertyinnyc, #povertyisbad, #stoppoverty, poverty, 0This video was created by me and I discussed poverty rates in New York City. The rates are increasing...
A Broken System – College Admissions
Sante, , Call to Action, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2019, Student-Centered, broken, College, college admissions, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything) by Eric Hoover delves into the the volatile and often unfair world...
Undercover Modern Day Slavery
Christy, , Call to Action, Fall 2018, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2017, important, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 4Christy Vong 9th grade humanities Ms.Portugal 12/21/18 Undercover Modern Day Sex Slavery Do you know what sex trafficking...
Why do we cast out those different than us?
Julissa, , Call to Action, Fall 2018, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, take action, 2The overall issue of accepting those who are different than us has been around for a while now. We...
Solution to Today’s Technology Problems
Miriam, , Call to Action, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Privacy, Technology, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 01984 by George Orwell predicted many things about today’s world. One thing in particular was the impact of technology...
Justice for Emely Peguero
Crismeylin, , Abortion, Argument, Call to Action, Crime, Fall 2018, Latino Power, Protest, Showcase, Violence, 1When I first heard about this case on the television (in the news), my hearts broke into millions of...
Police Brutality in Our Country
Dean, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Fall 2018, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, This is America, Okemos High School, 1The fictional novel, All American Boys, written by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, focuses on the topic of police...
The debt we must pay
Audrey, , Call to Action, Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Debt, Fall 2018, Quality Education, Showcase, Student-Centered, Voting, Debt, education, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 6American students owe 1.5 trillion in student debt. As the numbers it costs to get a college education continue...
Transparent Backpacks
Johnny, , Call to Action, Fall 2018, Good Health and Well-Being, Guns, Quality Education, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 4There’s no doubt that after a serious and dangerous event, we begin to take safety extremely seriously. We saw this after...
Human trafficking: Modern Slavery
Lizbeth, , Call to Action, Crime, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, 2My issue that I decided to make a video on was human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of...
Student Loans: A Crisis for Those Who Want to Succeed
David, , Call to Action, Debt, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, #fightforstudents, College Cost, Debt, student loan, 2The issue presented is student loan debt that is caused because college tuitions are too high for students to...
Sexism in religion
Birashree, , Call to Action, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2018, #betterfuture, #sexisminreligion, 1The issue that I am focussing on is sexism in religion. Just to clarify, I am not implying...
Today: SEXtrade
Rachel, , Call to Action, Crime, Gender Equity (Women), Good Health and Well-Being, Love, Rape Culture, Refugees, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, Violence, What do I stand for?, #StopTheViolence, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, change, education, forced sex, modern slavery, sex, sextrafficking, 3I decided to make an informative video about sex trafficking because I felt that the issue needed to...
Health Care: Why it is a Problem in the United States
Barbara, , Call to Action, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2018, Healthcare, medicine, people's lives, Problems in the U.S., the people deserve more, 0Health Care. It is an industry that works on maintaining and improving the human health by providing medical services,...
Nursing Home Abuse: Harming the Helpless
Ariana, , Call to Action, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Spring 2018, abuse, elderly, 0The issue of nursing home abuse is not a new one. Reports of serious abuse have been around for...
Panda Vulnerability
Danny, , Call to Action, Life on Land, Nature, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, Deforestation, panda, poaching, vulnerable, 0Pandas are a vulnerable species that reside in only China, they are vulnerable because of habitat destruction and poaching....
Sexual Harassment: How it is Dominating the Workplace
Lisbeth, , Call to Action, Gender Equity (Women), Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, #BillCosby, #donaldtrump, #SexualHarassment, #speakup, girls, Time'sUp, women, 0Sexual Harassment is a predominant topic in today’s modern day society. The number of sexual assault complaints has increased,...
Unequal Pay
Raisa, , American Dream, Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, #feminism, Unequal Pay, women, 0Unequal pay has been a severe conflict since forever. Many people thought that by 2018, this would not be...
Asian Parental Pressure IS NOT OKAY!!!
Anika, , A Day in My Life, Call to Action, Family, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, #schoolpressure, Asian Pressure, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, parental pressure, 1Throughout my entire life I have always seen an Asian parent being strict on their children. They want...
Education: A Right for All Girls
Sharupa, , Call to Action, Gender Equity (Women), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, education, girls, Low Developed Countries, 1Link to Video: 14CD7A4D-51F8-4ED0-9945-83CA7D744032 I first found out about the lack of girl’s education in developing countries by reading...
There are many types of child abuse the most common abuse is child neglect. This includes medical, educational, physical,...
The Tuskegee Experiment
Shania, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Showcase, Spring 2018, #healthandbioscience, injections occur infections, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, No more experiments on people, Save lives not destroy, 0Tuskegee Experiment The tuskegee experiment has risen up many very important questions. Were the health professionals who were...
An article produced by CNN states that “A Colorado third-grader was suspended after shaving her head to show support...
“A Colorado third-grader was suspended after shaving her head to show support for a friend battling cancer, because she’d violated...
Mental health and gun violence
Lexi, , Call to Action, Con Gun Control, Crime, Decision Making, Getting Started, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Guns, Media, Showcase, Spring 2018, #Trump, attitude, mental health, serial killers, 1Following the Parkland shooting, the President of the United States claimed that the mental health contirbuted to the mass...
Precautions Against Hurricanes
Sofia, , Call to Action, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Homelessness, Hurricane Harvey, Showcase, Spring 2018, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Climate Change, Global Warming, Hurricanes, weather, 1Hurricanes have been ravaging parts of the Atlantic and taking the homes and even lives of people living on...
More then just education
PJ, , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, aplang18, career, education, thegoodlife, 2In one of my earlier post “Why memorization doesn’t work” I addressed the issue that in the US education system...
How the Bystander Effect Hurts Us
Mason, , Call to Action, Climate Action, Showcase, Spring 2018, #Calltoaction, bystandereffect, globalwarming, 3The Bystander effect is when the presence of others discourages another individual from intervening in a potentially serious situation,...
Walk out Today, For a Safer Tomorrow
Averi, , Call to Action, Guns, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, 7The United States has the highest rate of mass shootings in the entire world, which is why I don’t...
“Kill Yourself”
Caleigh, , Bullying, Call to Action, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Psychology, Spring 2018, blue whale challenge, kill yourself, mental health, societal norms, suicide, 4We live in a world where mental health is a prevailing struggle, that affects all ages. On average about...
What can we do
PJ, , American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, Student-Centered, aplang18, career path, community, education, helping out, school, 1If you’ve read my last two posts you’d know a few problems, I see, with the US education system....
Girl School Uniforms
Brooklyn, , Bullying, Call to Action, Showcase, Spring 2018, #stop, school, uniforms, 11There is a big debate about girls and their school uniforms whether or not girls wear their uniforms appropriately...
The Bystander Effect
Mason, , Call to Action, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Showcase, Spring 2018, #Calltoaction, bystandereffect, 2One night, in March 1964, a young woman named Kitty Genovese had parked her car and was walking towards...
The Price of Being a Woman in Prison
Beth, , Call to Action, Crime, Fall 2017, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Good Health and Well-Being, Incarceration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, crime, gender inequality, health, hygiene, incarceration, Inequality, women, 4In the United States of America, even the toughest criminals have basic rights protected by our country’s Constitution. The...
How mental health is viewed, and how society addresses it
Paul, , American Dream, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Drugs, Fall 2017, Family, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Guns, Happiness, Showcase, Spring 2018, change, mental health, society, 0In my reserch, many things about mental health have become increasingly obvious. It is a far more prevalent problem...
Do Bystanders Have a Responsibility to Intervene When There is Trouble?
Mason, , Bullying, Call to Action, Fall 2017, Showcase, Spring 2018, bystander, 2I am planning on writing an argumentative essay about whether or not bystanders have a responsibility to intervene when...
Do school uniforms discriminate against girls?
Brooklyn, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Gender, Showcase, Spring 2018, #bodyshaming, #stop, girls, uniforms, 8There seems to be a lot of controversy about uniforms and the dress codes. I go to a private...
Why memorization doesn’t work
PJ, , Books or Plays, Call to Action, Fall 2017, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Language, Media, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, aplang18, education, teenager, USA, 8US curriculum is one of the worst ways of “grading” one’s intellect. We use these ideas of memory and...
A Letter to the Policeman
Nyla, , A Day in My Life, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Fall 2017, Guns, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Protest, Showcase, The U School, 2My people don’t like you badge wearing knuckleheads, that’s just where we at. Screaming “ All lives matter “...
Monuments and Their History
Xavier, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, History, Politics, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 4Proper education on the statues and names of confederates on buildings or monuments is needed to teach future generations...
Shark Finning
Abby, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Life on Land, Nature, Showcase, environment, Rights, sharks, 6Shark finning is the process in which sharks in the worlds oceans are being hunted and caught using long-line...
SLC Air Quality: Social Impacts
Anthony, , Call to Action, Climate Action, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Showcase, #socialissue, air, air quality, Pollution, 0The air pollution during the winter months in Salt Lake City, Utah is despicable. The mountains that surround Salt...
#MeToo
Paul, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Protest, Rights, Showcase, Social Media, #MeToo, Inequality, sexual assault, Time'sUp, women, 0Recently, a stunning awareness to women’s sexual assault has taken over social media. At the Golden Globes this past...
Time’s Up
Ellie, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Gender Equity (Women), Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Time'sUp, 1After watching the Golden Globes with my family this past sunday night, I was completely inspired. The actors and...
The Achievement Gap
Ariel, , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Debt, Decision Making, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Housing, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Race Relations, Showcase, The Fifth Column, Okemos High School, 1The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
How does society deal with tragedy?
Lexi, , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Family, History, Psychology, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Terrorism, Violence, 9/11, coping, loss, society, tragedy, tribute, 0In society, people often deal with tragedy in different ways. Many use prayer to cope with it, ” “It’s a...
Why is police brutality such an issue?
Bobby, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Police, Showcase, Police Brutality, 3Police brutality is one of the most polarizing issues in the nation today. I hesitate to even write these...
The Trophy Hunting Controversy and American Action
Kira, , Call to Action, Life on Land, Nature, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, 1America has a knack for ignoring uncomfortable issues, regardless of the degree of importance. Perhaps we take too much...
The Opioid Epidemic: How Bad is it Really and How do we Solve it?
Zoe, , Call to Action, Drugs, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Showcase, 6If you’ve been on the news recently and been able to get past the news about Trump’s administration and...
Reading Into Empathy
Hailey, , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Books or Plays, Call to Action, Community, Goals, Quality Education, Showcase, 2People each day are becoming more complacent about important issues in society. There is a lack of people willing...
What it Means to be American?
Julieanna, , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books or Plays, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, History, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Point of View, Protest, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Slavery, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
What It Means To Be American
Olivia, , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Columbus, 0What It Means To Be American By Olivia Hess Many Americans need to be better informed. The 2018 PBS...
To Be American
Randal, , American Creed, American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Happiness, Showcase, 0What is an “American”? James Truslow Adams stated in his book The Epic of America, that America is “…that...
What Does It Mean To Be American?
Heather, , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Showcase, 10The United States is a nation that is comprised of people of many different backgrounds and origins. Arguably —...
What it Means to be American.
McCamey, , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Columbus, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 1In 1882, Rear Admiral George Balch wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, which reads: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag...
Sexual Assault and The Problems With It
Jontae, , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Privacy, Showcase, This I Believe, #BeBrave, #Calltoaction, #Protect, #takeaction, 2Dear President. This letter is being written because we as a people need to look upon this...