Bay Area Rapid Transit

The Power of Interaction in Agent of Connection Agent of Connection is a documentary short that explores the power of human interaction through one Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) employee, William Cromartie. William Cromartie works the BART ticket booth, greeting every commuter that comes through the turnstile. The film opens with him interacting with each person as they head to work—each vignette is unique and genuine. Cromartie says he feels he was born to do his job. Cromartie…

Terrorism Regional Action Plan Paper My current job assignment is the Captain of Homeland Security. In the brief time I have worked in this assignment these are some of the areas I identified in which my department could improve to be better prepared to fight terrorism: training for front-line Officers and Supervisors, revising the Terror Liaison Program, education and awareness programs for the community, increasing the assignment time of Captain and Lieutenants, and renewing the partnership…

Censorship is unnecessary Censorship is the control of the ideas and information within a society. Dictatorships all throughout history have used censorship to keep people living there (gilc.org). Censorship is a very broad term, but it is control of the ideas and information within a society. In a world like today the government is dictating what we see and they are censoring us and breaking the first amendment in the constitution. Other governments are censoring entertainment because it does…

Fruitvale Station, a film made in 2013, written and directed by Ryan Cooler, is a biographical drama film. The film is based on the real-life events that led to the death of a young man by the name of Oscar Grant, who was killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in Oakland, California. The film follows Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan) in his experiences of the last day of his life. Interestingly, the film begins with actual footage of Oscar Grant and his friends being detained by…

Day in the Life: Elena Flowers Photos of her two, young daughters and their painted handprint artwork decorate the office of Elena Flowers, PhD, RN. She is a mom, but she identifies as a researcher and professor too. “In April, I am volunteering at my daughter’s school for DNA Day to talk about my job,” Flowers said. “I appreciate that my job allows me the scheduling flexibility to do that.” While her job allows for flexibility, it can also cause her to work for several hours on a Friday…

In the passages “Circus in Town” by Sinclair Ross and “‘Happyness’ for Sale” by Jia Lynn Yang, optimism plays a significant role in the character’s lives. Both passages show the hardships of two different characters, and how despite the rough circumstances they were put in they found a way to create a better life for themselves by being optimistic. Not only did the character’s positive attitude on life help them make a better environment for themselves, it also aided them in surviving the…

Hepatitis A outbreak. Unfortunately, this is what happened to a very popular Mexican restaurant called Chi-Chi’s that left many people devastated as well as very sick. Chi-Chi’s was founded in 1975 by restauranteur Marno McDermott and former Green Bay Packers player Max McGee. In the first year, the company did better than expected and exceeded the planned $400,000 to make a whole whopping $2 million dollars. The high profit the company was making caught the attention of John Stephens, who…

Years seem to pass by and the same issue just keep on occurring. The issue of the mistreatment and brutality among African Americans, especially targeting young African American men. Fruitvale Station, a movie released in 2013 viewed, once again, viewed the brutality upon African American men. Throughout history, the media has put a lens on African American Brutality, this exploration became popular to America during the Civil Rights Movement. There were many incidents of brutality before the…

For example, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, from 1994 to 2000 increased exports accounted for approximately one-fifth of U.S. economic growth, and nearly one-third of U.S. growth between 1992 and 1997 (U.S. Trade Representative “America and the World Trade Organization,” 2000) For the decade ending in 1999, the organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports that “more pen” countries achieved double the annual average growth of other countries.…

movies that try to tackle the race issue that has been endowed on the people of America. I believe Fruitvale Station based on a true story of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed in 2009 by police officer Johannes Mehserle, at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station in Oakland, California. (This movie portrays a great role in showing the genocide amongst the African -American community and how African Americans are more at risk of experiencing police brutality). Although the movie…