Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Ole Miss running-back Akeem Judd found his way out of his troubled childhood while growing up, playing football. Judd entered South Durham high school in the fall of 2008 with no real relationship with his father. Judd’s mother, Tammy, raised him and his three older siblings by herself while struggling with substance abuse. She often disappeared for lengths of time, leaving Akeem to fend for himself. Often Akeem would go hungry with no household utilities from the lack of work and he would have…

work as sex slaves in Italy. The price of a girl trafficked to Italy can be between $2,500 and $4,000, with up to $10,000 being paid if she is a virgin”. Not only are children being sold for money but even for materialistic objects by their own families, According to the Article “Child trafficking in Eastern Europe: A trade in human misery”, Tyler (2003) “A case of a retired Italian couple who had been arrested for buying a three-year-old Albanian boy, paying $6,000 to the trafficking gang that…

Introduce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to Your Students. Use the Amnesty Animated UDHR Video and/or America Needs Human Rights Video. Give each student the UDHR Passport for classroom study and personal use. Human Beings/Human Rights pp. 38-40 from Human Rights Here and Now leads participants to define what it means to be human and to relate human rights to human needs - http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/hreduseries/hereandnow/Part-3/Activity1.htm. Students can learn that…

Canada stated that “no woman, idiot, lunatic, or criminal shall vote”. Women could not be elected into federal or provincial government. The woman was supposed to keep house for her husband and children. In the west, women could not claim homestead. Girls could rarely get a post-secondary education. Most professions were closed to women. It was believed that women could not perform the jobs of doctors, lawyers or church ministers. Women were seen as too emotional, weak of heart and indecisive…

We talked about how life was, how his club program was doing just basically all the little things. I touched base with why he had chosen to go the basketball route instead of the baseball route. Sports that he excelled in and had opportunities of getting paid for at a professional level. I…

organizations out there that seek to help children. First and foremost, the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program in Saint Lucie County is one organization I would keep a steady contact with. Similarly, for students who can stay after school, the Boys and Girls club of America offers a lot of opportunities for each student to get acquainted with their community members. In an effort to keep students and families connect with these great organizations, I would keep copies of their current event…

their basements, which often served as a gathering place for secret homosexuals to socialize and meet people of their sexual orientation. Harlem served as a gathering place for black gay people, who found their own personal “mecca” within the clubs. “Black” clubs often consisted primarily of African Americans and gay people of every race.…

The Social Aspect of Teen Suicides and Its Effect on American High Schools. Introduction Suicide is an important issue to face across the United States, with it being the second leading cause of death in young people between the ages of ten and twenty-four (“Suicide Prevention”). Because mental illnesses are a stigma difficult to discuss, it especially challenging to efficiently talk about suicidal thoughts with teenagers. Along with the stigmatism of mental illnesses, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual…

Fashion writers back in the 1920s stated that “flapper” initially described the sort of teenage girl whose gawky fame and posture were “Supposed to need a certain type of clothing-long, straight lines to cover her awkwardness- and the stores advertised their gowns as “flapper-dresses”. Flappers were replacing usual fashion with revealing clothing…

” The era of America’s Great Depression led to an escalation in racial profiling, which correlates to the trial of Tom Robinson in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A historical example of racism in the Southern United States was the trial of the Scottsboro Boys. Harper Lee also expresses these racist beliefs through Aunt Alexandra’s social status in Maycomb. Finally, Harper Lee uses “Universes of Obligation” to describe the community of Maycomb; during the depression era, particularly in the South,…