Boys & Girls Clubs of America

SENIOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY The role of your guidance counselor and teachers in preparing “Secondary School Reports” is to provide an overview of your academic and extracurricular achievement, as well as, some sense of your promise for further personal and intellectual growth. We need your help if we are to provide college admissions officers (or people who will be considering you for scholarships) with a clear picture of what makes you, “you.” Please give us an honest evaluation of yourself by…

vRebecca Traister has written about women in politics, media, and entertainment for Salon, The New York Times, Elle, The Washington Post, and other national publications. Her book, Big Girls Don’t Cry, offers insight into the 2008 “election that changed everything for American women,” and argues that gender, race, and the media greatly impact the ways that women are received by the public. Traister also argues that the “political wives” who supported their husbands during the 2008 election were…

tennis shoes, which have been popular since the 1980’s. With every new shoe released there are lines of people wrapped around the building, people trying to get a taste of the brand-new Jordan shoe. Michael Jordan has captured the hearts and minds of America and those around the globe, from his impressive performance on the basketball court, his Jordan shoe brand and the many…

behavior. Theory of moral development is the gradual development of an individual's concept of right or wrong-conscious, religious values, social attitudes, and certain behavior. Examples are preconventional morality, naïvely egotistical, “good boy-good girl” orientation, law and social order, legalistic social contract, and universal ethical principles. The one I most relate to is universal ethical principles because I strongly believe in appreciating and accepting everyone values no matter…

As a black African American woman, I have seen and heard about the pain and humiliation in our history. The legacy that is presented to us is slashed and torn into bits, but even with the dark lines of our ancestor’s anger and pain, we see their work through the numerous achievements. Mary Church Terrell was a powerful woman that helped to pave the way for blacks to speak out against racial prejudices. Terrell depicts characteristics of resistance in her life through protests and life tragedies.…

He was involved within multiple charities and good causes throughout his entertainment career. To name only a few of the charities and foundations Jackson was involved in was AIDS Project Los Angeles, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Cure4Lupus, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, American Cancer Society, and Children’s Defense Fund. Jackson was being treated for severe burns he contracted while filming for a Pepsi commercial while he was visiting the Brotman Memorial Hospital in 1984. He unselfishly donated…

officer with Kuomintang pg.21. When her mother thought of the joy luck club she already knew the lady 's she wanted in it. Each week one of them would host a party to raise money and their spirits pg.23. Each week they would pretend it 's a new year and forget past wrongs. Her mother always ended the stories on a happy note and the endings always changed pg.25. She wasn 't on time to the Hsus ' house, where the Joy Luck Club is meeting pg.27. Her mother seemed to always be displeased with all…

He was French catholic in background, as was Kate. After their marriage they lived in New Orleans. Before their first decade, they had five boys and two girls. Oscar failed in his business; therefore they were forced to move to his old home in a small Louisiana parish. Her life in Louisiana affected her writings late. One of the main conflicts in this time was the conflict between the whites and the blacks, and the racial issues. She depicted this conflict in her short story “Desiree's Baby”.…

He took part in numerous charity events such as Boys and Girls Club of America, Special Olympics, UNCF/College Fund, and many more. He also joined forces with Nike to donate half a million dollars to reconstruct a gymnasium for charity events. Aside from these different charities, he has been donating a good amount of money to hospitals and children in need all over the world. In 2005 of March, Jordan met a 16-year-old boy, Ryan Aubert from Los Angeles who has autism and has experienced…

Women in male-dominated professions unquestionably face a steeper challenge to climbing the corporate ladder. The purpose of conducting this leadership interview was to explore the experiences of women leaders working in male-dominated occupations, as well as to clarify the challenges they face, while identify coping strategies that enable them to continue on their career paths. In today’s society men are favored over women when seeking promotions and when negotiating pay. Decades after World…