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in Lincoln High School, along with the many schools part of the L.A. school system. Protesting went on for weeks, blowout after blowout, peaceful protestors who simply wanted their fair share of an education faced with ignorance and violence. Sal Castro is the main innovator and activist in these school blowouts, to push for educational reform and promote Chicano heritage and bring in more resources…

been so vilified as Fidel Castro. Both worship and vilification distort the true image. Fidel is one of the most extraordinary men of our times, but he is neither saint nor devil. Take him for what he is.” -Herbert Matthews Fidel Castro is a name that many know - be it for its power to strike fear in the hearts of liberal U.S Americans or be it to cause hearts of patriotic Cubans to pulse and tremble with passion at the sound of the name of their country’s hero. Fidel Castro was a man of…

Where? Los Angeles, CA Who? Sal Castro When? 1968 How? Being a teacher and mentor to the students, and led the Blowouts on the side What? LA Blowouts (organized walkouts due to unequal school conditions.) With What? Organized students and support, organized via the Mexican American Youth Leadership Conference For Whom? Mostly Latino and Hispanic students who were treated unfairly due to their heritage Why? He wanted to promote the equalization of schooling for Hispanic children, so that they…

actions and corruption, mankind is inherently evil. Fidel Castro was born from a wealthy family in Eastern Cuba. He attended schools in Santiago de Cuba before going to a Catholic high school in Havana. He would then go to the University of Havana where he would study…

America. In the interview he not only identified as Cuban but also as Latin American. He sympathized with the people of other Latin nations. He supported their rebellions and wished the same for all people living under repressive Latin American regimes (Castro). As people with a common identity he wanted freedom from oppression for all. Robespierre and the French revolution had a different background. His inclusion of liberty was for all men not just those of French birth. Liberty was…

interpretation of the its meaning in its entirety. In “[I well know there is nothing]”, the lines, “Well because we are so, clocks that repeat forever the same”, contain the source domain “we”, and the target domain refers to the “clocks” (De Castro 6-7). In this poem, De Castro uses the word “we” to indicate the people of the universe of all ages and the “clocks” incorporate the entailments of time repeating itself, continuous movement, monotony, and time in general. Humans are like clocks…

I believe that Fidel Castro should be remembered as both a brutal dictator and a hero to the people. I believe that he should be remembered as a hero to the people because his main focus was to help the poor in Cuba. Although the execution of it could have been better he did make certain aspects of Cuba better. The overall literacy rate in Cuba grew 95 percent. As well as having universal health care. But the bad outweighed the good in Castro’s situation. While Cuba literacy rate improved and…

Josefa Castro is originally from Ecuador and she grew up in an immigrant family in Bushwick, a poor, Latino neighborhood in Brooklyn. This is where she learned at an early age the value of social justice to bring about a just society by challenging injustice. After working countless hours on a variety of neighborhood issues, such as drugs and prostitution, Ms. Castro was appointed Vice-President of the area’s first Neighborhood Block Association. Among many projects, she helped mobilize the…

Castro Valley, California The bedroom community of Castro Valley, California is home to an estimated 61,388 residents. This census-designated place is located in Alameda County and was once known for the many chicken ranches in the area. Today, this community is experiencing positive job growth and has a lower than average unemployment rate. On the other hand, the cost of living in this location is considerably higher than other parts of the United States. Estimates show the cost of living in…

gives a small perspective, and typically does not tell the whole story, which can sway people’s thoughts and beliefs. The media played a very key role in the Ariel Castro kidnapping case. Constant television coverage of the vigils, and family members appearing on news broadcasts consumed the Cleveland area, during the ten years Castro held three girls captive. The whole nation felt vested in finding the missing captives, and everyone felt like he or she knew the victims and their families…