Chatham

Moving from Jersey City into a small home at the crossroad of Van Doren Avenue and Kimball Street, my family started their life in Chatham when I was eighteen months old. My parents enrolled me in Chatham United Methodist Church Preschool, and then into Milton Avenue School for Kindergarten. This is where I made friends with people I am still very close with today. Kimball Street was the perfect setting for my early childhood. It was a safe and quiet street where I could explore and play; the neighbors were friendly, everyone watched out for the safety of the children, and the Milton playground was less than a two minute walk away. I imagine an old polaroid filter on the world when I think back on the days that I spent outside, riding cheap…

triangle, there are many that still make a living farming today. Rich in history, there is no place like Pittsboro. My family has been rooted in Pittsboro since the late 1800’s. According to my dad, my great grandparents moved to Pittsboro from Virginia and started a farm. With very little money, they lived off the land by trapping animals and selling the fur. Along came my grandparents, that started a logging business in the mid-1900’s. During this time, the Civil Rights Movement was in full…

I currently work with Savannah Chatham County School System as a Paraprofessional. I have been with the organization for about a year. Savannah Chatham County School System is one of the largest employers in Savannah, Georgia and is the 10th largest school district in Georgia. It employs over seven thousand employees this includes teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, administrative assistants, etc. Within the school systems there are twenty-six (26) elementary schools, nine (9) K-8 schools,…

Savannah, Georgia is a populous city filled with people of all different cultures, but surprisingly there are areas which unknowingly combine several sub-cultures together to form one large culture in Savannah. Keller’s Flea Market, which is a family owned business started in March of 1965, is a prime example of a multicultural society that can be compared on a continental or global scale. The experience of the flea market began when I missed the turn to the parking lot. Instead, I was required…

world. They meet once a year to discuss and make decisions about the formal issues around the world. The group was created by Denis Healey, Joseph Retinger, David Rockefeller and former Nazi SS officer Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who had their first meeting in 1954. Ever since then, Bilderberg Group has been gathering once a year. They talk about everything from the rise and fall in communism to nuclear bombs and war, to cyber security. Though they do release an annual list of the broad…

One of the most famous wars in history was the Global Wars, also known as the Seven Years War. During this war, it not only changed the balance of power within America but it had drastically affected the world. In this paper, it will analyze the ways in which the Seven Years War has greatly shifted the balance of power between nations and how the result of this conflict had greatly influenced the British to regain control of the colonies in hopes of growing a strong empire. While the Seven Years…

City Information Cheap city breaks in Brunswick, Georgia are a good alternative for people wanting to visit coastal Georgia. This small city of around 15,000 residents is the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia in the U.S. It is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coast and the economic center of Georgia's mostly rural lower southeast sector. The city is the location of the Brunswick Old Town Historic District. What to See and Do in Brunswick For one of your first short breaks in…

The Savannah River “originates at the confluence of the Seneca and Tugaloo rivers in Hart County in eastern Georgia” (Seabrook). The river flows from the upper piedmont region of Georgia down to the Georgia coast where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean (Seabrook). The Savannah River forms the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina. The Savannah has been of major importance for the survival of people in both Georgia and South Carolina. The mouth of the Savannah is where the city of…

The Chatham Health Alliance is currently looking for employers to assist in the development of a worksite wellness program for Chatham County employers, Worksite Wellness Chatham. The vision for Worksite Wellness Chatham takes a holistic view of health and will present levels that employers can choose from based on their needs and capacity. Through Worksite Wellness Chatham, the Chatham Health Alliance will serve as a catalyst to support employers in establishing and sustaining wellness…

The reason of this historical investigation is to answer the following question: Why are more African Americans attracted to the Chatham area and succeed within this area? African Americans have been found in this neighborhood due to many factors: low income, low employment rate, and selling houses at low rates. Chatham neighborhood consist of African Americans in the middle-class status. To reach a result of this conflict, I will focus on African Americans success and reasons of being in this…