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Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM) was established in 1994. Since 1994, they have been helping the following refugee communities: Hmong, Laotian, Slavic, African and Syrian. Firm is a christian based non-profit. It was founded to help the refugee community in the Fresno area. FIRM has a particularly important mission and vision. There mission is simple for these refugees to assimilate. In layman terms, this means for them to become Americans. Another mission is there moto,…

‘Late in the eleventh century, the Byzantine Empire was under pressure from the Seljuk Turks and needed Western help’ (Kagan, Pg. 211). In 1095 Pope Urban delivered his speech and asked for help from the Westerners to save the Holy Land from the Muslims. Pope Urban’s speech at Clermont was the beginning of the First Crusade. The question is; why did the Christians in the West decide to take this dangerous journey to fight in the Holy Land? The Christians believed in prophets from God. They…

Pope Urban II’s Speech at Council of Clermont With the purpose of spreading the territory of the Catholic Faith (Christianity) and the control of the Holy Sea in the East, Pope Saint Gregory VII had by now urged the devoted Christians to take up weapons toward the Muslims, the Pope himself pledging to guide them to Asia. In his letters, St. Gregory VII conversed on exactly how the grief of the Crusaders in the East had affected him to the place that he anticipated fatality. He believed that he…

equipment. She pursued the issue working to get new gear into the firefighter’s hands and ensure the safety of firefighters was made a top priority (Davila, 2005). Through this interaction, Sculley worked to ensure the city, the firefighters, and city council that she wasn’t afraid to shake things up and stand up for the city. From the beginning of her role as city manager Sculley’s determination to shake things up was met with both admiration and resentment. She rearranged the finance…

crusade was based on varying opinions on religious ideas, with the take back of Jerusalem, and the ignorance of other religions, including the varying opinions of each others gods. The religious leader of the Franks, Pope Urban, gave a speech at the Council of Clermot, declaring the need for a crusade against the muslims. Pope Urban’s speech largely displays the intolerance of other religions from the Christians.. Pope Urban stated “a race utterly alienated from god...has invaded the land of…

Kooskia City Clerk, a Survivor Will there be a parking space in front or will I have to walk a block? This pops in my mind as I am driving. Every day, I drive by Kooskia City Hall never paying much attention to the big blue building on Main Street. Today is different I’m interviewing the Kooskia City Clerk. As I am driving down Main Street I am still thinking will there be a parking space in front or will I have to walk a block. I’m lucky there is parking right in front, and that is amazing! I…

“The Crusades - the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.” (David Hume) Typically, historians question the events of history, how they happened, when they happened, or even if they happened. In the case of the Holy Crusades, however, the events, and how they occurred are not the source of contention amongst historians. Instead, the motivating factors that initiated the Holy Crusades are under scrutiny. Religion and its involvement…

Between the 1090’s and 1300, Europe bared witness to generationally occurring Holy Wars. The movements were, and still are, primarily deemed as Christian influenced persecutions, but if examined closer it is the use of propaganda and position that is found behind the push of the crusades. Holy men—who at times paired with ruling monarchs—pursued papal power and extended territories in the name of God. The corruption that poisoned the church was obvious to many who witnessed it and church…

I opted to conduct my rhetorical analysis and evaluation on the Emergency Preparedness poster from the Ad Council. The print ad or poster in question shows a town that a tornado has ripped through, with markers showing where members of a hypothetical family are located. The message of this particular ad piece is quite simple, in the event of a serious emergency; know where your family is. This in itself speaks to a need in all of us to be connected to our loved ones, especially in a time of…

and corruption within the Catholic Church. Soon after, the Catholic Church began to take a deep and serious look at this practice. On December 4th, 1563, the Roman Catholic Church convened a council in Trent. The council affirmed that general and original practice of indulgences was still valid, but the council ensured that abuses would not continue. “And being desirous that the abuses which have crept therein, and by occasion of which this honorable name of Indulgences is blasphemed by…