Grassroots

In the 1960s, race relations were in horrible shape in America. There was still segregation and racism was very prominent. People had had enough of the inequality between black and whites, so they decided to take a stand. Thus began the Civil Rights Movement. Many people were involved in this revolutionary movement, but Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X were perhaps the most distinguished leaders at the time. These two men are still recognized today as pioneers for civil rights, but they…

protect the now loose soil. Furthermore, grass was cleared to make way for plants that were never given the opportunity to grow because of the drought. The picture in Document B shows grass that has not been removed by either plows or tractors. The grassroots are securing the soil in place unlike what many farmers were doing on their farms, removing their…

EN398 Annotated Bibliography Shiva, Vandana. Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2005. Print. Earth Democracy: Justice Sustainability, and Peace is a non-fiction book by Indian environmental activist, Vandana Shiva. The work covers the various facets of “earth democracy,” which he defines as, “both an ancient worldview and an emergent political movement for peace, justice, and sustainability.” In this book, Shiva criticizes the role of…

In 1985, a passionate group of individuals grew weary of the social system that oppressed them and founded the Austin Latina/Latino Lesbian and Gay Organization, ALLGO. This team realized that intersectionalism instigated their disadvantages in life and corrupted the very movements that were supposed to be supporting them. They saw “on one side, mainstream gay activists whose agendas ignored farm workers, police brutality, and racism; and on the other side, mainstream Latino activists whose…

to an individual event with major policy change, the United States has not yet done so. Nevertheless, Kristin Goss argues how ‘Columbine and the other high-profile shootings that followed appear to have… planted the seeds of a sustained, visible, grassroots, nation-spanning gun control effort’ (2006 p.2). It may just be that stronger, better-organised and longer sustaining activism is needed in order to promote such change. Additionally, the answer, as suggested by Kingdon (1995), may lie in…

that the main cause of fistulas are the fact that there is a lack of fistula services. The statistics that then go to back this statement up are numbing. It was said that out of the 77 million people living in Ethiopia, there are only 146 gynecologists and obstetricians and most of them are in the cities. This is where the matrix of domination meets gender segregation in that women who are poor and rural don’t receive proper services but often times women in the cities will not be able to…

As the company branched out and expanded to different states so Jack changed the name in 1969 to Enterprise Leasing Company, in honor of the U.S.S. Enterprise aircraft carrier upon which he served in the Navy. The energy crises of the 1970s hindered Enterprise Leasing Company’s expansion but accelerated growth occurred in the 1980s even though Hertz and National entered the hometown market. According to Tucker and Salamie (2005), “a key ingredient to Enterprises success was the innovative…

How ARC Advances Social Justice in Crises American Refugee Committee (ARC) is a nonprofit organization, based in Minneapolis, MN that works with refugees, internally displaced persons and people facing disaster and conflict in 11 countries (ARC 2016). The types of conflict ARC addresses includes natural and war related disasters and gender based violence that result in oppression, persecution, poverty in terms of resources, health, education and wealth, and displacement. ARC aims to assist…

This policy analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter referred as PPACA) begins by identifying major stakeholders and political implications. Next, it explores PPACA as health policy and reveals new possibilities of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The issues of ethics, personal privacy, and personal rights are discussed before a brief ‘lessons learned’ review of historical health policies. Finally, this paper closes with a health policy analysis of…

When a country goes completely from green to drought caused by industrializing, it loses its rescores due to deforestation, where communities depend on the resources for living, which then leads to poverty and violence. Wangari Maathai, in her memoir, “Unbowed” was telling the effects of deforestation and its horrible chain reaction in Kenya through her teary eyes. She was born in Kenya in 1940, where the colonization and industrialization of Britain caused violence and corruption, which…