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    1 Response: I think Harvey Milk is a perfect example of someone who is a charismatic leader. Harvey faced numerous obstacles throughout his life and showed complete courage as well as compassion throughout all them all, two traits a charismatic leader would need to have in order to be successful. Harvey’s compassion helped him to interact in the LGBTQ community and be able to relate to others and help them to make sure they knew that they were not alone. Harvey specifically showed his…

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    What Is Harvey Milk Essay

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    the people you are leading and show others you trust them. Effective leaders are often flexible and are able to change their perspective of leadership to suit changing circumstances. In this paper, an analysis one of role model of leadership “Harvey Milk” will be given based on his struggle to leadership effectiveness new perspective. Which are transactional leadership, leader-member exchange, authentic leadership, transformational…

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    Leadership In The Odyssey

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    Milk: The Definition of a Dignitary Used lightly in today’s society, the word “leader” is commonly used to refer to a person who comes out and directs a group to take action in some way, shape, or form. By this definition, a good leader would be one whose directions land the group he or she is directing above all other groups. But in certain instances, like the ones of Odysseus and Harvey Milk, a leader isn’t always someone who is trying to be greater than those around them, they’re simply just…

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    I chose the political movie Milk starring Sean Penn who played assonated city supervisor Harvey Milk the first gay man to serve in office. But before Harvey Milk was elected this all began when Milk moved to San Francisco with his partner Scott Smith where they opened up a film shop and was told by a member who them they were not allowed to join the Eureka Valley Merchants Association because of their sexual orientation. As a result of being discriminated against Milk wanted to create a Merchant…

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    Milk Film Analysis

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    Milk Envision taking a shot at a job in an unpleasant neighborhood, having somebody decline to enable you to join an affiliation and debilitate to call the police. That, as well as to have your business permit renounced on no legitimate grounds. This is just a single of numerous circumstances that Milk experienced living in San Francisco, California, as a gay. Gay people were frequently depicted as social freaks and regularly confronted serious police mercilessness. This film tends to numerous…

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    and does everything for fame and fortune. A hero could also be like Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay politician, who was: a leader, ready to fight oppression against him, and help the LGBT community. Two totally different types of hero’s, but we still look up to both of them. Although we have different definitions of a hero, we can still say that both Beowulf and Harvey Milk are considered heroes. Beowulf and Harvey Milk both fought monsters. Beowulf fought three monsters throughout…

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    involved in the ongoing movement. It's very clear these goals are at the forefront of his speech because he references garnering more of a population for the movement as the very first words uttered are as follows: “My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.” How explicit Milk is about what he hopes to accomplish is a recurring aspect of his diction within the speech. This is also a way he establishes his most prominent rhetorical device, establishing his credibility on the subject of…

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    very core; it is what shaped this city into the way it is now, open and accepting. As I walk along the pavement, my dirty old vans dancing around the puddles threatening to soak my feet, I come across my true intent for coming to the Castro, The Harvey Milk museum. It’s challenging to notice from the outside, being as quaint as it is. It is so petite in fact, that unless you were going out of your way to find this particular museum, you probably wouldn’t be able to see it at all.…

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    those words.” This was said by Harvey milk in the movie milk that represented what he stood for equal rights for not just gay but everyone. The definition of social justice is “Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society”. In the movie milk addresses social justice and equity issues that the gay community in California faced in the 1970’s struggles socially, politically, and culturally. The film centres on Harvey milk and revealed how LGBTQ…

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    In the speech “The Hope Speech”, by Harvey Milk, he is an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California. His purpose is to persuade people that gays are not the child molesters that people often assume they are; that they can not, and should not, let gay community be “judged by our criminals and myths.” The speech tone is hopeful and cheerful because it makes you want to stop and listen to what he is saying and it is very inspirational and influential…

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