Kofi Annan

facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and continuing care retirement communities. However, aging seniors overwhelmingly prefer to live in their own homes near family and friends for as long as possible. Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed a multigenerational society goal in this way when he spoke about the International Year of Older Persons: “A society for all ages is multigenerational. It is not fragmented, with youths, adults and older persons going their separate…

of lives and prevent another catastrophe like the Holocaust to happen again by simply just taking action. We have gone through countless of tragedies over the years; the Holocaust is a major one that impacted our lives. A UN Secretary General Kofi Annan argued, "…We…

The 2005 cartoon controversy of the Holy Prophet Mohammed by Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard By: Seth Johnson, Max Sassaman and Nouf Alghamdi Seth Johnson (Team leader): Wrote the main points and purpose. Max Sassaman: Wrote about the viewpoints expressed and what is left out. Nouf Alghamdi: Wrote about the political reaction and people's reaction.  The Danish cartoon controversy was twelve pictorials published, comically displaying the religion of Islam the prophet Muhammad in an…

Opus Immortalitati It is often said that knowledge is the pursuit of life, and wisdom is what one gains after it has been lived. This concept is something that authors and scholars have written about and experienced unanimously, and it happens ubiquitously with every single individual no matter what experiences they have dealt with in their lives. While it is universally true that people want to pass on all they have learned to others, their teachings and methods are all immensely different.…

We have so many racial injustices facing us and us our individual contributions cannot contribute to the solutions and we have to wait for a messiah to solve them or so it seems. We’ve had the messiahs the likes of Martin Luther King Jr, Fredrick Douglas, Rosa Parks and even Obama. Over 50 years’ black men were allowed to vote but racial injustice hasn’t seemed to come to an end yet. Young black men are still being shot on the streets, most of them are still in prison. At this point, we have to…

SUBMITTED BY: ABSTRACT Women, who make up half of the world’s population, have benefited more than men from the progress in economic and social development in the last three decades. Nevertheless they continue to be overrepresented among the world’s most vulnerable groups, as access to resources and power remains highly skewed towards men. Women empowerment is a goal in its own right but also a key factor for sustainable economic growth, social development and environmental…

After the infamous September 11, 2001 attacks, the White House made torture its secret weapon in the war on terror. According to renowned history professor Alfred McCoy, Washington chose the CIA as the instrument used to fight against Al Qaeda. Surprisingly, Washington’s quick recourse to torture in the hunt for Al Qaeda replicated the same outcome of anger among the local population and alienation of the American people from the larger war effort first seen during the “dirty” Vietnam war…