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    When Marcela is introduced in the story she is waiting for Mayor Romero to be interrogated about her role in the revolution. In the story, she says, “They brought me to this jail in the capital not to long before our leadership fell. They almost always bring me to this room so Mayor Romero can interrogate me” (6). While she is waiting for Mayor Romero a flashback occurs and readers learn about what impacted. In the flashback, Marcela was at a sandy place doing social work and her daughter got…

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    Fight, a documentary by Marshall Curry, we see how Cory Booker tries to win an election for mayor against Sharpe James in Newark, New Jersey. The things that shape this documentary is the campaign itself, the tactics the two used, and the people's reaction to the election. Their campaigns could be summed down to experienced leadership (Sharpe James) versus change (Cory Booker). James had been serving as mayor for sixteen years and has brought many changes to Newark. He has done good for the…

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    Broken Windows Policing

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    Mayor Dinkins implemented a police reform during his tenure at city hall from 1990-1993. His plan included 1.8 billion dollars to hire eight thousand new officers and he hired Lee Brown as commissioner, whom favored community policing. Under Lee Brown, officers were required to regularly patrol neighborhoods, start a personal rapport with the residents, and help solve problems other than 911 calls. Mayor Dinkins successor was Rudy Giuliani, whom help…

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    which are first: avoiding going to court because the court mainly want to send this case to the community to know their opinion and that will lead to controversy between people who want to remove this painting and the other that do not. Second: the mayor has a reelection campaign and he want to preserve his popularity by keeping a good relationships with the police and religious community, and he will not to look weak. All that will achieve when I can reach a compromise that include the mayor’s…

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    Jones is not the only author who has published a novel about the child murders. Toni Cade Bambara has done the same through her posthumous novel, Those Bones Are Not My Child. Amazingly, the same paradigm of black patriarchal and matriarchal leadership during a crisis seen in Jones’ book, occurs in Bambara’s book. Yet, some may argue that my reading of the roles and perceptions of gendered black leadership in the domestic sphere during a crisis is actually troubled—not corroborated—by Bambara’s…

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    Philadelphia Fire Burn

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    Let The Fire Burn In 1985 action began to take place between the Philadelphia law enforcement and the up and coming racial group known as MOVE. MOVE was a mainly African-American group working towards a nature oriented lifestyle in the ghetto of Philadelphia. This was, for the most part, a peaceful group-- who openly exercised their first amendment right to practice religion. As time moved on confrontation between MOVE and the law enforcement officers, even some of the people of Philadelphia,…

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    She does not pay taxes since her father died because as the previous mayor of her town, Colonel Sartoris had said, her father had given or contributed a great amount of money for their town so she does not need to pay the taxes that everyone pays. Also because she just shoved off the authority/ official…

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    I was crying tears of sadness. I never have cried that much before. First I lose Mama and Papa then I lose Rudy my best friend and my first love. I get up and see this image of something? It looks like the mayor and his wife walking around in sadness from all the death around them. The mayor and his wife were staring at me and I got up and started to walking towards them I then picked up my pace and I started running into the mayor’s wife’s arms and crying. She tells me it will be okay and that…

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    n Excellency within a child’s educational endeavors begins with a comprehensive look at policies that institute educational facilities. Ecological factors including family, the community, and the individual can be indicative of how a child will thrive. From birth to eight is a vital period in the development of a child’s learning and social endeavors; this timeframe sets the foundational groundwork for an education. Governance in the City of Chicago sees the importance of educationally…

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    has big buildings and a lot of water. All I have to say is this zombie was scary. Riley and Jaylin were trying to warn people, but who would believe a bunch of children. Well that is their fault. After a few days there was zombies everywhere. The mayor didn’t know what to do, luckily this city had a bunch of kids that play zombie games all the time and can help them. People we loved and knew where trying to kill us. Wait, wait, I know what you're thinking how do the zombies turn the humans into…

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