National Day

Yesterday was National Coming Out Day and after reading so many other stories I feel compelled to share my own. The first time someone called me a faggot I was 6 years old. I didn’t understand what it meant at the time, but I felt the ridicule and rejection all too clearly. At 11 years old I crossed over from Cub Scouts to the Boy Scouts. It didn’t take long before I became the target of disparaging remarks about my perceived lack of masculinity from fellow scouts and even some adult leaders.…

to handle both issues of assimilation and child welfare (Sorry Day and The Stolen Generations, 2015). The report further detailed instances of abuse post-removal. Many boys were referred to as “inmates” or by their identification numbers in their new homes. Children attempted to run away and many were placed in solitary confinement for acting out, not following rules, or attempting to run away. After a certain age children were…

Perfectly Preserved For my project I am going to volunteer at the Morongo Valley preserve for National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day promotes both popular enjoyment and volunteer conservation of public lands. To support this national day I will be attending a volunteer service. My teacher will give me the application for our parents to sign on September 20th, when we turn in our essay. On Saturday, September 30th from 8:00am to 2:00pm when the event takes place, my mom will be…

keep on talking about the same old gossip that they always do. I love learning about all of my past, my skin colour feels like the only connection to it I have left. I wish that I could remember my aboriginal name but it was taken away from me the day after I was taken. Just recently I have felt lost, I have been taught to act like a ‘white’ person, but that isn’t me. Everyone around me tries so hard to make be ‘normal’, but I don’t think that I will be able to change, I don’t really want to…

Elmer Chavarria illegally entered the US from Guatemala almost 20 years in hopes of escaping the violence in his hometown. In 2007 he married a US citizen, Cyndi, and together had a daughter. Unexpectedly, Elmer was assaulted and injured by police during a routine call in his Grand Rapids, Michigan home. After his release Elmer was advised to pursue immediate surgery for two herniated disks pinching his spinal cord which caused him severe back pain and numbness on his lower body. Before his…

In his essay, “Happy National Apathy Day” published in The New York Times, Will Durst mocks the voter’s general lack of interest in voting. Durst 's sarcasm is evident throughout the essay as he picks fun at the voter 's excuses. Flaws that exist in the election system are also mocked by Durst. The election system is kept ineffective to keep it weak and not give the people power. Durst alludes to the fact that voters inactivity in the election process leads to problems in their community. Durst…

*National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day* Today is _National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day_. While he was in office, President Ronald Reagan designated October 1988 as _Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month_, which he began to remember pregnancy loss and infant death including, but not limited to, miscarriage, still birth, SIDS or the death of a newborn. Prior to social media, I never knew that such a day/month of remembrance existed, but I remember and often think…

if one day a year were devoted to it, everybody could get it out of the way and the rest of the year would be safe" (Morrison 20). Shadrack has found a way to escape the battlefield this way he no longer needs to be on edge, anticipating the next grenade to explode, no more unexpected enemy fire he controls in a way his own death. The community's ability to fit Shadrack into their little close-knit community says a lot more about the people of Medallion. They do not actively accept National…

If you were a sports fan in Hartford the day of my birth you had probably traveled to Dell Rapids the night before to see the West Central Boys basketball team. The Trojans, who defeated the Quarriers 76-68, were lead by Tucker Hansen, who had 23 points (“West Central 76, Dell Rapids 68” 4C). Also from around the Sioux Empire the police were searching for the driver of a truck that hit a pedestrian. The driver of truck hit a man from behind on 31st Street North and between Cliff and Van Eps…

On National Coming Out Day the rainbow center held an event for students to listen to poetry and other students’ personal experiences with coming out. Walking in I was a little nervous and was not sure what to expect. No one in my family or my close friends have ever dealt with coming out, so this was new to me. Although I was not very knowledgeable about what it is like to come out, I was still interested in learning about what other people have gone through. As I walked in my eyes went first…