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Walden University is an accredited institution that molds professional aspiring students into scholar-practitioners. This institution provides a diverse community for developing student to create a positive social change (Walden University. 2015). Walden is committed to helping students achieve their goals through programs (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees and certificates) facilitating a difference in your career and community. Their mission statement is the establishment of the…

New York City is one of the most exciting places to be born and raised. Having traveled to a few different states and countries, people always show interest when I tell them I’m from New York City. Being a NYC native gives me some bragging rights and I can truly say I am proud to be a New Yorker. One thing that excites me the most about living in NYC is the vast amount of diversity. Walking out in the streets, the sight and smell of diversity excites me. Growing up within a diverse community…

Julie Andrews is an english actress and singer. She is also an author. She made her broadway debut in The Boy Friend. She was born on October 1, 1935 and is currently 81 years of age. Julie has starred in many shows. Julie made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964), and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in her hit role. She starred in The Sound of Music (1965), playing Maria, and won the Golden Globe Award For Best Actress. Between 1964 - 1986, she starred in…

Public art is all around us, and when you take a moment to look around you’ll find some amazing pieces. While walking around downtown there is always one mural that catches my eye every time. Located on the back side of the Burton Cummings Theatre (formerly known as the Walker Theatre, 364 Smith Street.) is an untitled piece by Winston Leathers (1932-2004). Maybe it’s the vibrant colours, or the fact that I spent just over 14 hours waiting outside the theatre two years ago waiting to see my…

Freddie Gray was arrested on April 12th, 2015 for owning a switchblade that was illegal. According to Times News: Black Lives Matter, while in transit to the police station, Freddie Gray suffered many injuries, including a neck injury, and a spine injury. He then fell into a coma and state in it until the 18th. Freddie Gray died on April 19th, 2015. The first…

This photo was taken just outside of the main part of New York City on the 11th September 2001. The photo is of the infamous attack on the world trade centre in which suicide bombers crashed planes into the two buildings. This devastating event shocked the world all over. Many pictures were taken, some shocking others tragic, however one seems to stand out more than the others. This photo, taken by German photographer ‘Thomas Hoepker’, proved to be highly controversial and was actually banned by…

When I began reading Jonathan Kozol’s Amazing Grace (1995), I was struck by a quotation early on that described the South Bronx area of New York City he would further explore throughout the book: The houses in which these children live, two thirds of which are owned by the City of New York, are often as squalid as the houses of the poorest children I have visited in rural Mississippi, but there is none of the greenness and the healing sweetness of the Mississippi countryside outside their…

In 1998, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani reported from 1993 to 1997, felony complaints decreased 44.3 percent. This included a 60.2 percent drop in murders and nonnegligent homicides, a 12.4 percent drop in forcible rape, a 48.4 percent drop in robbery, and a 45.7 drop in burglary. Mayor Giuliani credited Bratton and his "zero-tolerance" policing as a major factor in crime reduction. Mayor Giuliani and Commissioner Bratton also acknowledged that "Compstat", which was developed by Bratton,…

Robin Roberts was born on November 23, 1960, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She was the youngest out of all four of the kids in her family. She is the daughter to a airmen pilot. As a student in the classroom she was very successful/ She graduated high school as the salutatorian of her class. She ended up going to college and getting a journalism scholarship to Southern Louisiana University. With that scholarship finished college and graduated Southeastern…

In the novel Geographies of Home, written by Loida Maritza Pérez, there are copious references to New York City and its importance to the plot of the story. Published in 1999, the novel follows a Dominican family in its migration to NYC and the challenges they face. As readers, we see problems involving Lliana, Marina, Rebecca, Papito, and Aurelia. Between rape, violence, and abuse, Pèrez does a great job incorporating Brooklyn into the plot of the story. A lot of the wild stories written about…