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    No Place For Hate

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    inclusive environments, it aims to reduce bias and bullying, increase appreciation for diversity and build communities of respect. The initiative is free-of-charge, and is tailored to fit the needs and cultures of any school or organization. The Philadelphia Regional Office first implemented No Place for Hate as a community-based initiative in 2001, and in 2005 the program was adapted to meet the needs of schools. No Place for Hate was officially endorsed by the Governor of Pennsylvania in 2006…

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    Harry Daniels was an honourary Métis member, leader, social activist, author, and actor who was born September 16, 1940, in Regina, Saskatchewan. Daniels spent over 40 years in the national and international Aboriginal political arenas, fighting for the rights of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. Influenced by the Labour Movement and the Civil Rights Movement, he was one of the founding members of both the Saskatchewan Métis Society and the Native Council of Canada. He served as Vice President of the…

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    ideas here clearly mirror the Declaration of Independence, despite being written nearly a century beforehand. William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania, as well as a Quaker. William Penn's well-developed, humanitarian ideas influenced not only Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, but also the Constitution…

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    Chester County: Case Study

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    Chester County is where I have been raised all my life, it’s a wonderful area. It is located in southern Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Specifically it is located at 40.0010 degrees N, 75.8069 degrees W. William Penn founded the county in 1682 making it one of his three original Pennsylvania colonies. It was named after Chester, England. The landscape is beautiful here, lots of rolling hills and valleys flourishing with wildlife and…

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    Mott Haven is a community district in the South Bronx. Mott Haven attracts new immigrants from diverse cultures due to its affordability, economic opportunities, and its access to cultural institutions (“Mott Haven – Choice Neighborhoods Initiative”, 2014). In 1849 Jordan Mott purchased the land of what is now known as Mott Haven. He purchased the land for workers’ homes to support his iron works business on the Harlem River at East 134st (“Mott Haven – Choice Neighborhoods Initiative”, 2014).…

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    Inventor, printer, man with the kite, writer, thinker, and scientist; Benjamin Franklin was a man of many interests known by many names. Benjamin Franklin is our most engaging founding father and we see the reflections of him and his personality through his legacy and his life’s work, helping make this country great. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston Massachusetts. He was the fifteenth of the seventeen children to his father Josiah Franklin by his two marriages. As the…

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    Benjamin Franklin was a well known man. Franklin is well known because of his face on the one hundred dollar bill, which is the biggest bill that we have. Benjamin made his entrance into the world on January 17, 1706. He was born in the town of Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father was Josiah Franklin, who was an English-born soap and candle maker. Franklin was remarkably intelligent and learned to read at an early age. Despite his success at the Boston…

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    In 1871 the first ever official Fire Department was created and formally introduced into the Los Angeles area. The LAFD has had Emergency Medical Services be a part of the department for almost a hundred years. In the year 1927, the Los Angeles Fire Department added Emergency Medical Services into their program. A few years later in 1931, already six LAFD ambulances were stationed around the metropolitan and around the shoreside area. Originally the EMS program was linked with the Los…

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    Moving To Hawaii

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    Moving to the Most Isolated Place on the Earth Two years ago, in 2016, my mother came to me and asked, "How would you feel about moving to Hawaii?" Of course, my first reaction was to freak out and say yes, because who doesn't want to go to Hawaii? Let alone live there. However, moving to Hawaii is not as glamorous as it seems. My mother, my brother, my three cats, my dog, and I had no idea at this time, but we were about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. My mom is a photographer which…

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    Blessing Opara Eduard Pedersen History 120 15 September 2014 Colonization-Collecting and Evaluating the Evidence In the late seventeenth century Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. A British colony established as a safe haven for Penn and his fellow Quakers. Pennsylvania was a colony that promoted religious tolerance as it was established to prevent the religious persecution of Quakers that was happening in England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Pennsylvania was a…

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