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    Something Gladwell did not manage to point out was the distance the information given could reach. Yes, social activism has a bigger and more direct impact on the people, but what about the numbers of people that can be reached by it. Gladwell solely focused on quality, but never mentioned quantity. What if the person expected to influence lives half away across the world. You couldn’t just travel there and back way back in the past, but today you can. Thanks to social media and applications…

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    The Civil Rights Movement grew slowly to a massive scale. During the struggle organizations began to emerge, one led by Martin Luther King, was the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), another formed by young students was the the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), all organizations slowly expanded, as well as the organization of black Americans: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The Southern…

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    The 1960’s were a decade of great social change. In the Civil Rights Movement many groups caught American attention. These groups advocated for rights of African Americans, Latinos, women and farmers. Four important groups that came to power during the 1960’s were SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee), NOW (National Organization of Women), and UFW (United Farm Workers). The Southern Christian Leadership Conference gained popularity…

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    The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s includes many monumental and unfortunate events. During this time there were television broadcasts that either opened up the nations eyes to what was going on or started controversy for being aired. Three events that were both televised and stood out to have the most impact on The Civil Rights Movement were the controversy that the television show Amos ‘n Andy brought about, Martin Luther King Jr.’s. “I have a dream” speech, and the televised events of…

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    Walden Social Change

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    Social change is an evolving solution to societies problems and happens when there is a deviation in the core fabric of society where a phenomenon occurs. According to Ravitch and Carl (2016) social change may occur due to an action or inaction. Moreover, Aguinis and Glavas (2012) offers a multilevel and multidisciplinary theoretical frame work that includes a reactive or proactive predictor of responsibility related to policies. Social change can be anything from staring organizations that…

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    The civil rights movement of the 1960s was a massive collaboration between supporters for the equality of civil rights in the black community. Segregation was a common practice at that point in history, in which blacks were treated with the “separate but equal” doctrine and had access to supposedly the same state of establishment, but were refused service in a “whites only” area. This separate but equal notion was practiced in many states, and although the civil rights movement had already begun…

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    NAACP Leader and Civil Rights Activist “Nothing is more important than a good education.” These were words stated by Roy Wilkins, an important figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Roy Wilkins is a significant figure to the Civil Rights Movement because he created notable impacts for the Civil Rights, impressively lead the NAACP and faced difficulties as a remarkable leader. Roy Wilkins was born in St.…

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    Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines recreation as “A means of refreshment or diversion”. It describes conservation as “official supervision of rivers, forests, and other natural resources in order to preserve and protect them through prudent management”. A true outdoorsman knows these words and their definitions by a commonly disregarded and misunderstood colloquialism “Pack it in, Pack it out”. Many people believe that this phrase translates into “If its mine, I pack it out”. What…

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    The material analyzed by Robert D. Bullard circulates in the form of an article that was originally published on 1993. The author’s targeted audience consists primarily of uninformed individuals who have been directly or indirectly affected by discriminatory environmental practices. Environmental Justice for All, promises to outline a framework that can be used to address environmental inequalities from a socioeconomic and political perspective. Lastly, parenthetical citations are used in…

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    protection, and reforestation. Today’s environmental movement encompasses many ideas and concerns, but the modern environmental movement originated in the 1960s with one particular issue: pesticides. Rachel Carson, a biologist, raised American consciousness about pesticides with her book Silent Spring. Carson’s 1962 book resulted in the prohibition of America’s favorite pesticide; DDT. Carson’s booked helped spark the modern environmental movement by raising American consciousness which then…

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