were growing up, he saw many injustices towards women in his village. As a result, he decided he needed to speak out to stop these acts. He then partnered with the Let Us Stay Alive program (LUSA). LUSA is a program which is designed to help women in Rwanda to have a way of making an income. He continued to speak for women's rights, but this was not always easy, often these ideals went unrecognized in Rwanda. Valens is still promoting women's rights and in 2010 he received the Pearsons award. This shows why Valens Ntamushobora plays a big part in teen activism and is an important part in the battle for women's rights in Rwanda. “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” - Ross Perot Alex Lin is a teen activist fighting for a big problem that many people do not know about. As stated in the article Alex Lin, Teenage activist, he was born in Westerly Rhode island in 1995. In 2004 he came upon a Wall Street Journal article talking the E-waste or Electronic waste problem. Alex once said “It first alerted me to the e-waste problem, and warned of an e-waste tsunami to come.” As mentioned on the website http://ifixit.org the problem with E-waste is that is carries amounts of hazardous chemicals and heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium and Alex Lin realized this is going to become a problem to the environment. So he started W.I.N (Westerly Innovations Network) which is a group of Alex's friends that try to…
Ross Perot says, an American business man, “Life is never more fun than when you are the underdog competing against the giants”. Everyone has limited views about the underdog’s success. They consider that the Giants will always beat the underdogs. Perot thinks it will be fun if we play roles in the underdogs and against the giants. In David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, he talks about the story and victory of the underdogs through the introduction. David is a small shepherd boy; he is a…
company has way to keep the middle man out. The founders of Dell had a vision of the future that would make them very rich. Another reason that Dell is so successful is the focus on quality control. When customers their product and there are not type of defects this makes the company look good. This is a model from a quality control method in the car industry. Dell showed that it can work in any industry and make a large profit. Dell has also gotten into other devices besides computers. They…
Integration and Engagement Lifelong Learning at a Professional Level Lifelong learning is continuous growth in gaining knowledge and skills that will help you to better understand your patients’ needs and to provide the best possible care for your patients. Lifelong learning will help a nurse to improve her critical thinking skills and increase her knowledge in current clinical treatments, procedures, practice, and understanding different cultures beliefs, behaviors, and though processes in…
Coming to motown was a dream for the young man. His career then later picked up and he changed his name. He changed his name stevie wonder. He had a amazing hit come out in 1972. The song was superstitious and it had so much success but it wasn 't technically his song. It was a cover that was originally by Jeff Beck. They came across an agreement to let motown to release the song and little did he know that it would be so famous. Not only was stevie wonder a breakout star for the company. They…
“So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your jobs a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA (lil rambents).” “I’ll Be There For You” was the catchy song that would play from enlarged, home televisions on Thursday nights as millions of Americans would join together and spend the next thirty minutes laughing along with the characters from Friends. Friends was a huge hit in 1990s. It piloted it 1994 and ran for ten seasons. The end of this beloved series was like the end of an era, yet it…
that if they have a problem joey is going to do his best to be there for them when they need him, this is show when chandler and Monica get married and they can’t find a minister to perform the ceremony. Joey when hearing the problem goes out and gets ordained. Another big thing in the Italian culture is food and eating with your family. Joey is one of the hungriest people that you will ever meet and is always wanting to go out to eat with his friends. Monica and Ross are brother and sister…
What’s Going On 2 Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is one of my favorite songs. Honestly, every generation down through the years can ask this question. What’s Going On? What’s going on with our children, with in our homes, in our schools, in our cities, in our nation? There are far too many mothers crying from the loss of their sons or even their daughters…
Marvin Gaye makes a lot of bold statements in his song, “What's Going On”. His song is a timeless piece of work that will always be relevant no matter the year. The song was made in the year 1971, which was a decade littered with war. Coincidentally, the song can be applied to 2016 with the current news of hate crime. Marvin Gaye says, “Don't punish me with brutality. Talk to me. So you can see. What's going on.” I chose this line because it really speaks to me. As an Indian American, there is…
Marvin Gaye was an American singer, record producer and songwriter. During the 1970’s, he recorded “What’s Going On”. The spring of 1970 was a dark time for Marvin Gaye and this song helped him talk about some controversial issues. His marriage to Anna Gordy, was crumbling, and he was devastated by the death of one of his duet partners, Tammi Terrell. His lyrics for this song were inspired by the stories his brother Frankie told him when he came back from the Vietnam War. The whole purpose of…