Trenton

I could hear the birds singing and felt the wind blowing against my tinted red cheeks in Vineland, New Jersey. We had just moved into a house on Trenton E Chestnut Ave. The house was about 50 years old, it was freshly painted with a platinum color and a brand new roof. I lived with My Mom, and my big sister Myah that just turned 16 last month. We didn't have a dad because he left us when I was just about 3 months old. And I'm Savage I am 14 years old and I go to Bwaxican High, and right now I…

Many children are placed in unsafe homes where their foster parents either physically, mentally, or sexualy abuse them or just completely ignore and neglect them. A recent inquiry into the Trenton, New Jersey foster care system found that up to one in five children were abused while in foster homes(Malka 1). Some might argue that it is character-strengthening abuse, but “Children who experience child abuse and neglect are 59% more likely to…

step is “seeding” which provides the area with services such as encompassing prevention, intervention, treatment and neighborhood restoration programs (Perez & Roberts, 2015). The Weed and Seed program was first implemented in Kansas City, Missouri, Trenton, New Jersey, and Omaha, Nebraska were crime was abundant in certain areas. According to Dunworth and Mills (1999) the program aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crimes, drug related crimes, and gang activity in high-crime areas. In…

Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies on January 11th, 1757. Alex was born to Rachel Fawcett Lavien and John Lavien. John Lavien was an abusive husband so Rachel decided to flee their relationship with Alexander and his brother James who was older. Rachel remarried to James Hamilton. When Alex was 10 his father, James, left them with all his debts for Rachel to deal with. Alexander took his first job when he was only 11. Despite his best efforts Alexander’s…

Alexander Hamilton was born at roughly January11, 1755 or 1757. He was born in the British West Indies on an island named Nevis. Alexander’s father was James Hamilton who was a Scottish trader, and his mother, a woman whose name was Rachel Fawcett Lavine (French), was married to John Michael Lavine, when Alexander was born. Rachel got threw out of John’s home for disloyalty in their marriage. When Alexander was still an infant, James Hamilton left his household and Alexander behind. They fought…

Colored Girls WHo Considered Suicide when the rainbow was Enuf. Ntozake Shange is an African American award winning playwright, poet and novelist. She is also a Black Feminist and played a significant role in the Black Arts Movement. She was Born in Trenton, New Jersey on October 18, 1948 into a upper middle-class African American family. She was originally born Paulette Williams. Her parents Paul and Eloise Williams were an Air Force surgeon and Psychiatric social worker. Growing up she had…

Thomas Paine helped influence the American Revolution with his pamphlet called “Common Sense.” This helped influence many Americans to gain their independence from Great Britain and become their own nation. This pamphlet was not only just patriotic, but was an extremely powerful message to the American people. This showed the patriots that the New World civilians could live in a Republic-Democratic nation without worrying about a King in a different country. General George Washington used this…

Col. Russell Williams, 23 year career in the military, Base Commander in the largest air force base in all of Canada and has transported some of the highest dignitaries to our country as a pilot. But how could someone so accomplished and highly regarded end up incarcerated for life? Let me start by giving you a look at his life before, during and after his career in the military. Born in Bromsgrove, England, his family moved to Chalk River, Ontario and met another family, the Sovka’s. The 2…

Every day is the same to you; you wake up, read the paper, and drink your coffee. You work at the East Cambridge Prison, where you keep the inmates in order by whipping them, chaining them up, and by not giving them food. You know that the conditions are wrong and inhumane, but it’s a well-paying job. You don’t speak out because you’re worried about your family and three kids at home who need to be fed. Stories like these occurred in prisons and mental institutions all around the world. The…

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. He was born in Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. It is strenuous to figure out his actual birthday because he was born twenty years before the introduction to the calendar. Americans celebrate Washington's birthday the Monday before his actual birthday. When Washington was eleven his father, Augustine Washington, died leaving most of the property to George’s older brothers. Augustine married Washington's mother, Mary Ball, in 1731.…