Garfield Park letter

In this letter I will be addressing the issue in Garfield park. I chose Garfield Park because it is a neighborhood that suffers from violence, I wrote this letter to the Alderman so he could take action and find the root of this cause, also so he could get informed on what is going on. This is why I am writing this letter to Garfield parks local Alderman.

Jason C. Ervin

121 N. LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60608

November, 14, 13                                  

       

Dear Jason C. Ervin,

I am a student from GCE High school, I am writing this letter to you today because in my course Global Peace it  teaches us about how we should become Global citizens and how we should apply it to the world. The issue I will be addressing more in depth of my letter is Garfield parks violence. Although i’m not from Garfield park area I often go their  notice there's a ton of crimes going on in that particular area. Local businesses in Garfield are running low because people in Garfield are most likely afraid of going out in fear of getting shot. This is why local businesses in Garfield are running to an all time low.

The terrible actions going on in Garfield must stop because these shootings and rapes and many more crimes, are taking effect on the people of Garfield. The citizens in Garfield are taking people’s lives like it’s nothing. These actions are  having an effect on the people of Garfield . Every time I go to Garfield park there's always police cars on every other corner Although this may help, it also makes the people of Garfield feel like people are watching their every move. This makes the people of Garfield knowingly worried that something at anytime of the day may happen, and they don't know when and why. We as citizens of Chicago need to find the root of the cause and figure out what we can do to prevent these things from continuing to happen.

I propose that Garfield Park area build some sort of Community center where it isn't run down but the best of the best! I think this Community center should consist of activities for Kids, youth, and adults. This center could also add jobs in the community such as camp counselors, desks operators, custodians etc. I think with this center it would be a sort of local business because it would be runned by the people of Garfield. What I am trying to plead to you is that this community need some sort of thing to help them. I predict if we build something similar to this then we could possibly be a better community.

Thank you for taking the time in reading my letter,

AMK          

The evolution of basketball shorts

 This Action Project was based on the course we are taking in class (82). For this action project I had the topic of basketball shorts and how they evolved over eras of time. The most rewarding part about this action project was discovering all new things I hadn't known about early basketball history. The most challenging part of this was to find someone that had experience on basketball shorts, eventually I found someone who answered the majority of my questions. This action project project came out a success!

Who are We: We are Freedom Fighters

The purpose of this action project, was to write two poems that reflect on our Freedom Fighter. The Freedom fighter I chose was Malala Yousafzai, she is an activist for womens education rights. I also choose Malala because she is brave and inspring person she is also a great role model. I am most proud on my 'Malala' poem because it gives you an idea of what she does/ went through. I was most

I Fight For Women's Education

I'm just a normal teenager that wants education, my name is Malala Yousafzai. 

One day, I was riding a bus carrying me and my friends home from a small school

that was taught by my dad, 

our bus stopped unexpectedly.

Men that held guns came inside our bus and asked ‘who is Malala?’ 

before I could think I felt a sharp cold object hit me.

What went wrong?

I am Malala Yousafzai I am just a normal teenager that wants an education. 

I woke up a week later not knowing where I was nor where my parents were,

I was so confused, why was I in a hospital bed? 

This isn't my country I thought. I was wondering where my dad was. Did he get shot too?

I started to panic.

I tried asking for my parents but I couldn't talk there was a tube down my throat.

The kind people gave me a notepad and a pen,  I wrote ‘where is my dad?’

‘who is going to pay for the hospital bills?’

After spending months in therapy I am now stronger mentally and physically, I now speak about what I have been through,

I want people to be aware of what's going on in other countries.

Why women are restricted of doing things men can?. 

This is why I wrote my book, ‘ I am Malala’. I wrote this book because I wanted people to know what I stood up for. I stood up for education for women.

Even though my book and me in general have caused trouble,

I often think about what would happen if no one spoke up

would we always be oppressed?

I am aware of what terrible things people in my country are doing

to stop girls from getting an education, 

that is why I need to speak out

I am the voice for thousands of girls all over the world who are too afraid to speak out. 

I am Malala Yousafzai!      

  

                          

                            Kuriakose. Dhiya.The Guardian. 20013. Oct.10.

I Fight For Gender Equality

Who am I?
I am a girl people say I'm tall but I feel short, I am loud but quiet, mean yet kind, adventurous but still close to home

Who am I? 
I come from different cultures, from Nigeria but born in Chicago.

Who am I? 
A high school student who wants to become a lawyer striving for the best but preparing for the worst.

Who am I?
A daughter, a friend, a sister.

Who am I?

The challenge I may face in the future,is not receiving a job because the color of my skin,or not being able to secure a job because I can't perform the same task as someone I associate with.

The challenge I may face is being judged based on my nationality whether I can speak a language a certain way or if i can speak ‘African’.

There are many challenges I may face in my life     

Sarvodaya can help us all see that we are no different from each other, our skin color or our nationality does not determine what we are going to become

 or grow up as in our future, people are so quick to judge- I know im not perfect.

Sarvodaya states that we have to all ‘rise’ as one meaning no one should be in higher power of anyone. Sarvodaya can teach us all that we need to respect, love, and care for each other and rise as one.

Interview Reflection

                                                                  REFLECTION

For this project I had to interview someone that had an experience with segregation, I interviewed a friend of mine named Samantha Yuen, during this time she lived right out side of Alabama, she was around 9 years at the time of segregation coming to an end. . Samantha talked to me about how everything back then was so different compared to now, she recalled a day where she was at a dinner and and African American man came inside, she stated  that they treated him as if he wasn't human but he still was polite, she always had respect for African Americans 'secretly' because although, they didn't get treated with the right amount of respect they never once were rude. But Samantha already knew why he couldn't be disrespectful because that would give the police officers a reason to arrest them. Although she felt bad she still didn't do anything to change this problem because she didn't want to get in trouble or interfere with any problems. She imaged if their wasn't racism back then then the people that fought for a change would still be alive today.      

Samantha moved to Chicago with her family when she was 11 in hopes of it being less segregate,  although that didn't work out she still lives here today and works for the history museum where she often tells people about what she has learned through that time of her life. I asked Samantha if she ever heard the term 'Sarvdaya' she only knew that is meant 'all rising' I gave her the exact definition and she released it in more depth after the interview. This interview shows how people you know have experiences about memorable thing in history. Sarvdaya has an impact on every one it doesn't matter what race you are, you all have to sand as one in order to get an impact, just as the African Americans and even 'whites' stood together and now today there isn't much racism going around.










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