Towards the end of my book, Rosa Parks learned that the events that happened on the day of the Montgomery bus incident was a huge benefit in the future. For example, she says "I look back now and realize that since that evening on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, we have made a lot of progress..." (Parks and Haskins, 186) . Rosa Parks describes different events that have occurred in African American history. For example, the first African American to become mayor, governor, and even president (186).
The valuable idea to take from this book is that no matter what goes on in your life or life in general whether it's good or bad, it will effect the future in some way. This book matters because it gives you the inside scoop from someones perspective and what they had to deal with and do in their life. Also, you learn new information that you maybe didn't know about inside the book. This book valuable today also. It's valuable today because it shows how bad it really was back then and even now it's still happening. A lot has changed since that time but, some of the things that happened back then are still happening. For example, racism, police brutality, protests, and many more.
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Currently in my book "Rosa Parks: My Story" , Rosa Parks described her life and how her family have dealt with racism all throughout their lives. Also, how she had an encounter where a white boy told her that he was going to hit her and she stood up for herself and said if he hits her then she was gonna hit him. Also, the struggles of her walking to school and how many schools she went to, which wasn't too many. She learned from her grandmother that she couldn't say anything back to the white folks if they had disrespected her because that is possible jail time or being lynched.
The events in my book relate to current day things such as the Black Lives Movement. The movement was like the Civil Rights Movement, it was to declare justice for those who died with for a unknown reason by white police officers. Also, to let people know how much African American lives matter as much as Caucasian lives or any other races lives. It can also relate to police brutality and the government. For a long time, white police officers have treated blacks like nothing. They would send dogs, put gas out, pepper spray, and even tased people. The government wasn't no good back then either. Blacks and whites segregated but, now everyone goes to the same school but, racism is still a problem even now. In my book "Rosa Parks: My Story" , is an biography that Rosa Parks wrote about her encounters with racism and segregation in her life. It takes place in Alabama, United States and historically the Civil Rights Movement is going on at that time. Rosa Parks describes the bus incident and this compares to real-life because it actually happened but, described in her perspective . Other people's perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement was some people thought that it was a non-peaceful protest and others were included in the protesting.
Introduction North Carolina ranks in the fifteen worst states for food insecurity of people under eighteen year of age, according to the North Carolina Association of Feeding America (2017). Also, 81 percent of households in the Raleigh area that receive assistance with food don't know where their next meal is coming from (North Carolina Association of Feeding America, 2017). Many different people can be affected by hunger. Students at school may suffer from this and their only source of food may be from school and programs such as food pantries. Hunger can easily affect homeless kids, seniors, and people that have to choose between paying for food or healthcare. Organizations like Rise Against Hunger rely on volunteers to deliver nutritious food to homeless kids around the world, and a branch of it runs right here in Raleigh. In Raleigh alone, about 4.5 million meals were packaged in 2016 (Rise Against Hunger, 2017). That averages out to about 514 meals every hour. Our goal is to package about three hours worth of food for Rise Against Hunger. We are interested in this issue because food is a vital necessity for growing children like ourselves. We are fortunate to have a good source of food at school, but there are kids who don’t have healthy food at home. The News and Observer says that many low-income kids will go hungry during winter break because they cannot rely on the breakfasts and lunches that Wake County Schools serve (Hui, 2015). We believe that every child should have their basic needs met so that they can learn well in school. According to Feeding America, “Studies have found that food insecurity has been associated with health problems for children that may hinder their ability to function normally and participate fully in school and other activities, ”(2017). The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. It is important that we as kids get a good education, but it is also important that we have the full ability to participate in the learning experience. All of us have been a student at least once. Good education allows us to succeed. This is one reason why everyone should care about this issue. Moreover, we as humans should take the responsibility to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. We need to help get their basic needs met so that they can succeed in life. The Issue Hunger mostly affects people that are of African American and Latino descent. Twenty- two percent of African American households and 21% of Latino households are food insecure. In addition, 27% of African American children and 24% of Latino children live in households that are food insecure (Feeding America 2017). Major hunger in North Carolina has been going on since The Great Depression. North Carolina has been regularly ranked as one of the highest states for food insecurity. Hunger is a problem in North Carolina because some people who are unemployed or bring in low wages struggle to put food on the table. There can be many causes and effects on our community because of hunger in North Carolina. One cause of child hunger could be that their parents don’t have enough money to feed all of the children. This can affect our community because it could not only lead to people in general being hungry, but also children being hungry. People and their children could also become homeless. A cause for seniors being hungry would be after they retire from a job they had, they may not have any income or savings left in order to prevent food insecurity. If this issue isn’t resolved then, hunger could possibly cause death from malnutrition. Another effect hunger could have is that homeless levels and unemployment levels would increase. Also, hunger in not only Raleigh, but also in North Carolina itself could make markets, grocery stores, and other businesses have a decreased income of money which can resort to a decreasing economy. The Solution There are many organizations that can help to end hunger, but only a few operate in this area. The Food Shuttle helps give out hot meals to those who can’t afford one. The Food Shuttle also has food drives which gives food to people who can’t bring it home. They can live off the food given to them for up to a month. Many people help by driving around to other people's houses and tell them about local events that can help with those who have a hunger issue. Rise Against Hunger is a organization that packages nourishing food for those who cannot afford it. Rise Against Hunger is a worldwide organization that is in local area. Unlike The Food Shuttle, you pay 29 cents per meal you want to package. They have packaged a total of 313,894,093 meals and in a week alone they have packaged 776,304 meals. The Rise Against Hunger organization serves 74 countries. They help many schools that are in need of food to feed the students that go there. They also have many places where you can volunteer in the country. There are many ways that we can help in our community such as in churches, we can have food banks and drives. At schools, teachers and staff can ask all the students for the extra canned goods that they don’t use. At many schools, they should have backpack buddies and for high schools could give high school students a meal that they take home meals for many can't afford any meals. Backpack buddies is a program that local schools and local community centers host. It gives canned goods and dinners to those in need. For example WRAL hosted a backpack buddies for the community and lots of people came out to volunteer and help the needy they have out about 10,000 meals. Backpack buddies can be in schools to such as Lacy Elementary. They give you a bag full of can goods boxed foods and they give you snacks that can last for a weekend or for a month Conclusion We personally want to do something for the people who need food. An idea we have is to host a meal packaging event for those in hunger. To do that we will need money and food. The food will be provided by Rise Against Hunger and we will be the ones who raise the money to get enough meals. To raise money we will be doing fun fundraisers and food drives. We will also contact Rise Against Hunger later on throughout the year after we have earned enough money. We are planning to package the meals at Martin Middle School. At the end of the year, all the 8th graders at Martin will do different community projects. Some of them will help us pack meals for those in need. We first need to have enough money. To reach that goal we’ll do fundraisers and food drives. School fundraisers like a bake sale, raffle, and many others might help us raise a lot of money. Many of the students at Martin could have food cans sitting in their kitchen that can be given to us for the food drives. We will also put up posters to help advertise for our fundraisers. If people want to join us they will need some important information . When they join us they will need to know that this is not helping them earn any money. We are raising money to help this in hunger. This is for a good cause, not a job where you earn money to use. Our goal for this project is to feed at least 1,542 meals and raise $450. If we can earn more money and get more meals for more people, that would be a great bonus. We will know if we achieved it when we raised $450 and packaged more than 1,600 meals. We hope we will reach our goal and help all of those who can't get at least one meal in one day. Works Cited Hui, T. Keung. "Many Wake County Students Go Hungry during Winter Break." Newsobserver. N.p., 20 Dec. 2015. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article50803540.html> "Hunger in North Carolina." North Carolina Food Banks. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. <http://ncfoodbanks.org/hunger-in-north-carolina/>. "Our Impact." Rise Against Hunger. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2017. <http://www.riseagainsthunger.org/our-impact/> I am the type of person who can be stubborn and be petty sometimes. Also, I'm the type of person who stays loyal to not only my family but also, friends. I can be shy at times when I'm meeting new people. Also, I can be mean to people sometimes, especially when I don't like that person.
My issue is bullying because I feel that bullying is another serious issue. People shouldn't get bullied because of how they act or how they look. Some people that bully other people may feel insecure about themselves. I am personally interested in this issue because no one should feel like their below anyone else. I think to help stop bullying we could go to local schools and talk about bullying and let them know that bullying isn't right to do to someone. Also, we could put up STOP BULLYING NOW signs that has informational facts on bullying and why they shouldn't do it to anyone.
I decided that my issue would be on homelessness because many people around anywhere are sitting on the streets with no home, food, or water. I personally am interested in this issue because I feel as though it should be dealt with. Also, because I don’t think people should have to live on the street and me not do anything about it. People should care about this issue because it's serious even if they aren’t the ones that are homeless and, also nobody should have to live on the streets. People including me are affected by this issue because it makes me and other people feel that we should be appreciative of what we have rather than being ungrateful. To help homelessness, I think we should hold a fundraiser to make money. The fundraiser could be just a lemonade stand or even a place where people can come and have fun by playing games and we can make the money like that. We can use the money to build shelters, buy food and give it physically to the people living on the streets, or give them straight cash for them to get on their feet to buy a house, get a job, and etc.
Some reasons that immigrants would have to come to United States is probably what's going in their country. There could be war going in their country and want to get away and be safe. Another reason could be that they want to start their life over. They were probably trying to get away from someone or something that they wanna get away from. The last reason would also, be just to get more land than they used to have. They probably live in a small town that has houses that are very closed together.
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