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This is an organization that my friend founded. She is currently in Afghanistan doing work for the project. She has had the opportunity to meet many very interesting people and has been reporting her experiences at the following site. All of the latest posts are her's. I thought you might find this to be an interesting organization working for change!
Education is the way forward. Be it school building, teacher training, literacy, cultural preservation, healthcare best practices, hygiene and sanitation, or greening initiatives – it is critical to the sustainability of communities in remote mountain areas around the world.
Mountain to Mountain was founded to create opportunity and venues for education in remote and impoverished areas of the world. Built upon the vision of uniting like-minded mountain communities with a single cause, Mountain to Mountain creates global connections between cultures…connecting communities and cultures in order to inspire participation and donations at home, and further the understanding of those we aim to empower through education.
Focus is put on projects that create venues and equip communities to promote sustainable education from within. Working with partners and local NGO’s that work from within the communities rather than dictating from afar - communities pledge their time, resources, and sweat equity, ensuring viable and sustainable projects for generations to come.
http://mountain2mountain.wordpress.com/about-mountain-to-mountain/
We will revisit these questions throughout the rest of the semester.
1.Will Obama create change? What kind? How?
2. Where have you witnessed discrimination and what did you do to respond to it?
3. Have you been the victim of discrimination? Explain.
4. Why has race been able to survive the shift between being heavily supported in
scientific discourse to being almost universally denied as a valid scientific concept?
5. Is there a “best� way to respond to discrimination?
6. How can middle class blacks use their resources to minimize racial discrimination?
7. How can we as a generation hinder the negative effects of discrimination?
8. Do you think that exploitation of a status could lead to further discrimination, such as increased avoidance?
There is some debate as to whether or not an audience member shouted the N-word. But how does she respond? Here is a link that discusses the controversy and videos that argue the N-word was not used.
Note how they depict the villan!
Another episode of John & Faith Hubley's classic cartoon series for The Electric Company, with Gene Wilder as Letterman, Zero Mostel as the Spellbinder, and Joan Rivers narrating.
We will revisit these questions throughout the rest of the semester.
1.Will Obama create change? What kind? How?
2. Where have you witnessed discrimination and what did you do to respond to it?
3. Have you been the victim of discrimination? Explain.
4. Why has race been able to survive the shift between being heavily supported in
scientific discourse to being almost universally denied as a valid scientific concept?
5. Is there a “best� way to respond to discrimination?
6. How can middle class blacks use their resources to minimize racial discrimination?
7. How can we as a generation hinder the negative effects of discrimination?
8. Do you think that exploitation of a status could lead to further discrimination, such as increased avoidance?
We watched this clip today. I pointed out how Obama is multi-ethnic and yet we focus on his African heritage.
Want to know what a Marxist thinks about the election and the direction of the country?
http://www.marxist.com/us-elections-welcome-to-school-of-democrats.htm
http://www.marxist.com/us-elections-welcome-to-school-of-democrats.htm