I've always wanted to help in the community, looking for things I could do to on my own to serve but could not find the right niche or good fit. That was until now in English Composition 2 when Professor Alissa Nephew said that she was offer extra credit for doing a service learning community program. When I looked CASA, called and seen that I had the opportunity to I could get involved regularly and long term past my service learning, this was the perfect volunteer project for me. The more I read about the organization and its goals, the eager I became to join. Just like everything else, when you first for the start time I had what I was even getting myself into. I had only one idea of what it meant and that was finding placement for kids; sounds easy. Boy was I wrong, today, I would have to say CASA means that I've been entrusted with the importance and understandingly to advocate for some of the people in my community who need me most. What is CASA of Oklahoma; CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates and it is a nonprofit organization. There main duty is to recruit and train volunteers to serve as advocates for abused and neglected children. …show more content…
Since volunteering I have meet some admirable, nurturing, and complexed group of people who have devoted their careers to helping families in crucial situations. These group of inspiring people have influenced me in so many ways- especially everyone at the Juvenile Detention Center. When I look around in a room at a meeting for a case, I am absolutely amazed by the number of people that really want to actually help these children get back home or find a safe place to live and improve every aspect of that child’s family life. And we did even know these people but we are all here for the same coming good no one is against
Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer illustrates the life and death of Christopher McCandless, and his search for the true meaning in life. McCandless’ family was well-off and he graduated from Emory University with honors. Everything in McCandless’ life came easy, and because of this he wished to find what it meant to work for something. Through his perilous journey across the United States, McCandless found a way to inspire others everywhere he went. His independent and carefree mindset inspired other adventure seekers. Because McCandless desired to push the status-quo, he trades material wealth in order to find the richness in life.
1. For my television commercial I used the popular Sham wow infomercial. According to the site the Sham Wow is “a washcloth, which will dry, and polish any surface. They are like a towel, chamois, and sponge all in one--except they're extremely absorbent and can be used over and over.” However, a segment on ABC’s Good Morning America gives Sham Wow a “C” and says it’s a normal towel so why have so many Americans fallen for the gimmick?
Last NFL season for the San Diego Chargers didn't went so well going for example they went 5-11 and losing against the Cleveland browns,but now they have a fresh as they just announced this week they were moving to Los Angeles and now called Los Angeles Chargers. However some fans are disappointed with the owner's decision because after 50 years of franchise in San Diego. Although the NFL wants the chargers back in San Diego the owner Dean Spanos says Is a fresh start for the team, but many of the owners that invest on ownership are upset of them leaving. The reason why some fans are really heated and betrayed Is Dead Spanos promised “Not only did Spanos say that keeping the Chargers in San Diego was a priority, but he also promised to give
This is Walesko Casiano I am an immigration attorney at Mid Atlantic Legal. Laiba came to my office and she told me about her dream like being a lawyer in the future, and she is interested of different countries hearing different she wants to hear people stories and she want to help in any way she can. From there I deiced to hire her because she came with a dream, and she is very determined to accomplish her dream. She is my intern for the summer and she is discovering a lot of different things such as learning such as filling asylum application for clients who have issue speaking English, she reviews different cases, and when she has time she learns Spanish. In my eyes, Laiba is a hardworking, determined, and open
CASA is a nonprofit that is based off of volunteer advocates who stand up for the well-being of abused and neglected children in the foster care system. The CASA volunteers are there to ensure that every foster child’s needs remain a priority in an overburdened child welfare system while searching for a safe and permanent home for the child.
Many families encounter the worst of sports related injuries, such as being paralyzed or even death upon playing. The NCHSAA should be more cautious upon high school athletics and make it a safer environment towards all contenders within the divisions. It is not the NCHSAA fault upon injuries, but they can make the biggest improvement upon sports to try and prevent many risky injuries. Kids will go through the pain of an injury, not to only sit and get ready to play again, but to learn an important lesson.
It's a topic that many presidential candidates are addressing on the campaign trail, and now one local Assemblyman is discussing it Albany. Assemblyman Phil Palmesano introduced legislation to make college more affordable Wednesday.
Through the years the DACA legislation has come a long way of providing a great advantage for undocumented students. Through the legislation we have been able to have a stable job and a sense of security. DACA does not only offer an opportunity to financially help the families of those students, who most likely are undocumented as well, but it also offers a deferred action from deportation which allows students to, for at least two years, live without the fear of being taken away from the US. This legislation has helped many students across the United States and many different ways the economy DACA provides a 42 percent wage raise for the recipients which can be connected to higher tax revenue and financial growth (Wong, Rosas, Reyna, Rodriguez,,
With the plans to end DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the fear of deportation has increased amongst Godinez Fundamental High School students and their families.
In June 2012, President Obama announced a new immigration policy that grants certain undocumented immigrants deportation exceptions. The policy, formally known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), also gives young undocumented immigrants work authorization. DACA’s requirements are relatively stringent: beneficiaries not only need a high school education, but also must have immigrated to the U.S. at a young age. Despite DACA’s restrictions, the policy has proven controversial. Although Democrats have cheered DACA as a step towards comprehensive immigration reform, Republicans have denounced DACA as an example of executive overreach. The conservative organization Heritage Action for America, for instance, has accused DACA of leading “residents of foreign lands [to] illegally enter the U.S.” Indeed, according to Heritage Action, Obama’s so-called “amnesty” policy gives undocumented immigrants the belief that “they will not be returned home.”
Because of this funding, more women are being recognized as victims and have equal access to help regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and immigration status. Hence, in addition to saving lives, VAWA 2013, saves money by reducing or even preventing future violence as well as related social costs.
I think that DACA is a good starting point, but that we need something more permanent and robust, including items such as providing an actual path to citizenship. The newest president’s decisions have shown just how temporary DACA is/was for those who have chosen to come out of the shadows with who they are. I think that it is completely wrong to decide that a generation that were brought to America as children, that grew up knowing this country as their home, should be treated so carelessly or as some sort of political sandbag, as one article put it. This program gave so many people a chance to go to college, get a bank account, a driver’s license, a car or home, and generally feel a little more like everyone else.
DACA (sometimes called the Dreamers law) allowed people that came to the U.S. illegally as children to stay. Some people say those immigrants should be allowed to stay because they didn’t choose to come to America illegally and have only known America as their homeland. Others say their plight is sad, but the law is the law. Although the DACA program helps a few, this program should be dramatically changed because illegal immigrants can come here and not pay taxes while they get free healthcare and financial aid.
Americans across the United States search for the perfect home, location and square footage of course a great price to pay for their castle. Finding an affordable place to live is ideal, and necessary for survival in this day of age. As the years go by the cost of living increases but Americans do not receive a cost of living raise. The demand for affordable housing is on a all time high, but so is the cost of housing in the metropolitan areas across the United States. America must take care of its citizens and should provide affordable housing programs, to assist Americans to either purchase or rent a home.