For my civic engagement project I attended the State of the State Address hosted by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The event was held at SUNY Purchase and filled with many politicians, students, educators, reporters, and many other adults. You can feel the excitement in the room from everyone who wanted to hear what our Governor had to say about his agenda for this year. Once he came out on stage after being introduced, the crowd went wild everyone was happy to see him. He started off his speech trying to keep the positive environment that was already set; Governor Cuomo told everyone what the State of the State exactly was and told us about what our state has already accomplished. He brought up how we were the first big state to legalize marriage equality, paid family leave, and raising the minimum wage and now other states are following us across the nation. We were told also about unemployment rate decreasing from 8.4 to 5.1 and broke the myth that only democrats are big spenders showing the past governors both democratic and republic all spending a lot, but still within range of each other. Cuomo wanted to explain that the government was taking a big chunk of money out of our paychecks because the state at the time was spending more money than it was making. After explaining what was happening …show more content…
He created this plan with Senator Bernie Sanders and they called it The Excelsior Scholarship. 3.5 Million jobs will soon require a college education by 2024. The students in return will have to stay in New York for 2-4 years after they have graduated otherwise it will turn into a loan and the student will have to pay it back. It is estimated that the scholarship will help 1 million families. This first idea immediately got a standing ovation in the crowd because everyone deserves to get a higher
In the Course Competencies section of the Syllabus, specifically in Competency 2, it says how “labs, office hour meetings, asking questions, and tutoring” can be an effective tool to develop college coping skills. However, isn’t it more diverse to add personal preferences as a way of diminishing the amount of stress we can be subjected to? Would not exercise, hobbies, and favorite activities be an important part of college coping skills, mainly as a way of increasing your social capital and motivation? This may bring Honors College students a step closer to “psychological balance” and keep our senses awake.
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group which can be organized on a local, national, or international level. The NGO I selected is Free the Children. The short form used to identify it is FTC. The purpose of the NGO is to free children from poverty, exploitation, and the notion that they are powerless to effect change. The co-founders are Craig Kielburg and Marc Kielburg. It was founded in Thornhill, Ontario in 1995. The head office is located at 233 Carlton Street Toronto, Ontario M5A2J2, Canada.
Civic engagement is extremely important to our state to stay aware of what is happening in our state. However, Texas also has a low rate of civic engagement. Being a part of something is a big advantage. You have support and your voice is more likely heard. According to TCHI “working in a community organization, donating, and being in charities is great ” (Texas 4). It is good to give to the community and let them know you care about the community. Another form of civic engagement would be writing to your elected officials. If, there is something wrong with your community that you want improvement in it is your responsibilities and freedom to talk to a representative to fix it! There is no shame on asking for something you deserve for the community.
Make a Difference is not held responsible for any crimes you may commit. Nor does Make a Difference necessarily mean a good difference. It at times helps people to die or experience sexual assault and things of that nature. When Make a Difference refers to teams it means cults. To download Make a Difference you at times must be brainwashed and Make a Difference is an idea not a product. Non-refundable. Points are human lives either alive or dead. Teams decide what to do with the points and why they want the humans we Crazed Cults Inc. do not know. Teams decide what type of prizes. Prizes may be food, sleep, or positions of power. This poster is not accurate except the part about the
For my civic engagement project I interviewed a family friend, Rocio Ureno, who identifies herself as Chicana. I asked her multiple questions connected to the text as well as how she identified herself as Chicana. I came to realize that a lot of her life experiences connected to my families’ presentation about Pachucas breaking norms in society and dealing with patriarchy as well. When I interviewed her one of the questions I asked her was why and how she identified herself as Chicana. She responded by saying that she was born in the U.S. but her parents and some of her siblings were born in Mexico, so Mexican culture is incorporated in her family. She says that although she was born here, her Mexican roots are still with her. Being Chicana
Civic Engagement Fair: Reflection Essay Socrates once said, “Perfection is constant change”. We live in a world that is constantly changing from the economy to the technology to even our everyday lives. This constant change can be seen particularly through the political process. The Civic Engagement project reflected these changes immensely with differing parties and their platforms, the various ways individuals could participate in the political process and how people discover their own ideals.
When deciding what topic I wanted to write for my Civic Engagement Project, I already had in mind that I wanted something that most of us are not use to seeing nowadays. Many of us compare courts with punishment, but what if there was a court that did the opposite? When I was starting my research on the different courts we have here in Florida, I came across Drug Courts. The more I read up on drug courts, the more I became fascinated and intrigued. Drug courts do not aim to "PUNISH”, but yet to provide treatment to drug abusers. This kind of court believes that everyone deserves a second chance, that extra push. During my research, I was interested in learning a few things. Such things I 'd like to learn about this kind of
CPL used this pre-application time as an opportunity to develop programs for the various populations and keep track of attendance and feed back; in effect, making an argument for the necessity of the planned grant execution.
The agency has discussed about Civic Engagement primarily for the homeless people around the Georgia State campus. The purpose of the organization is to reach out to volunteers to help make a change to the homeless society and promote the quality of life to them. During the time with the agency, they provide an overview of the youths and adults who are homeless around campus. One issue they mentioned is that homelessness is very invisible because no one pays attention to them, and people tend to only care for themselves. In my experience as a Freshmen, I see students walk pass them every day, and they have their first impressions of staying away from the homeless because of the clothes they wear and the way they act to other people.
and that this issue is an important issue to discuss and to solve. He addressed that he wants all children to be able to get out of poverty and graduate high school, and possibly college. He said that to the able to break out of poverty, it is important to break the cycle of violence.
Berks County, Pennsylvania Community Health Needs Assessment. (January, 2013). Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from http://www.uwberks.org/wwwpub/assets/base/ pdf/Commu
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides significant help to those in need. The organization is a branch of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The organization’s initial goals were to provide humanitarian efforts and other relief during trying times. For example, many felt that the group was formed in response to the destruction caused by the American Civil War. Founder and the group’s first President, Clara Barton, believed that America should be prepared for future catastrophes, but there was widespread doubt that the nation would ever again experience anything as disastrous as the Civil War. Nonetheless, the organization was formed on
His plan is to raise $80 billion over 10 years to make tuition completely free. Many people do not support this decision because they do not want to pay extra money towards the plan if they have already passed college and paid for themselves. However, when calculated, the amount each person would pay per year is fairly minimal. At $251 per person per year for 10 years, the money owed would amount to less than $1 a day.
Today indonesia goverment make a new rule for the people who using cellphone. The users have to do registration well if they buy a new sim card. They have to add the right information about them. If they do not do that seriously their sim card will be blocked by the operatore. The goverment make this rule, because many criminals happened by the phone especially phonenumber. There are two adventage why we need citizen privasy.
Civic engagement refers to the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community in order to improve conditions for others or to help shape the community’s future. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.