Kirsten Gillibrand

WK1: A2: Week One Article Analysis "School" For today’s analysis, the author has chosen the subject matter of school-aged children that experiences asthma. Asthma is a silent killer; the mortality rate is on the rise. Asthma is a chronic condition that hits home for the author and family. The author’s daughter has chronic asthma and environmental factors advance her symptoms. Other times when the air quality is cleaner, her daughter’s asthma symptoms go into remission. Many adults are unaware of

LGBTQ Parenting- Invitational Speech Arouse Although same-sex marriage was legalized in the US Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ruling, members of the LGBTQ community face concerns about their fitness to parent. I believe that people should be more open to others’ beliefs and support fellow Americans by putting the Every Child Deserves a Family Act into legislature. Dissatisfy The main argument against LGBTQ parenting is rooted in religious values which goes against freedom of religion

The Military’s Struggle with Sexual Assault The United States military is badly losing a war that continues to negatively affect the lives of the country’s finest service members. This war is not against a sovereign nation or a radical, extremist group of rebels. Referred to by many as the “invisible war”, the U.S. military is struggling to find a reasonable and effective solution to its problem with sexual assaults. Despite the Department of Defense’s best efforts, sexual assault is still uncomfortably

Shirley Boone Boone1 Deborah-Sullivan-Ford 212 Women in Business organizations Sexual Harassment of Women in the Military; It is a Dirty Secret I would like to bring awareness, give insight about the actual victims, and possibly educate you about sexual harassment of women in the military. Sexual harassment can be connected to sexual assault, beginning in one form and escalating to another level. The definition of sexual harassment is: unwelcome sexual harassment behavior

Easily one of the most sought after artists of this age, Lin-Manuel Miranda has made a name out of himself as a creative genius. After already writing In the Heights, Miranda’s first musical to win the Tony of Best Musical, and cowriting music for another Broadway musical, Bring it On!, he shook the world by writing the hit musical Hamilton: book, music and lyrics by Mr. Miranda, in addition to him originating the role of Alexander Hamilton. From that point on, Miranda’s career skyrocketed. Coming

are high that this will be approved by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The Literature on Women in Combat Roles Women are already fighting "shoulder-to-shoulder" with males in the U.S. military, according to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (McAuliff, 2012). In fact about 144 women have died "in action" in Afghanistan and Iraq, McAuliff's article explains. About 900 women have been wounded in battle, but currently there is no "formal

Title of Article: Military Sexual Trauma among US Servicewomen during Deployment: A Qualitative study Date of article: February 2014 Source (Please attach copy of article): Burns, B., Grindlay, K., Holt, K., Manski, R., & Grossman, D. (2014). Military sexual trauma among US servicewomen during deployment: A qualitative study. American Journal of Public Health, 104(2), 345-349. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1499845673?accountid=12387 ARTICLE SUMMARY: In the surveys they

nothing is going to happen and that is an issue. In the words of Kirsten Gillibrand “There is a pervasive lack of understanding when it comes to the true nature of campus sexual assault. These are not dates gone bad or a good guy who had too much to drink. This is a crime largely perpetrated by repeat offenders, who instead of facing a prosecutor and a jail cell remain on campus after a short term suspension, if punished at all.”(Gillibrand 28). A punishment for these kind of people should never be just

“Why should our service members enjoy a lesser standard of justice and fairness than you and I, whose freedoms they risked everything to protect (Peters and Huetteman).” This quote by Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a democrat from New York, was mentioned during her speech promoting the new bill she created about sexual assault and rape in the US military (Peters and Huetteman). Lots of people mix those words and think they are the same thing, but they are not. Defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

responsibilities included creating a charter and bylaws, demonstrating firm-wide interest, and proposing future programming to support our mission. After gaining approval and funding from human resources, our founding committee secured Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to speak at the launch event. The launch for our group was so popular that we had to a find a new venue to accommodate the 100+ employees who wanted to attend. Next, we obtained the bank’s chief technology officer as our executive sponsor, the