Gaylord Nelson was the governor of Wisconsin and the father of the Earth. He stood for a better and cleaner earth and helped to preserve the earth by creating earth day. At a time in history when people did not take a moment to pick up a piece of trash. Without Gaylord Nelson the Earth’s downward spiral would continue. In 1970, he created Earth Day and has helped the earth to be a healthier place for everyone to live in. On April 22, every picks up trash and plant trees but what is forgotten is why we have it.
Gaylord grew up with two passions that ignited him to take the stand and help the earth. Nelson grew up in clear lake Wisconsin. His mother was part of the suffrage movement The massive Santa Barbara oil spill and a river so polluted it actually burned, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River. Once that happened Nelson and the whole community knew that something needed to be done. The idea for a national holiday to be dedicated to the earth was genius to the people that care fo the earth but not to the government. In 1970 earth day was officially a national holiday and on April 22 it would be a big hit. “With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love,
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Since leaving the Senate in 1981, Nelson served as counselor to the Wilderness Society, focusing his efforts on protecting America's public lands and traveling across the nation to promote environmental awareness and protection. At the time president kennedy and the rest of the government did not take into hand the things everybody was worried about. And Nelson had to do something about it. The first earth day was an ingenious idea that solved everybody’s problems. On the first earth day 2,000,000 people participated in the peaceful protest and new way of
The Speech When Alfred M. Green gave his speech in Philadelphia in April 1861, it was during the beginning of the Civil War. By giving this speech, Green was hoping to rally up a number of troops to fight in this fate deciding battle. This battle would grant African Americans their freedom if won, or the existence of slavery
James Farmer was born on January 12, 1920 in Marshall, Texas, and died from diabetes at the age of seventy-nine on July 9, 1999 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He became one of the most well known activists during the civil rights movement, being one of the first leaders to support the practice of nonviolent protest. In 1960, Farmer became the national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, a “Big Four” civil rights organizations that lead protests such as the Freedom Ride, March on Washington, and Freedom Summer. In the year 1961, he organized the Freedom Rides, a protest of interstate bus terminals, which later outlawed segregation on public transportation nationwide, James Farmer was determined to end racial segregation in the United States and create more opportunities for African Americans. Farmer played a major role in shaping the civil rights movement.
Stonecreek is a public middle school in the Panama Buena Vista School District, where we say, “En loco parentis”, Latin for, “In the place of the parents”. In other words, we will look after your child as if it were our own child, for the whole school day. Many believe it is impossible, with over 200 children at our school, however, what those people don’t believe, is that we have been doing this for over 8 years, and we still have taken good care of them for all these years. We rarely receive any problems with our students, and if we do, we take whatever precaution we find necessary. If you wish to hear the rules we have, and the precautions we are willing to take, meet us in our office at 8000 Akers Rd, Bakersfield, from 8:25 a.m. to 3:25
Good morning 2023 Metro Magazine Forum my name is Sienna and today I will be persuasively exploring the negative and positive aspects of the 1960s Australian social and cultural issues of being outcasted from a community in the film Jasper Jones. Hook: (film clip) Have you ever felt like you don’t belong and are an outcast in an over-stereotypical society? If so, you are not alone, according to evidnecebasedteaching.org.au, about 28% of all Australian school students feel like they don’t belong in their community. This is 1 in every 4 students, which is roughly 7 students in every class that are feeling that they are outcasted and discriminated against.
During the Wes Moore event he said many valuable things that can be applied to all different aspects of life. His speech connects to the theme of “Just Communities” in two important ways. One way is how the people of Baltimore care deeply for what their environment is like. After the riots and fights he says how no one shows the people who came out to clean up the aftermath. This has been a common part of “just communities” that our class has studied.
Today I will be giving you information about W.E.B Dubois. His full name is William Edward Burghardt Dubois. He was an Author, Scholar, and a Pan- Africanism. I will give you information about W.E.B Dubois. I will tell you why he is so great and famous.
His general community leadership paved the way for how peaceful activism should
I believe that civil disobedience is good for the advancement of the American society. This a simple fact which has been proven many times by history all around the world. A few examples of important historical participants and leaders in civil disobedience include Mohandas Gandhi, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and much more. Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian man who spent his life protesting the unjust anti-Indian law in Britan using, you guessed it, civil disobedience. Most importantly on March 30, 1930, when he lead a defiance march to the sea.
On Friday, March 3, 2017, the students at Montevallo High School had a special speaker visit. His name is Jesse Jackson. The name sounds familiar because Jackson worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Jesse Jackson was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. When his mother was sixteen he was born out of wedlock to professional boxer and well-known figure in the black community, Noah Louis Robinson.
It was also killing the animals. This shows that Rachel Carson helped our envirornment surive, so she should have a National
Many of you are taught all about the Founding Fathers and how America got it’s Independence. I’m positive you’ve all heard about the famous Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, and about all his contributions to history. He has contributed to the draft of the Declaration of Independence, but that wasn’t the only important contribution he made. He bought a famous paper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, proved the electrical nature of lighting with a kite, and many other things were done by Benjamin. You were probably not told too much about Franklin’s other accomplishments.
Ever thought of going from rags to riches? Or from nothing to everything? What about 6 dollars in your pocket to 130 million? Well I’m going to tell you about an interesting individuals life that has completely turned around. I’m sure you haven’t guessed but I am referring to the Tyler Perry.
Nelson Mandela 1. The speech is in the plural ‘We’ and not in the first person. This maybe because both he and De Klerk both won the prize or because he accepted on behalf of the nation as De Klerk had his own speech.
nne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress, singer, and producer. After several stage roles, Hathaway appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She came to prominence after playing Mia Thermopolis in the Disney film The Princess Diaries (2001) and in its 2004 sequel. Since then, Hathaway has starred in dramatic films such as the 2005 movies Havoc and Brokeback Mountain.
What is a hero? The definition of hero is; “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” Many people have different definitions of a hero, some people see them as that one person who you never see, who hides in the shadows and you would never think of them as a hero. However, he/she could be someone who is always out there looking to protect someone. Most people put heroes in categories such as; rich, famous, caring, and selfless and most of all, brave.