Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Sick Today
I wasn't able to make it to class today, I am sick. Please post your research essays and email them to me too. Put English 201, 8-9 or 1-3 and indicate whether or not this is a rough or final draft.
If you need a bit more time, email me what you have written thus far. Post the essay where the assignment was given last month. If you are posting a rough draft post it where the link says, early drafts, post the final draft when completed at the link with the date Dec. 3. You can have until Friday to get the final draft in, unless other arrangements are made. My email address is professorwandasposse@gmail.com
Keep reading "Evolution of a Revolutionary." We will discuss it today in English 201, 103 and in English 201 8-9 tomorrow.
If you need a bit more time, email me what you have written thus far. Post the essay where the assignment was given last month. If you are posting a rough draft post it where the link says, early drafts, post the final draft when completed at the link with the date Dec. 3. You can have until Friday to get the final draft in, unless other arrangements are made. My email address is professorwandasposse@gmail.com
Keep reading "Evolution of a Revolutionary." We will discuss it today in English 201, 103 and in English 201 8-9 tomorrow.
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Treana Penn
English 201a
MW 1-3
This is the year of 2008 and we are in the year of a world of change. Even though, we have a new leader who symbolizes “change”, there are also many other local heroes that have not been recognized in our communities. The unrecognized heroes are also known as social entrepreneurs; they help resolve local issues in their area to make social changes. They are very unselfish people that take out time of their very busy schedules to help others. Several social entrepreneurs are more concerned about helping improve their communities for the better, rather than worrying about gratification. Social entrepreneurs are just as important as being a President is, because they both take on a large responsibility as a leader. There numerous local social entrepreneurs in the city of Oakland, I have chosen a specific social entrepreneur, Umar Goodspeed because he has personally helped his city.
The majority of social entrepreneurs build up non-profit organizations, but they also have assisted from one other local social entrepreneur that is running in the same race to get to the same goal of improving the streets of their city. In the year of 2001, Pivotal Point Youth Services was just a small non-profit program in Oakland, CA for youth at threat of living unsafe lives from ages 16-24. PPYS was founded by three entrepreneurs of the community, Umar Goodspeed, Latronda Lumpkins and Lamont Lumpkins, each taking on different responsibilities to keep Pivotal Point functioning. By interviewing them, while at work found out that they all feel that, the highest at risk teens (mainly minorities) are facing are poor education, teen parenting, and unhealthy living environments. PPYS makes available services such as job training program, entrepreneur classes, teen parenting aid, and teen housing aid created for the misguided youth. Teen pregnancy is at its highest level ever causing there to be many young single mothers, young single fathers, and young single parents. Due to that, it has affected the high school drop out rates to increase more and more by the year. The reason for the drop out rate is, because teens are not prepared to take care of themselves and a child, while struggling to remain in school and school is usually eliminated out of the picture. So they also have teen parent and teen housing aid for those of any circumstance need the financial assistance. PPYS helps the teens to balance out the two by providing a GED program that is available for anybody who has not completed high school. Allowing them to then pursue their education, following up with a six week job training program to learn the necessary skills to become employed and stay employed. PPYS presents a place of hope, that the youth can make a change as well by holding entrepreneur classes for six weeks and two days out of the week to teach them the skills of becoming an entrepreneur and owning their own business just like them. All these youth need is a place of guidance to direct them in the right path and Pivotal Point does just that.
Even though there is only one Pivotal Point Youth Service, they do as much as possible to connect with the community. The community, is what keeps Pivotal Point alive, because of the consistent feedback they give by being apart of PPYS. By PPYS helping the neighborhoods of Oakland, it causes the community to help them selves, and that causes them to help one another creating a circle of change. Umar Goodspeed and the other social entrepreneurs of PPYS is more than an organization, it is a family based environment. So it is as if it just family helping out family, the way it is suppose to be. For example, Latronda Lumpkins, even though she is a mother of three, she is like the mother figure of Pivotal Point, because she takes care of the program as it her own child. There are many others who are seen as the dad, the big sister or just a friend that are there for the teens to feel comfortable to come and ask for any advice no matter the situation. Because, many of those teens of Oakland are products of battered homes, single mothers, single fathers, in foster care, homeless, abused, and in drug abuse environments. Born into a world full of negativity and that is all one could know, but one would be afraid of a better outcome of life could be. Many do have to be guided, because they feel alone and want to give up. Ply’s social entrepreneurs are aware, since they know from past experience of what is to be alone and misguided until somebody helped them. Pivotal Point was not a way to escape karma, for them it was a way to give back from their hearts. From a personal view, PPYS is changing their city day by day, by working on the community’s personal issues to make those issues eliminated.
After researching about the work that Social Entrepreneurs take on, I realized that they are very persistent about their goals. I admire them for their diligence to help others, while still having their personal issues. Some social entrepreneurs may be compared to Philanthropist, for they both believe in the same cause to help the world one step at a time. Such as a local Social Entrepreneur in my community, Umar Goodspeed who is a social Entrepreneur who works for a teen center, called Pivotal Point Youth Services. Pivotal Point Youth Services Leaders are a magnificent example of a how social entrepreneurs should act. By giving out to the community and help making a difference with the people, they’re also making a difference in the world. Change starts by an individual, in this case it would be a social entrepreneur, who becomes conscious of the set backs in their community and find ways to resolve them. To me social entrepreneurs are undercover heroes that need a cape in honor for all their outstanding changes.
English 201a
MW 1-3
This is the year of 2008 and we are in the year of a world of change. Even though, we have a new leader who symbolizes “change”, there are also many other local heroes that have not been recognized in our communities. The unrecognized heroes are also known as social entrepreneurs; they help resolve local issues in their area to make social changes. They are very unselfish people that take out time of their very busy schedules to help others. Several social entrepreneurs are more concerned about helping improve their communities for the better, rather than worrying about gratification. Social entrepreneurs are just as important as being a President is, because they both take on a large responsibility as a leader. There numerous local social entrepreneurs in the city of Oakland, I have chosen a specific social entrepreneur, Umar Goodspeed because he has personally helped his city.
The majority of social entrepreneurs build up non-profit organizations, but they also have assisted from one other local social entrepreneur that is running in the same race to get to the same goal of improving the streets of their city. In the year of 2001, Pivotal Point Youth Services was just a small non-profit program in Oakland, CA for youth at threat of living unsafe lives from ages 16-24. PPYS was founded by three entrepreneurs of the community, Umar Goodspeed, Latronda Lumpkins and Lamont Lumpkins, each taking on different responsibilities to keep Pivotal Point functioning. By interviewing them, while at work found out that they all feel that, the highest at risk teens (mainly minorities) are facing are poor education, teen parenting, and unhealthy living environments. PPYS makes available services such as job training program, entrepreneur classes, teen parenting aid, and teen housing aid created for the misguided youth. Teen pregnancy is at its highest level ever causing there to be many young single mothers, young single fathers, and young single parents. Due to that, it has affected the high school drop out rates to increase more and more by the year. The reason for the drop out rate is, because teens are not prepared to take care of themselves and a child, while struggling to remain in school and school is usually eliminated out of the picture. So they also have teen parent and teen housing aid for those of any circumstance need the financial assistance. PPYS helps the teens to balance out the two by providing a GED program that is available for anybody who has not completed high school. Allowing them to then pursue their education, following up with a six week job training program to learn the necessary skills to become employed and stay employed. PPYS presents a place of hope, that the youth can make a change as well by holding entrepreneur classes for six weeks and two days out of the week to teach them the skills of becoming an entrepreneur and owning their own business just like them. All these youth need is a place of guidance to direct them in the right path and Pivotal Point does just that.
Even though there is only one Pivotal Point Youth Service, they do as much as possible to connect with the community. The community, is what keeps Pivotal Point alive, because of the consistent feedback they give by being apart of PPYS. By PPYS helping the neighborhoods of Oakland, it causes the community to help them selves, and that causes them to help one another creating a circle of change. Umar Goodspeed and the other social entrepreneurs of PPYS is more than an organization, it is a family based environment. So it is as if it just family helping out family, the way it is suppose to be. For example, Latronda Lumpkins, even though she is a mother of three, she is like the mother figure of Pivotal Point, because she takes care of the program as it her own child. There are many others who are seen as the dad, the big sister or just a friend that are there for the teens to feel comfortable to come and ask for any advice no matter the situation. Because, many of those teens of Oakland are products of battered homes, single mothers, single fathers, in foster care, homeless, abused, and in drug abuse environments. Born into a world full of negativity and that is all one could know, but one would be afraid of a better outcome of life could be. Many do have to be guided, because they feel alone and want to give up. Ply’s social entrepreneurs are aware, since they know from past experience of what is to be alone and misguided until somebody helped them. Pivotal Point was not a way to escape karma, for them it was a way to give back from their hearts. From a personal view, PPYS is changing their city day by day, by working on the community’s personal issues to make those issues eliminated.
After researching about the work that Social Entrepreneurs take on, I realized that they are very persistent about their goals. I admire them for their diligence to help others, while still having their personal issues. Some social entrepreneurs may be compared to Philanthropist, for they both believe in the same cause to help the world one step at a time. Such as a local Social Entrepreneur in my community, Umar Goodspeed who is a social Entrepreneur who works for a teen center, called Pivotal Point Youth Services. Pivotal Point Youth Services Leaders are a magnificent example of a how social entrepreneurs should act. By giving out to the community and help making a difference with the people, they’re also making a difference in the world. Change starts by an individual, in this case it would be a social entrepreneur, who becomes conscious of the set backs in their community and find ways to resolve them. To me social entrepreneurs are undercover heroes that need a cape in honor for all their outstanding changes.
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Treana Penn
English 201a MW
Final Draft
This is the year of 2008 and we are in the year of a world of change. Even though, we have a new leader who symbolizes “change”, there are also many other local heroes that have not been recognized in our communities. The unrecognized heroes are also known as social entrepreneurs; they help resolve local issues in their area to make social changes. They are very unselfish people that take out time of their very busy schedules to help others. Several social entrepreneurs are more concerned about helping improve their communities for the better, rather than worrying about gratification. Social entrepreneurs are just as important as being a President is, because they both take on a large responsibility as a leader. There numerous local social entrepreneurs in the city of Oakland, I have chosen a specific social entrepreneur, Latronda Lumpkins because she has personally helped out her city.
Everyone has a past that they have to deal with, whether bad or sad, they have to continue on living with it. Latronda Lumpkins, a social entrepreneur, chose to deal with her problems in her past by not letting them affect her day to day life negatively. Latronda was born and raised in Oakland, Ca, to the community that she now works to give back to. She knows the struggle of being a teen in this new generation, because she grew up in the Foster Care System. A place that is really not for kids, because the way they mistreat the children is immoral. Growing up without her real parents, she decided to break the cycle by being a married, mother of two and making sure her family is stable. From her personal experience she is able to relate with the youth and know that there is hope for them to become successful. Latronda did not allow growing up in the Foster Care be her excuse for not becoming a successful woman in life. Latronda made through her high school years and had dreams of college. In the year of 1998, she earned her MSW from UC Berkeley and she also received a Non-Profit Organization Certificate from Cal State Hayward in the year of 2000. Latronda Lumpkins has also worked as a Child welfare worker for Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services. Latronda knows that she had a problem, but also was aware she wasn’t the only one facing it. Latronda knew what she wanted to do in life and that was to create a safe place to help teens who are afraid to speak out about their problems just like she used to. She understands that you can not make it alone in this world and every one needs a helping hand.
The majority of social entrepreneurs builds up non-profit organizations to socially change their community and is also have assistance from other local social entrepreneurs that are running in the same race to get to the same goal of improving the streets of their city. In the year of 2001, Pivotal Point Youth Services was just a small non-profit program in Oakland, CA for youth at threat of living unsafe lives from ages 16-24. Pivotal Point’s goals are to decrease teens from having low self-esteem, ending up in jail, becoming homeless, staying out of gangs and any other issues that can cause them to be in harm’s way. PPYS was founded Latronda Lumpkins, and received help by three other entrepreneurs of the community Umar Goodspeed, (her husband) Lamont Lumpkins, and Tia Sears, each taking on different responsibilities to keep Pivotal Point functioning. Today, they have expanded Pivotal Point by reaching out and connecting with other Alameda County non-profit organizations. By interviewing them, while at work found out that they all feel that, the highest at risk teens (mainly minorities) are facing are poor education, teen parenting, and unhealthy living environments. PPYS makes available services such as job training program, entrepreneur classes, teen parenting aid, and teen housing aid created for the misguided youth. Teen pregnancy is at its highest level ever causing there to be many young single mothers, young single fathers, and young single parents. Due to that, it has affected the high school drop out rates to increase more and more by the year. The reason for the drop out rate is, because teens are not prepared to take care of themselves and a child, while struggling to remain in school and school is usually eliminated out of the picture. So they also have teen parent and teen housing aid for those of any circumstance need the financial assistance. PPYS helps the teens to balance out the two by providing a GED program that is available for anybody who has not completed high school. Allowing them to then pursue their education, following up with a six week job training program to learn the necessary skills to become employed and stay employed. PPYS presents a place of hope, that the youth can make a change as well by holding entrepreneur classes for six weeks and two days out of the week to teach them the skills of becoming an entrepreneur and owning their own business just like them. All these youth need is a place of guidance to direct them in the right path and Pivotal Point does just that by providing life skill services.
Even though there is only one Pivotal Point Youth Service, they do as much as possible to connect with the community. The community, is what keeps Pivotal Point alive, because of the consistent feedback they give by being apart of PPYS. By PPYS helping the neighborhoods of Oakland, it causes the community to help them selves, and that causes them to help one another creating a circle of change. Latronda Lumpkins and the other social entrepreneurs of PPYS is more than an organization, it is a family based environment. So it is as if it just family helping out family, the way it is suppose to be. For example, Latronda Lumpkins, even though she is a mother of three, she is like the mother figure of Pivotal Point, because she takes care of the program as it her own child. There are many others who are seen as the dad, the big sister or just a friend that are there for the teens to feel comfortable to come and ask for any advice no matter the situation. Because, many of those teens of Oakland are products of battered homes, single mothers, single fathers, in foster care, homeless, abused, and in drug abuse environments. Born into a world full of negativity and that is all one could know, but one would be afraid of a better outcome of life could be. Many do have to be guided, because they feel alone and want to give up. Ply’s social entrepreneurs are aware, since they know from past experience of what is to be alone and misguided until somebody helped them. Pivotal Point was not a way to escape karma, for them it was a way to give back from their hearts. From a personal view, PPYS is changing their city day by day, by working on the community’s personal issues to make those issues eliminated.
After researching about the work that Social Entrepreneurs take on, I realized that they are very persistent about their goals. I admire them for their diligence to help others, while still having their personal issues. Some social entrepreneurs may be compared to Philanthropist, for they both believe in the same cause to help the world one step at a time. Such as the local Social Entrepreneurs in my community that works for Pivotal Point Youth Services. Pivotal Point Youth Services Leaders are a magnificent example of a how social entrepreneurs should act. By giving out to the community and help making a difference with the people, they’re also making a difference in the world. Change starts by an individual, in this case it would be a social entrepreneur, who becomes conscious of the set backs in their community and find ways to resolve them. To me social entrepreneurs are undercover heroes that need a cape in honor for all their outstanding changes.
English 201a MW
Final Draft
This is the year of 2008 and we are in the year of a world of change. Even though, we have a new leader who symbolizes “change”, there are also many other local heroes that have not been recognized in our communities. The unrecognized heroes are also known as social entrepreneurs; they help resolve local issues in their area to make social changes. They are very unselfish people that take out time of their very busy schedules to help others. Several social entrepreneurs are more concerned about helping improve their communities for the better, rather than worrying about gratification. Social entrepreneurs are just as important as being a President is, because they both take on a large responsibility as a leader. There numerous local social entrepreneurs in the city of Oakland, I have chosen a specific social entrepreneur, Latronda Lumpkins because she has personally helped out her city.
Everyone has a past that they have to deal with, whether bad or sad, they have to continue on living with it. Latronda Lumpkins, a social entrepreneur, chose to deal with her problems in her past by not letting them affect her day to day life negatively. Latronda was born and raised in Oakland, Ca, to the community that she now works to give back to. She knows the struggle of being a teen in this new generation, because she grew up in the Foster Care System. A place that is really not for kids, because the way they mistreat the children is immoral. Growing up without her real parents, she decided to break the cycle by being a married, mother of two and making sure her family is stable. From her personal experience she is able to relate with the youth and know that there is hope for them to become successful. Latronda did not allow growing up in the Foster Care be her excuse for not becoming a successful woman in life. Latronda made through her high school years and had dreams of college. In the year of 1998, she earned her MSW from UC Berkeley and she also received a Non-Profit Organization Certificate from Cal State Hayward in the year of 2000. Latronda Lumpkins has also worked as a Child welfare worker for Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services. Latronda knows that she had a problem, but also was aware she wasn’t the only one facing it. Latronda knew what she wanted to do in life and that was to create a safe place to help teens who are afraid to speak out about their problems just like she used to. She understands that you can not make it alone in this world and every one needs a helping hand.
The majority of social entrepreneurs builds up non-profit organizations to socially change their community and is also have assistance from other local social entrepreneurs that are running in the same race to get to the same goal of improving the streets of their city. In the year of 2001, Pivotal Point Youth Services was just a small non-profit program in Oakland, CA for youth at threat of living unsafe lives from ages 16-24. Pivotal Point’s goals are to decrease teens from having low self-esteem, ending up in jail, becoming homeless, staying out of gangs and any other issues that can cause them to be in harm’s way. PPYS was founded Latronda Lumpkins, and received help by three other entrepreneurs of the community Umar Goodspeed, (her husband) Lamont Lumpkins, and Tia Sears, each taking on different responsibilities to keep Pivotal Point functioning. Today, they have expanded Pivotal Point by reaching out and connecting with other Alameda County non-profit organizations. By interviewing them, while at work found out that they all feel that, the highest at risk teens (mainly minorities) are facing are poor education, teen parenting, and unhealthy living environments. PPYS makes available services such as job training program, entrepreneur classes, teen parenting aid, and teen housing aid created for the misguided youth. Teen pregnancy is at its highest level ever causing there to be many young single mothers, young single fathers, and young single parents. Due to that, it has affected the high school drop out rates to increase more and more by the year. The reason for the drop out rate is, because teens are not prepared to take care of themselves and a child, while struggling to remain in school and school is usually eliminated out of the picture. So they also have teen parent and teen housing aid for those of any circumstance need the financial assistance. PPYS helps the teens to balance out the two by providing a GED program that is available for anybody who has not completed high school. Allowing them to then pursue their education, following up with a six week job training program to learn the necessary skills to become employed and stay employed. PPYS presents a place of hope, that the youth can make a change as well by holding entrepreneur classes for six weeks and two days out of the week to teach them the skills of becoming an entrepreneur and owning their own business just like them. All these youth need is a place of guidance to direct them in the right path and Pivotal Point does just that by providing life skill services.
Even though there is only one Pivotal Point Youth Service, they do as much as possible to connect with the community. The community, is what keeps Pivotal Point alive, because of the consistent feedback they give by being apart of PPYS. By PPYS helping the neighborhoods of Oakland, it causes the community to help them selves, and that causes them to help one another creating a circle of change. Latronda Lumpkins and the other social entrepreneurs of PPYS is more than an organization, it is a family based environment. So it is as if it just family helping out family, the way it is suppose to be. For example, Latronda Lumpkins, even though she is a mother of three, she is like the mother figure of Pivotal Point, because she takes care of the program as it her own child. There are many others who are seen as the dad, the big sister or just a friend that are there for the teens to feel comfortable to come and ask for any advice no matter the situation. Because, many of those teens of Oakland are products of battered homes, single mothers, single fathers, in foster care, homeless, abused, and in drug abuse environments. Born into a world full of negativity and that is all one could know, but one would be afraid of a better outcome of life could be. Many do have to be guided, because they feel alone and want to give up. Ply’s social entrepreneurs are aware, since they know from past experience of what is to be alone and misguided until somebody helped them. Pivotal Point was not a way to escape karma, for them it was a way to give back from their hearts. From a personal view, PPYS is changing their city day by day, by working on the community’s personal issues to make those issues eliminated.
After researching about the work that Social Entrepreneurs take on, I realized that they are very persistent about their goals. I admire them for their diligence to help others, while still having their personal issues. Some social entrepreneurs may be compared to Philanthropist, for they both believe in the same cause to help the world one step at a time. Such as the local Social Entrepreneurs in my community that works for Pivotal Point Youth Services. Pivotal Point Youth Services Leaders are a magnificent example of a how social entrepreneurs should act. By giving out to the community and help making a difference with the people, they’re also making a difference in the world. Change starts by an individual, in this case it would be a social entrepreneur, who becomes conscious of the set backs in their community and find ways to resolve them. To me social entrepreneurs are undercover heroes that need a cape in honor for all their outstanding changes.
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Sara Yusufi
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
In society, there are people who help the community for money and the people who help the community from their own will. Those people are known as social entrepreneurs. We have local ones here in California. There is an example of a social entrepreneur here in Alameda known as Girls Incorporated of the Island City. It is a program meant to help girls become “smart, strong, and bold.” This program is meant to help women become powerful leaders.
Women have different roles in society, and even then it is not great roles. That is why Girls Inc. is the local organization of a national nonprofit dedicated to inspiring girls. They help the girls starting from age 6 up until the age of 18 be able to recognize that gender stereotypes that “limits girls potential.” Basically they challenge the girls to ask questions about themselves and their role in society. Which will allows them and encourage them to take risks in order to gain their own power and strength. Girls Inc. is an organization that is focused only toward girls because females seem to be oppressed. The men seem to dominate society and girls don’t feel like they can accomplish and fulfill their dreams or succeed in life.
Girls Inc. was founded by women to help other women. “The Girls Inc movement started in New England during the Industrial Revolution as a response to the needs of a new working class: young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of newly available job opportunities in textile mills and factories.” (GirlsInc.com) The person in charge was Dora Dodge and she began it all by publishing an article in a national magazine to which pointed out the growing points for women. It all began in April of 1964 when a bunch of “Alamedans” got together to think of a way to help the girls of which it was originally named Alameda Girls Club Inc. The following October they opened and began to do as they set their goals (mentioned above) and about fifty girls enrolled. However, as a yearly average they get about 200 girls. Even though they began with a small number of girls they were able to increase as time went by. However, it was not until 1981 that they began their first licensed school-site Activity center. “Activity Centers for boys and girls at Bay Farm, Earhart, Edison, Franklin, Lum, Otis and Paden schools, providing care and activities for more than 300 children every day.” There are some teenage boys involved with Girls inc. as well. Yet they did not start their teen program until about 4 years ago in 2004. They are an organization who is willing to reach out as far as they can to help girls in society.
They were changed their name a couple times before they ended with Girls Inc. “In 1990, Girls Clubs of America became Girls Inc. so we would not be confused with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. In 1996, Alameda Girls' Club became Girls Incorporated of the Island City.” However, it is an organization that requires the parents of each girl to pay. Depending on what session it is the price varies. They needed to change their name for a reason and when they finally had to find a name they stopped with Girls Inc. They are not about just about teaching; they have won a number of national competitions. These include national scholarships for the teens (goes up to $15,000), National Poetry Contests, and several others. Girls Incorporated of the Island City also is strong in terms of fundraising such as the Carousel Luncheons, The Sundown, cruises, VIP parties, and others. They have been able to accomplish very much in 44 years. They are really happy about the program and determined about it that they can guarantee another great 40 years.
The organization tries to help girls become aware of what is going on in society. For example during the elections; Girls Inc. had girls age 6-12 march up and down the street yelling for people to vote. They had many cheers to go along with that to help the world and to realize the importance. Since I am a part of that organization I was able to be there and be part of the march. The girls learned that voting was a right that everyone had. They learned from history since African Americans were limited and then women were not really able to vote. So they realize that now that they have that right; they should always feel that they have the right to do as they want. And of course they have the right to express their opinions. Girls are able to learn that being a female in the current society is not an easy task; they have to be able to be strong, smart, and bold and allow no stereotype to get to them. For example the current CEO, Joyce M. Roché, who is a business woman but is a huge commitment for Girls Inc. She uses her leadership skills to help the girls by defining the purpose of Girls Inc. “empowered girls and an equitable society.” (Girls Inc.). She understands the history and tries to use her experience to help the younger generations be able to benefit from this program.
I am part of this program and it definitely has had an impact on me. Even though I am there as a volunteer and I work with the younger girls as opposed to the teens. I see the impacts society has on them and how this program teaches them that it is not like that. An example would be stereotypes there is always the sexist ones that affects the girls. Such as “Boys go to college to get more knowledge, Girls go to Jupiter to get more stupider.” That leaves an impact on the younger girls because they tend to believe it. However, Girls Inc. helps them by lecturing them that it is not true and then they have them act out how the stereotypes are not true. That teaches them because they think and are able to realize that stereotypes are not real. It is similar to another school for the students but at the same time they learn valuable lessons that is focused on being a female. It is a great program that was invented because it has taught me stuff that I didn’t realize and even I was able to learn.
It is important to know the Girls Inc. Bill of Rights when part of this program. It was written in 1945 in England and it says:
A girl has the right to wholesome companionship, constructive play, and group competition that she may acquire initiative, self-reliance, courage, good sportsmanship and self-control.
She has the right to a healthy body and well-adjusted personality.
She has the right as an adolescent, to the companionship of boys her own age, under wholesome conditions.
She has the right to training for her future all-important job of homemaking and motherhood.
She has the right to find somewhere in her community wise and understanding guidance by friendly adults, that she may learn to steer a safe course in a world of changing standards.
She has the right to become familiar with good literature, drama and music, by direct contact with them.
She has the right to all these things, not merely because she is a human being, but because... as mother of our future citizens... she will someday hold the most important and responsible job in the world.
In conclusion, Girls Incorporated of the Island City is a great example for a social entrepreneur. It began with women using their experience as females in society and making sure others don’t have to deal with the same. They developed this organization to be able to help girls from a young age and that they will help them as they go through life. Women are not people who are given much respect because men seen to be dominating society. Yet there has been many changes in society and women need to follow Girls Inc. motto of being “Strong, Smart, and Bold”! All women are equal to men and they have the same rights and it can all be proven while attending Girls Incorporated of the Island City.
Works Cited:
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/joyce-roche.html
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/history/early-years.html
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/girls-bill-of-rights/1945.html
http://www.girlsincislandcity.org/html2/herstory.htm
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/national-scholars.html
http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/vccc/org/opp.tcl?agency_id=10238922443
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
In society, there are people who help the community for money and the people who help the community from their own will. Those people are known as social entrepreneurs. We have local ones here in California. There is an example of a social entrepreneur here in Alameda known as Girls Incorporated of the Island City. It is a program meant to help girls become “smart, strong, and bold.” This program is meant to help women become powerful leaders.
Women have different roles in society, and even then it is not great roles. That is why Girls Inc. is the local organization of a national nonprofit dedicated to inspiring girls. They help the girls starting from age 6 up until the age of 18 be able to recognize that gender stereotypes that “limits girls potential.” Basically they challenge the girls to ask questions about themselves and their role in society. Which will allows them and encourage them to take risks in order to gain their own power and strength. Girls Inc. is an organization that is focused only toward girls because females seem to be oppressed. The men seem to dominate society and girls don’t feel like they can accomplish and fulfill their dreams or succeed in life.
Girls Inc. was founded by women to help other women. “The Girls Inc movement started in New England during the Industrial Revolution as a response to the needs of a new working class: young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of newly available job opportunities in textile mills and factories.” (GirlsInc.com) The person in charge was Dora Dodge and she began it all by publishing an article in a national magazine to which pointed out the growing points for women. It all began in April of 1964 when a bunch of “Alamedans” got together to think of a way to help the girls of which it was originally named Alameda Girls Club Inc. The following October they opened and began to do as they set their goals (mentioned above) and about fifty girls enrolled. However, as a yearly average they get about 200 girls. Even though they began with a small number of girls they were able to increase as time went by. However, it was not until 1981 that they began their first licensed school-site Activity center. “Activity Centers for boys and girls at Bay Farm, Earhart, Edison, Franklin, Lum, Otis and Paden schools, providing care and activities for more than 300 children every day.” There are some teenage boys involved with Girls inc. as well. Yet they did not start their teen program until about 4 years ago in 2004. They are an organization who is willing to reach out as far as they can to help girls in society.
They were changed their name a couple times before they ended with Girls Inc. “In 1990, Girls Clubs of America became Girls Inc. so we would not be confused with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. In 1996, Alameda Girls' Club became Girls Incorporated of the Island City.” However, it is an organization that requires the parents of each girl to pay. Depending on what session it is the price varies. They needed to change their name for a reason and when they finally had to find a name they stopped with Girls Inc. They are not about just about teaching; they have won a number of national competitions. These include national scholarships for the teens (goes up to $15,000), National Poetry Contests, and several others. Girls Incorporated of the Island City also is strong in terms of fundraising such as the Carousel Luncheons, The Sundown, cruises, VIP parties, and others. They have been able to accomplish very much in 44 years. They are really happy about the program and determined about it that they can guarantee another great 40 years.
The organization tries to help girls become aware of what is going on in society. For example during the elections; Girls Inc. had girls age 6-12 march up and down the street yelling for people to vote. They had many cheers to go along with that to help the world and to realize the importance. Since I am a part of that organization I was able to be there and be part of the march. The girls learned that voting was a right that everyone had. They learned from history since African Americans were limited and then women were not really able to vote. So they realize that now that they have that right; they should always feel that they have the right to do as they want. And of course they have the right to express their opinions. Girls are able to learn that being a female in the current society is not an easy task; they have to be able to be strong, smart, and bold and allow no stereotype to get to them. For example the current CEO, Joyce M. Roché, who is a business woman but is a huge commitment for Girls Inc. She uses her leadership skills to help the girls by defining the purpose of Girls Inc. “empowered girls and an equitable society.” (Girls Inc.). She understands the history and tries to use her experience to help the younger generations be able to benefit from this program.
I am part of this program and it definitely has had an impact on me. Even though I am there as a volunteer and I work with the younger girls as opposed to the teens. I see the impacts society has on them and how this program teaches them that it is not like that. An example would be stereotypes there is always the sexist ones that affects the girls. Such as “Boys go to college to get more knowledge, Girls go to Jupiter to get more stupider.” That leaves an impact on the younger girls because they tend to believe it. However, Girls Inc. helps them by lecturing them that it is not true and then they have them act out how the stereotypes are not true. That teaches them because they think and are able to realize that stereotypes are not real. It is similar to another school for the students but at the same time they learn valuable lessons that is focused on being a female. It is a great program that was invented because it has taught me stuff that I didn’t realize and even I was able to learn.
It is important to know the Girls Inc. Bill of Rights when part of this program. It was written in 1945 in England and it says:
A girl has the right to wholesome companionship, constructive play, and group competition that she may acquire initiative, self-reliance, courage, good sportsmanship and self-control.
She has the right to a healthy body and well-adjusted personality.
She has the right as an adolescent, to the companionship of boys her own age, under wholesome conditions.
She has the right to training for her future all-important job of homemaking and motherhood.
She has the right to find somewhere in her community wise and understanding guidance by friendly adults, that she may learn to steer a safe course in a world of changing standards.
She has the right to become familiar with good literature, drama and music, by direct contact with them.
She has the right to all these things, not merely because she is a human being, but because... as mother of our future citizens... she will someday hold the most important and responsible job in the world.
In conclusion, Girls Incorporated of the Island City is a great example for a social entrepreneur. It began with women using their experience as females in society and making sure others don’t have to deal with the same. They developed this organization to be able to help girls from a young age and that they will help them as they go through life. Women are not people who are given much respect because men seen to be dominating society. Yet there has been many changes in society and women need to follow Girls Inc. motto of being “Strong, Smart, and Bold”! All women are equal to men and they have the same rights and it can all be proven while attending Girls Incorporated of the Island City.
Works Cited:
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/joyce-roche.html
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/history/early-years.html
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/girls-bill-of-rights/1945.html
http://www.girlsincislandcity.org/html2/herstory.htm
http://www.girlsinc.org/about/national-scholars.html
http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/vccc/org/opp.tcl?agency_id=10238922443
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Treena I liked your essay. I thought it was pretty straight forward and I believe it painted a clear picture. It was kind of dry though. To make the "social entrepeneur" come to life you must draw the full picture of teen pregnancy/drop outs and the problems associated to this. You didn't go into greater length. The social entrepenuer is a healer thus to fully illustrate this role you must show how damaging the injury which must be healed really is.
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Treena I liked your essay. I thought it was pretty straight forward and I believe it painted a clear picture. It was kind of dry though. To make the "social entrepeneur" come to life you must draw the full picture of teen pregnancy/drop outs and the problems associated to this. You didn't go into greater length. The social entrepenuer is a healer thus to fully illustrate this role you must show how damaging the injury which must be healed really is.
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