Monthly Archives: July 2012
Protest Letter – SN
July 27, 2012 at 2:57 pm, by jamie
Alderman Margaret Laurino 4404 West Lawrence Avenue. Chicago, IL 60630 July 19, 2012 Dear Ms. Laurino, My name is SN, and I’m a rising junior at CICS Northtown Academy HS. I’m also currently in a summer program at my school called the Global Peace Class. We discussed the relations between our local and global economy Read More…
Constitutional Values (North Korea)
July 27, 2012 at 2:29 pm, by
SN Constitutional Articles Name of the value: The right to protest and act for change for the people Definition: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is directly influenced by the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea should take Koreans’ thoughts and words into consideration. Explanation of how this value regulates practices: It Read More…
Constitutional Articles for Syria by Y.A.
July 27, 2012 at 2:27 pm, by
Y.A. Constitutional Articles for Syria Article 1 Name of Value: Human Rights Definition of Value: If Syrians have Humans Rights in their country, they will be able to live free and be able to express themselves however they want to. Explanation of how this Value regulates practices: Citizens in this country will be able to Read More…
VC Constitutional Values (Russia)
July 27, 2012 at 2:16 pm, by
VC Constitutional Values Name of the value: President of Russian Federation shall be head of state. Definition of this value: The President of the state is the head leader just like Barack Obama. Explanation of how this value regulates practices: People have to vote for who they want their president to be. Example, Explanations: Voting Read More…
KG – Constitutional Articles
July 27, 2012 at 1:15 am, by
Article #1: Nutrition for the People Every single person should eat the right foods to stay healthy and strong. Some places don’t follow the nutrition guidelines and keep gaining weight, which could cause some health problems. For example, some schools don’t have the right nutrition values for the students, and instead, they keep giving them Read More…
D.M’s Constitutional Article (Spain)
July 27, 2012 at 1:12 am, by
Reflection The purpose of this assignment was to pick a country that has been facing problems and to write laws for thier constitution to make their society better. We also had to relate the new laws we created to Sarvodaya, Swedeshi, or Swaraj. I chose Spain because their problems are recent, and I wanted to find solutions Read More…
Protest Letter to Mayor Emmanuel by I.S
July 27, 2012 at 1:04 am, by
Office of the Mayor 121 N LaSalle Street Chicago City Hall 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 Dear Mayor Emanuel, Early exposure to drugs is a rising issue for young children in Chicago neighborhoods. I myself have witnessed more and more teens using drugs out in public and this is due to the wide access teenagers Read More…
D.M’s Protest Letter
July 25, 2012 at 11:59 pm, by
Reflection During our second week of the Global Peace Course, our assignment was to protest against something we found in need of positive change. I chose to protest to some members of the Board of Directors and leaders of my charter school because I wanted them to know about some of the maintenance issues here. Read More…
A sweet lesson on patience
July 25, 2012 at 1:51 am, by Kenny Bae
Kent’s story “The Last Cab Ride” from his book, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, has gone viral — hundreds of thousands of hits. Read his article below: A NYC Taxi driver wrote: I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going Read More…
KG Letter to Alderman Margaret Laurino
July 24, 2012 at 6:02 pm, by
Alderman Margaret Laurino 4404 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60630 July 20, 2012 Dear Ms. Laurino: Please accept this letter as a protest regarding the current pothole issue in the streets and sidewalks around CICS Northtown Academy. This is a problem for all the people at Northtown and for the community too Read More…