The organization I chose to explore was the American Indian College Fund. The main purpose of this organization is to help young American Indians earn college scholarships and get college degrees. The reason I chose this specific charity was because I had never heard of it before. I did not understand why this specific race […]

Attention Grabber This past Thanksgiving, I noticed something that caught my attention as my family had gathered at my Grandparents house for dinner. It seemed a bit quieter, and I noticed my younger cousins were not up to their usual shenanigans, tackling and harassing each other in their little made up games. Then I noticed […]

Overall, The “Let’s Talk About Sex (Ed), Baby” deliberation went extremely well. Each and every one of the group members not only contributed a considerable amount of strong points and facts, but the guests also participated surprisingly frequently. I was not only impressed but also very intrigued with what everyone had to say and with […]

This article by the New York Times discusses the effectiveness, better described as lack of effectiveness, of universities’ education and prevention of sexual assault. Although it does not explicitly mention sexual education right away, I believe this article could bring a lot of information into our deliberation. As the article mentions, over 55 Universities are […]

The title of our deliberation group is “Let’s Talk about Sex (Ed), Baby.” In our deliberation, we will be discussing the role of sexual education in today’s schools. Sex-Ed is required by law to be taught at some point in middle school and high school, but how effective is this education, and is it even […]

Finding your Inner-Child My dad is a banker. I can’t help but laugh every time I respond with this phrase when people ask me what type of job my dad has. Saying that my dad works for a bank does not offer even a glimpse into what he actually does or what kind of person […]