Victoria Soto Speeches

Jenni Rivera was born to undocumented Mexican immigrants in Long Beach where she was also raised.

her mother and fiancé. Nonetheless, her bravery in following her heart in a situation where she

Transition. Clara didn’t let her age or resources get in the way of her goals. She earned her own money to pay for her books by sewing and writing letters for neighbor who didn’t know how to read or write.

American journalist Clare Boothe Luce writes a speech to the Women’s National Press Club about how the press sacrifices sensationalist stories. Luce’s introduction talks about how the American press is wrong and how she tries to address the problem. She starts off by tells the other journalist how she is happy, but the audience makes her unhappy and challenged. This shows her hard work in writing and how the press lacks in writing true stories.

Grant us, your humble servants, who rejoice in honoring her today upon, earth, the happiness of seeing her face to face in heaven.

Fondly referred to as the "angel of the battlefield" (The Encyclopedia Britannica Online), Clara Barton served as one of the greatest humanitarians this country has ever known. Persistent beyond belief, Clara employed her remarkable interpersonal skills to teach unruly school children, to collect supplies to send to the battlefront, and to struggle to form the American Red Cross. An equal rights advocate, her most memorable successes consisted of improvements in education, foreign aid, and blacks' and women's rights. This American heroine, whose efforts and bravery have become legendary, worked diligently to reach her ideal: "creating the vigilant social conscience which alone can safeguard individual

Linda Chavez seeks to inform Hispanic immigrants and American citizens of the protests between Hispanics and legislation. She also attempts to outline and rid of the common stereotype that Hispanics are an issue to American society because they illegally migrate to the U.S. and raise their flag to harsh legislation. Chavez appears to side with her Hispanic relatives and defends them of their stereotypes by listing various achievements immigrants conquer. In paragraph 8 she states that “80 percent of second generation Latinos graduate from high school. Almost half of second generation Latinos ages 25 to 44 have attended college”. She informs the public of these achievements aiming to rid of the typical Hispanic stereotype that Americans may

life and the encouragement she has brought to so many people. She encountered many hardships

The session that I attended was Dolores Huerta speech, which was very interesting. Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, she is a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Cesar Chavez, co-founded the national Farmworkers association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers, immigrants, and women’s rights. She is truly a leader, working tirelessly to help the poor and women and children. She talks about war, genocide, Mass incarceration, and poverty. During her participation in non-violent protest she was arrested 22 times trying to make changes in society. Her main question was what can we do as people to solve things in the

The odds of beating cancer are 10.5% but throw in an entire school, county and city, your odds a greatly increased and a teacher at my old school had cancer although he would end up losing the battle with the deadly disease he still managed to inspire me and the entire city of Yulee Florida, this is the story of Mr.O.

On September 5, 1995 in Beijing, China, first lady Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on women’s rights at the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. As Clinton stood in front of an audience of thousands she proudly stated “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” The target of the conference was to inform the audience of government officials, leaders of organizations and the public on the problems women throughout the world face. Clinton’s speech argued how women were not treated equally and that women’s rights should be equal to human rights. Throughout her speech, Clinton provided harsh examples of the abuse, rape, death and discrimination women face, to evoke sympathy from the audience. Her overarching goal was to get action among government officials and motivate women across the world to take control of their lives and not suffer from these circumstances. Clinton uses a mix of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora to deliver a definition argument on why women’s rights are human rights.

Attention getter- “can you imagine home much it must have hurt Mr. Alexander when you stuck that knife right into his chest?” asked Juan Martinez to Jodi Arias after she complined of the pain from her cut finger.

When she could have sat and cried, no one would have blamed her. Instead of crying, she rose to the challenge and searched for her sister. She could have left it to the authorities, but she searched. She stepped up, and she became a role model for women, men, and people

I would like to introduce you to Nina Sayers; she is between the ages of 21 to 26 years old. Nina stays with her mother who goes by the name Erica Sayers. She comes to me today to explain that she is having trouble playing the role of the evil swan, in her upcoming show “The Swan Lake”. From what I have observed about Nina she is very innocent, pure, and sheltered. She states that she is very determined to truly become the part, however doesn’t know how.

She disciplined us when necessary, loved us unconditionally, and taught us how to function in a society that was set up to make people of color fail. I cannot thank her enough.