Chester County, Pennsylvania

inhabitants. There’s a reason why Chevron chose to dump 18 billion gallons of contaminated water in open pits near the indigenous Quichua, Cofan, and Secoya tribes without fear of retribution. There’s a reason why, according to Paul Nussbaum, Chester, Pennsylvania, a community that is 65% Black, is home to sites that produce two million tons of waste a year while surrounding, mostly White communities produce only 1,400 tons of toxic waste. There’s a reason why, in December of 2014, grocery delivery company

My entire life education was emphasized greatly, whether it be from parents, family friends, teachers, you name it. In the case of my parents the urgency came from immigrating to America from Albania; which was under a communist system at the time which had little opportunity for education. My father, born and raised in the old country, dropped out of school when he was just twelve years old and worked at home tending to crops and cattle. My mother was considered a “city” girl, although the merit

College. It is labeled as the best four years of anyone who is granted the opportunity to attend any university. It is a time where an individual can decide who they are and what they want to become. While this is an accurate piece of information, it also raises the question, does college promote a rape culture that is seen in society today? Often with sites, such as I’m Shmacked and others, who posts videos of college drinking, presumably of underage students. These sites promote the damaging

Hugh Williamson was born on December 15th, 1735 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. As a child, his father sent him off to get a liberal education; many family issues arose, such as, his parent’s careers and his mother, Mary Davison, captured by Blackbeard. As an adult, Hugh had many different jobs and moved from state to state. Hugh continued in the mercantile business with his brother, and also reentered private medical practice in North Carolina. In 1776 he was elected into the Continental Congress

disheartened. I feel that the original premise or goal of the child welfare system is to ensure that children have a family. A family that is capable of appropriately caring for a child and providing them with unconditional love. Pat O’ Brien and Chester Jackson’s program, You Gotta Believe! resonates with this goal. There homeless prevention program addresses a principle issue of foster care that the system has not properly addressed, so it seems. According to Pat, an estimated 50 percent of the

also thankful for the staff at the Assisted Living Bourbonnais nursing home who is providing her comfort and respect during this time. Childhood Doris Knight was born on February 3, 1936 in a town in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is 72 miles southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital, and it is located at the eastern foot of Cove Mountain on the west side

The Women Present at Valley Forge As Abigail Adams will write to her husband John to “remember the ladies” during the Continental Congress, so to must we must not forget the many women who played a vital role here during the winter encampment at Valley forge from 1777-1778. During the Winter Encampment at Valley Forge there were close 400 women, a ratio 1:44 to the enlisted men. Officers’ Wives Martha Washington- (1732-1802)- During the Revolutionary War Martha joined her husband for part of

University, Clarion University, East Stroudsburg University, Edinboro University, Indiana University, Kutztown University, Lock Haven University, Mansfield University, Millersville University, Shippensburg University, Slippery Rock University, and West Chester University. The table shows the crimes that have been reported on and off campuses. The missing data is a result of universities not publishing all of the numbers and certain years for the crime log. In the data below it is clear that liquor law,

Quakers in America, carved out a place in American, more specifically Quaker History. Coming to America, at the invitation of William Penn, and deeply embroiled in significant events in American History, the Gilpin 's were early founders of Pennsylvania. Their Quaker background proved to be of primary importance in precisely how the family participated in important events, like the American Revolution. From their peaceful relations with Indians to their involvement in the American Revolution

Thurgood Marshall "Thurgood Marshall was a rebel."(1) His method of activism differed from those of other civil rights leaders of the time. By addressing the courts and using his legal expertise, Marshall was able to have a more direct influence on society and the way government was treating blacks at the time. His use of the of the courts led to rulings that deemed the exclusion of blacks from primary elections, the use of racial profiling in terms of housing, the "separate but equal"