from the Somali community, within the Lewiston Police Department. The establishment of a permanent state-funded Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Lewiston City Hall. These reforms will assist the local government in taking steps to create a dialogue that will ease racial tensions and help ensure Somalis and other refugees/immigrants are protected from hate crimes. It’s important to act proactively in dealing with the rise of hate crimes in Lewiston, because if there is no response to minor
Health Career Professions” program through Lewiston Regional Technical Center (LRTC). Over the summer, I began to read into what she had said to me. I started research. I browsed dozens of professions. I knew I wanted to work with children. So, I combined the two, and decided a Pediatric Nurse was my goal. When junior year arrived, I was accepted into LRTC’s “Exploring Health Career Professions” program. The first day we had an assembly in the gym of Lewiston High School. The people who oversaw LRTC
Devyn Vermette Community Engagement SBS 350 I chose to do my Community Engagement experience at Tree Street Youth in Lewiston, Maine. The mission of Tree Street is: To support the youth of Lewiston-Auburn through programs rooted in academics, the arts, and athletics in a safe space that encourages healthy physical, social, emotional, and academic development while building unity across lines of difference. Upon reading this mission statement on their website, I determined that Tree Street
Evaluate the conduct of Peter Lewiston against the EEOC’s definition of sexual harassment. Analysis: GIlbury and Lewiston worked together for several years. Their relationship was “cooperative”. Gilbury reported their relationship began to change and Lewiston’s behavior was “out of the ordinary”. The EEOC’s definition of sexual harassment was his actions “created an extremely sexually hostile environment” Many coworkers stated Lewiston was a “lonely” guy. Lewiston sent Gilbury several cards on
See Chapter 3 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Human Resources Management: Case Study 2: Misplaced Affections: Discharge for Sexual Harassment Peter Lewiston was terminated on July 15, 2008, by the governing board of the Pine Circle Unified School District (PCUSD) for violation of the district's sexual harassment policy. Prior to Lewiston's termination he was a senior maintenance employee with an above-average work record who had worked for the PCUSD for eleven years. He had been a widower since
enviroment influences our lives on a daily basis in many ways. In the book “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech, Sal’s personality, self confidence, attitude, and overall self comes from places and things in her life like her love for Bybanks, sadness for Lewiston, and closure from Euclid. The setting, Bybanks, Kentucky, is important because it gives the character, Sal, an origin and a sense of comfort. The author expresses this when she presents, “I wanted to be back in Bybanks, Kentucky in the hills and
The Somalis have suffered a great amount of tragedy for over 20 years. The ongoing Civil War has nearly decimated their culture, people, and belief systems. After the downfall of the Barre Regime, the disagreement on a replacement leader made the country completely ungoverned and lawless (Castel & Kurata, 2004). War-lords and criminals have pushed to gain leadership, creating border-disputes and anarchy, causing over 400,000 Somali casualties (Castel & Kurata, 2004). With no economic stability, its
The price of wheat is the thread holding this short story together. As Sam Lewiston hitches up the buckboard, he and his wife, Emma, anxiously wonder if wheat is still selling for sixty-six cents a bushel. Like so many Kansas farmers, they face monetary disaster if the price does not rise. Regardless of the market, Sam must sell his wheat today, and if the bears still rule in Chicago, he and Emma will lose the land they love. Both sense that their worst fears are about to be realized. Looking out
In this paragraph I will be telling you how Lewiston, Idaho is very important to Sal from Walk Two Moons. To start this out you need some background, Sal and her Grandparents went to Lewiston to see Sal’s missing mom. They eventually made it there, after a long car ride that had some occasional stoppings for some sights to see for Gram. But then ram all of a sudden felt sick and Gramps took her to the closest hospital. Next, they went to the hospital and Gramps refused to leave Gram their alone
character has something happen that makes them realize they have more to do. They have an adventure, and a purpose, ahead of them. The Call to Adventure happens when Sal’s grandparents say they are going to take her on a road trip from Euclid, Ohio, to Lewiston, Idaho. This is a Call to Adventure for Sal because the road trip will follow the same journey her mother did when her mother left. Her grandparents are going to teach Sal about her Native American heritage and she will end up at the place where