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    able to vote for the first time. As recent as 2005, women in Kuwait finally secured the right to vote and run for office. Voting changed many things in my life, in fact it is one of the most important means of making a difference. I haven’t voted yet, but my parents have made a difference in my life by voting. A government only has power because people vote for it. If you don’t vote, you will give control over all our lives to those who actually go out and do vote. Elections give us a chance to

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    to textbook(,p.616), making the ‘right’ decision helps a company to achieve their goals and objectives. Furthermore, a right decision might lead to finding other opportunities in order to achieve the business goals, by solving the problems. Similarly, it will help achieving competitive advantages against some of the main competitors, and help the company to being successful. The decision making can be of many forms, mainly structured and intuitive. Intuitive decision-making is based on a person beliefs

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    In the article, “Making Difference Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity,” the authors David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely state that the discrimination-and-fairness paradigm and the access-and-legitimacy paradigm are the ”perspectives that have guided most diversity initiatives to date.” (p. 80) Thomas and Ely took these two paradigms and came up with the learning-and-effectiveness paradigm, which combines the best of the discrimination-and-fairness paradigm and the access-and-legitimacy paradigm

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    people out there are unfortunate and must find a job to provide for themselves and their families. But what if we were financially stabled and did not have to work 40 plus hours, would people still pursue the same path? I would for the reason of making a difference in a child’s life. I would love to coach and teach physical education for 20 hours a week and not have to worry about how much money is in my bank account. I would have no financial worries and be able to focus on my passion of coaching and

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    Students Today Leaders Forever is a student-led organization committed to making a difference. Our mission is to reveal leadership through service, relationships and action. We do this through our Pay It Forward Tours - community service road trips where students travel by bus to serve the country, and experience leadership. STLF was founded by college students, and is successful because of college students continuing to dedicate themselves to the cause. This organization is driven by volunteers

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    Merriam-Webster defines discrimination as, “the act of making or perceiving a difference” (Discrimination, 2017.) Does your skin color impact the quality of your work or the fortitude your resolve? It may seem that the answer to that question is quite clear, nonetheless, 32,309 cases of race/color discrimination were reported in fascial year 2016 (EEOC, 2017.) Prejudice and discrimination are often mistaken for one another, however, prejudice is the negative attitude toward a category of people

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    “Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul motivated by love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Taking time to volunteer at the many nonprofit organizations, homeless shelters, advocacy centers, philanthropic fundraisers, local schools and child care facilities in the inner city is not always at the forefront of young people’s minds while navigating through their college experiences. But, with a little

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    helping the disadvantaged students is to fight the negative stigma of poverty and give the poor students hope. It can be done by school providing students with more information about the poverty. Kathy Fox recommends in her paper “Children Making a Difference: Developing Awareness of Poverty Through Service Learning “to start the poverty awareness activities at schools by first introducing in game-form this topic for the class. She advices to start a three-week training for young kids, which would

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    Making a Difference In Our World Imagine an individual opens a newspaper and begins to become intrigued in the articles, well this would not have occurred if William Randolph Hearst did not become a huge contributor to the American newspaper chain (" William Randolph Hearst "). This man stayed efficiently remembered through his family and personal life, too his economic and industrial pursuit to the newspaper chains, and lastly his wonderful impact on our society today. William Hearst

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    Most people can agree on the fact that president Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States is considered to be one of the most outstanding citizens. He is known for his presidency which he fought the confederacy during the civil war where he managed to abolish slavery. Which all happened with the help of the Republican party, whom were chosen because he felt like he wanted to make a point and would need the help of a strong party to do so. Lincoln was a man of not only right doings

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