Profile: Maisha Wilder of Wilder Connection, Orlando, FL (Orange County) Orlando, FL‑‑‑Maisha Wilder has a simple formula for success. Like the rustic, simple Mason jars she lovingly collects, she cultivates compassion for others and responds to human needs. Wilder, a dynamic, compassionate, and humble leader, has worked in education for Read more…
In her poems “At the Fishhouses,” “Poem,” and “Sestina,” Elizabeth Bishop uses vivid imagery to explore the cycles of life, family and relationships – those fleeting moments shared, unadorned and often cherished later upon reflection. “At the Fishhouses” is a free verse poem told as a descriptive narrative about an Read more…
In her bi-lingual grief poem, “Lexicon of Exile,” Aleida Rodriguez speaks in the voice of a Cuban immigrant as she describes the irrevocable loss of a childhood home, an event which creates a giant chasm within, a split self and a new language and identity for her people. As memories Read more…
Most of us will never know what it’s like to be homeless— to live on the streets, under bridges or overpasses or in cars, to experience the embarrassment of digging through trash cans for food, to live without bathing, wearing clean clothes, or eating a decent meal, to be shunned, Read more…
How Well-behaved and Rebel Women Made Jazz History Women hold up half the sky. – Chinese proverb Brief Summary This paper sets out to name some important women who made significant contributions to jazz before 1945, including their specialties (trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, composer, etc.) and the bands and/or musicians with Read more…
“Man’s Industrialization Heats up the Environment: The Causes and Effects of Atmospheric Pollution.” was written in 1991. The paper started off by stating: “Since the mid-1800s, man has been continuously altering the global environment through his industrialization. Today, industrialized societies such as the United States, Europe and the Soviet Union Read more…
If Aldo Leopold were alive today, he likely would be pleased. The father of wildlife management and the United States’ wilderness system likely would approve of the modern movement towards sustainable use of ecosystem services.[1] In 1933, when Leopold wrote The Conservation Ethic, he was heralding a bold new thinking, Read more…
A body in motion tends to remain in motion, unless a force acts upon it. Thus, based on the experiments in our lab, which showed how C02 emissions are on a path of exponential growth, unless we do something fairly drastic, the levels will surpass our ability to change them. Read more…
The Palouse Basin Water Visioning tool is very interesting; and it also made me feel sad. Based on what we’ve been learning during this section of the course, and knowing how scarce water is in so many parts of the world has made me feel very uncomfortable about my own Read more…
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