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Ochen Solomon is one of four Ugandan schoolboys who wrote essays about the effects of land grabbing on the lives of their families and community as part of the annual Essay Contest for Children and Young People of African Descent 2013. This London-originated initiative encourages and supports educational development in children aged 7 to 16.

Essay competition is a writing contest open to all writers to showcase their creativity in different categories. The international essay competition is organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity, and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development.

If were not for them the children in today's society would still be faced to deal with segregation. They need to have an understanding of what our ancestors and important African Americans had to go through to get us where we are today. We should celebrate black history month because it represents African Americans as a whole. By celebrating.

We exist to strengthen the cultural connections within communities of African descent that promote, sustain, and enhance the healthy development of our children.

At its 2016 General Assembly, the Organization of American States (OAS) approved the Plan of Action for the Decade of Afro-Descendants in the Americas (2016-2025), in recognizing that people of African descent in the Americas are descendants of millions of Africans who were forcibly enslaved and transported as part of the inhumane transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries.

Essay Contest, titled “Affordable Housing Plan for Eden Prairie, Minnesota,” details this divide as follows: Eden Prairie is a city of families, and 71.27% of housing is currently family hous-ing. Yet an income divide exists between Eden Prairie’s wealthier, predominantly white community (90.66%) and (its) immigrant families. While for.

Abstract. More than a decade and a half ago, Donal Cruise-O’Brien (1996) declared African children and youth to be “a lost generation.” His concern was echoed by later scholarship in acknowledgment of the enormous socioeconomic and political forces still surrounding the lives of young people in Africa (Abbink and Van Kessel 2005; Honwana and De Boeck 2005), including the persistent.

Critical literacy plays an important role in children’s literature, as readers have the chance to change their world, and goes beyond merely teaching children and extends to integrating critical thinking skills. African American children’s literature represents the history and cultural aspects of African American. This typically seeks to.

STATE AND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship amounts and criteria are based on previous years and are subject to change. 9 Discover Card Community Scholarships: Juniors with at least a 2.75 overall GPA who demonstrate accomplishments in community service and leadership and has faced a significant roadblock or challenge.

Working closely with the Catholic Schools Office, an essay contest is held in the diocesan schools. It is open to all seventh and eighth grade students. The theme this year is: How Does Social Media Impact Our Christian Values of Respect and Kindness? A scholarship contest for students of African American and African descent is also held each.

The Moravian Women of St. Philips Moravian Inspire The Moravian women of St. Philips, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, inspire. Today these Moravian sisters of African descent, and their predecessors over nearly two centuries, live lives of faith, dignity, thankfulness and patience. They are women of the.

African Americans males represented a startling 330% of the number suspensions and expulsions, roughly 3.3 times the rate of their White male peers. Similar investigations into the overrepresentation of African American males also report findings consistent with these above mentioned studies. As it stands, according to the extant literature.