http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_b19a6872-bf37-11e5-95fe-33fe5e3e8a4d.html
Civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni talks about voting and equality
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni spoke at the Reitz union on Tuesday night. She spoke about problems such as racial inequality and encouraged students to vote for issues that are important to them. Giovanni addressed nationwide problems that affect everyone, including politics and Donald Trump.
http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_fce2e22e-bf36-11e5-b02f-53a2475e86c3.html
Gator Cinemas creates GoFundMe
The general manager of Gator Cinemas talks about how the movie theater is very outdated and there are several problems that he would like to solve, including broken pipes in the bathrooms. He created a GoFundMe in hopes of raising money for restoration, but there aren't very many donations yet. The closure of the cinema affects many Gainesville residents and students who used to go see movies there for very cheap.
http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_5180f346-bf34-11e5-afe3-174bb024adf3.html
Forum on Islamophobia to combat intolerance, ignorance
Community leaders are going to meet up on Wednesday night to discuss Islamophobia, interfaith relations, the Syrian refugee crisis and the role of media in shaping public perception of these issues. A UF faculty member claims in the article that many people take the name of Islam as if it is a violent religion. This prejudice effects people across the globe, but this particular meeting is aimed at Gainesville residents. They will also discuss the importance of welcoming refugees and not blocking them out of America.
http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_377d6788-ba82-11e5-a220-633927ac5bd3.html
Community discusses gun violence
About 50 concerned local community members met up on Wednesday night to discuss Senate Bill 68, which was introduced on Tuesday. If approved by the legislature, it would allow for concealed and open carry on college campuses, which the participants of the forum are opposed to. One participant mentioned that open carry would restrict gun rights, rather than expand them, because businesses could possibly block open-carry holders from entering their stores. This is a bill that would effect people on college campuses across the nation.
http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_c7409a60-ba7e-11e5-921d-a7c5d92d3b4c.html
Panelists speak on Alachua's criminal justice system
On Wednesday night, Alachua county residents discussed their concern about providing more services for mental health, keeping children out of adult courts and the high number of minorities in Alachua’s jails. These are all problems that affect Alachua County Residents and their families.
All of these were wonderful articles, I especially liked the one on Islamophobia. I hate that just because of few, others must suffer. The religion is not the problem, it's the extremists, like with most they are throwing "the baby out with the bath water". Additionally, we should welcome refugees because we are all decedents of other nationalities that traveled here.
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Hi Laura,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your article, especially since the local opportunities you listed were about situations here at school or within the county, and were taken from The Alligator. They were all something that I could read about and relate to. For my blog post, I focused more on local opportunities in different areas rather than in Gainesville, but yours was very interesting. Here is a link to my blog post about local opportunities- http://daniellesteinent3003.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities.html