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Our House Is On Fire

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This Humanities class is called Rhetoric, and during our first unit of this class, we learned about all the different rhetorical devices that go into making a message, including the three main appeals; the ethos (appeal to ethics), logos (appeal to logic), and pathos (appeal to emotion). We also watched the Democratic Primary Debate, and follow along with our certain candidate. I was given Kamala Harris as my candidate. For our Action Project for this unit, we were asked to make a little video speech from the perspective of our candidate from the debates, and answer a question that might be asked to them from their perspective. Below is my video speech. WH, Our House Is On Fire Speech , 2019 In conclusion, I thought that this Action Project was enjoyable to make, and an interesting experience to do overall. It was difficult, though, and hard to properly speak from the perspective of the candidate that we were given.

Giving Back to the Community: La Casa Norte

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I volunteer at Casa Norte because I wanted to find an enjoyable way to give back to the neighborhood. La Casa Norte is a Chicago-based homeless shelter that provides food for folks with incomes at or below government averages and live nearby or are an existing client. They do this during their Fresh Market days every Monday. They do this because they want to be able to help the significant number of people in the surrounding neighborhood that are struggling with poverty or homelessness. This organization could not do all of this without volunteers, however. As a volunteer, I help pack and distribute food to people who need it through the Fresh Market system. WH, La Casa Norte Exterior , 2019 WH, La Casa Norte, Fresh Market Area , 2019 WH, La Casa Norte,  Interior , 2019 I plan on sharing this experience with others through this blog post, and through telling people close to me about the impact Casa Norte has and how it's good for the community. It&