Will+B.

Phase I: Who Am I? What's My Place?

The things that you do in your daily life with people that you interact with, some more often than others. The things you do to have fun with your friends or family. The connection between everybody you know in your life.
 * What __really__  makes up your identity?

The place where you call home. It is knowing where your social and economic place is in the world and making the best of it regardless who you live with and how you live and being aware of the things going on around you.
 * What __really__  makes up your sense of place?

During your project, these things will begin to show how people work together, who seems to be the group leader(s) and the perspective each person has on the topic.
 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?

I have experience in some of these problems that we face in the world and I know people that have been challenged with financial issues. I am aware of the problems that our city, state, country, and world face today.
 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?

We need to be more aware of illegal drugs and alcohol in our city. Everybody loves to have fun, especially at parties with friends, but some people are putting their lives at risk by doing these things, such as driving after they have these parties. We need to have drug and alcohol awareness classes and to remind people to be aware of the things happening around them.
 * What is one local problem (where you live) that you believe needs to be addressed? Suggest some steps could you take to try to solve it?

I think people need to realize the problems and step up and speak out against the things thatcause problems in our country,
 * Finally, some problems have been around for a long time. What qualities do you think a person must have to step up and try to solve them?

Phase II: Sense of Place

Upload image (s) here:

This is then capitol buliding of Raleigh with the statue of Sir Walter Raleigh, the man whom the city was named after.

Although Raleigh does not have a NASCAR track, many people in the south enjoy watching NASCAR and going to see the races in nearby Charlotte, North Carolina.

Use these questions to help you determine which picture shows someone else why your “place” is so special to you.
 * Does a scenic picture represent the beauty you believe that your town has?
 * Does a picture of a group of people represent and show a warmth and friendliness that your town has?
 * Does a statue or building convey the feeling of history that makes your place important and unique?
 * Is there a cultural event that represents the values of your home location?

I believe that a scenic picture and a city represent both of the beauty that our town has. We are a very nice city and we have a lot of green around here. Nearly everybody in the south is kind whether they are weathly or poor, Duke or UNC fans, everyone is nice to each other and everyone would show a good representation of our community here in Raleigh. I think the most important building to us is our capitol building. It shows the pride that Raleigh has and shows that we are a free city, state, and country. The most important cultural event in our area are the Duke/UNC basketball games. It brings us all together no matter how the game turns out.

What are your initial thoughts about how your image addresses the questions above? Later, you will be working with the members of your group to create a travel package that includes visits to each group member's home location (see Phase II)

Phase III: Identify Local Issue:

What is your local issue? Hunger is a problem that is easily noticed. My school, Ravenscroft, runs a food drive every year to donate food to the food pantry of Raleigh. We raise a significant amount of non-perishable food but even then it is not enough for our city to thrive in stopping hunger problems.

What can you do to be address the issue? We can open more food pantry and get every school in the world to bring in anything non-perishable to the food drive that they can donate to the cause. Whatever they bring helps regardless of the amount. We also need to make people more aware of the problem in our country.

What is the global impact of your local issue? It is a serious problem in African and Asian countries. It is not as evident throughout America but it is still a large problem. Hunger causes deaths every year and we need to make sure everybody gets to live a healthy life wih food and water and free of diseases.

Add these thoughts to your Group's Discussion Forum on Local Issues