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The chart below is a summary of what each person in the group wrote relating to their local issue.


 * Name || What is your local issue? || What can you do to be address the issue? || What is the global impact of your local issue? ||
 * Anna B || My local issue is pollution. Air pollution especially is becoming more and more of an issue in bigger cities and Raleigh is no different. || There are many things that can be done about the issue. At a personal level, I can participate in programs like "Adopt-A-Highway" where groups of people agree to keep a 2 mile stretch of road clean. I can also follow the upcoming elections and support a candidate that has solid plans for combating pollution.

Local, state and federal governments can pass laws to regulate pollution. Many of these laws already exist, but need to be enforced better. The government can also give rewards to people who purchase cars that emit less pollution as a way of encouraging people to purchase energy-saving vehicles. || Many of the largest cities in the world - from Los Angeles to Beijing - have problems with pollution. many people around the world are developing allergies and becoming very sick from the pollution in the air. Even undeveloped countries face problems associated with unsanitary living conditions due to pollution on the streets. ||
 * Teia R. || My local issue is gangs. I have seen a sharp increase of their presence in my short time as a teacher. || To address the issue a few of the teachers in my school have started a small mentor program in an effort to give students who are involved or in danger of becoming involved a positive resource and relationship. I can also encourage positive alternatives to the gang life-style, be a positive role-model and influence, and create an inclusive and tolerant classroom environment. || Gangs are something found everywhere. As America is a melting pot, the gangs of here and there will ultimately find themselves here. Increased violence and illegal behaivor will effect tourism, business, and the image of the United States. Gang activity has already impacted laws. ||
 * Ekahi T. || One big Social Issue we just had in Hawaii is the storm that caused flooding everywere. It also destroyed roads that now our government has to pay to fix. || I think that we can be more aware of the weather and be prepared such as can foods and water bottles. So if the power goes off you will still have food and water. We can also add more water drains.

"We moved our cars into the garage and that seemed safe until about 10 when it seemed like the cars would get flooded," said Jeremy Bennett

Read more: [|http://www.kitv.com/news/30624588/detail.html#ixzz1oSx6pbXV] "The ground gets quite saturated, so it can't hold very much more," said Michael Cantin || If the storm travels around the world it could flood everywhere and kill thousands of people if the storm is that bad. ||
 * Steven Y. || One local issue we have in Hawaii is serious flooding and brown water advisories. In Hawaii flooding is bad because it takes a long time for the water to recede because the ground is hard and most of it is paved. Also most of our houses are on the ground so it causes a lot of damage if the water gets in homes. || "It was insane," said Carlos. "It was just pouring everywhere -- cats and dogs!"

"Every time we have heavy rains the streets flood," said Chris Herndon.

What we can do to address this issue is maybe add more storm drains, or make trench like systems away from our homes, or build elevated houses. || It can flood anywhere in the world if it rains hard enough. If it does and the ground condition is right it will most definitely flood.

Read more: [|http://www.kitv.com/news/30624588/detail.html#ixzz1oSueD9XZ] || - "About 30% of homeless in Hawaii are from out of state"... " Hawaii is being tremendously and horribly impacted by homelessness"- kitv.com You can find out more out this issue at: [] || There's many things that can be done for this issue. They can open more shelters that they can go to to get food and rest and they could also help out the homeless by giving them jobs so that they can make money and work back to getting or making a living. We can also support IHS which is a big help with the homeless population. And what would be a big help was if the minimum wage were to increase so that homeless people with jobs could make more of a living. || There's a lot of homeless people around the world, but the problem is the biggest in Hawaii. And if the problem in Hawaii gets bigger it could effect economy and eventually effect the mainland, and when it effects the mainland or the united states it may start affecting the world because the mainland is one of the most important countries in the world. ||
 * Joshua S. || Homelessness is when people don't have houses to live in and they have to live in tents, under trees, on bus stops, in cars and etc.
 * Hunter L. || A local and global issue is the dangers of nuclear energy. We should work towards to getting rid of fossil fuels and using solar energy more. || Starting small organizations to promote solar energy since nuclear energy can be harmful to the environment. || Prevention of nuclear warfare. ||
 * Ethan S. || bullying, and over crowded schools. || for bullying try surrounding your self with other friends to keep your self strong, for over crowded schools just scatter the kids in other schools. || pollution, and war. ||
 * Lan Z. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Ahmet G. ||  ||   ||   ||

Take a few minutes to visit our group wall at wallwisher to add your thoughts about the challenges and opportunities we face when working on local issues. What will make changing these problems hard? What will make changing these problems easy? Who can you think of that would help you? Who or what would stand in your way?