Ellie+K.

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

My idenity is made up of kindness, determination, athlectics, friends, and family.
 * What __really__ makes up your identity?

My sense of place is home, school, my friends, and the people of my volleyball team.
 * What __really__ makes up your sense of place?

Identity and sense of place helps your group member find out who you really are.
 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?

I am a very smart person and I am good at contributing ideas to help and I always listen to everyone's ideas.
 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?

People abusing drugs and underage drinking. There are a lot of people who drink and do drugs at schools all over. People could monitor the hallways and bathrooms to make sure no one is doing anything they aren't supposed to. Also parents could be informed so they could watch out for what their children are doing. If someone is drinking or taking drugs people could sit down and talk with them so they could stop before they hurt themselves.
 * 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 must be a leader and be able to speak up in public to start sovling gobal probelms. I also think that people shouldn't be afraid to fail because it happens to some people, but they need to be able to get back up and try again.
 * 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

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Yes, I beleve that the pictures I chose represent the beauty that I believe our town has. The first picture is going into downtown Raleigh and it shows all the tall buildings we have like that AT&T building, the tallest building in the picture. Raleigh is a big city and it is the capital of North Carolina. Some of the people at our school are even from Wake County and Durham which are around Raleigh. The second picture is the creek in my backyard and the only person I ever go there with is my little brother. It is like our own place where we can go to just hang out. The third picture is of volleyballs courts, I go to volleyball three times a week. When I go I see all my friends on my team and they are so much fun to hang out with. Being on club teams helps me meet people from all different schools in Raleigh instead of just from my school.

Phase III: Identify Local Issue:

What is your local issue? There are many poor people who have a hard time getting food because they don't have enough money to pay for it. One of the reasons people don't have enough money is because they don't have a job because there aren't enough jobs for everyone in America.

What can you do to be address the issue? I can help out at food drives and give people food that stand on the streets beggingn for money. If I have food in the car I normally give it to them because if I give them money, they could buy something with it that could harm them.

What is the global impact of your local issue? This issue makes more poor people and unhealthy people because they can't take care of themselves because they don't have enough money to go to the doctor, the dentist, buy food, or buy anything they might need. Having poor people makes more poverty for the world.

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