I have always been passionate about kids and family’s that live in poverty and who are desperate for food and water. So, I knew when I heard Ryan Stevenson speaking of an organization called World Vision, that this would be a great speech for this assignment. Ryan Stevenson is a singer and artist who was speaking as well as preforming at the Newsboys concert, at the Brookings Swiftel Center. Later, when I was considering what type of speech this was I was stumped. First, Stevenson started off by speaking about the children around the world that literally have nothing, they might go days without food, the children might have little clothing, or maybe they aren’t able to have any education. He talked about the little things that we all take …show more content…
Ryan Stevenson also states that once you sponsor a child they sort of become part of your family, you can send letters to them and you become close with them. So, at this point I felt that he switched his goal from informing the audience to persuading them to sponsor a child.
When Ryan Stevenson first started speaking, he definitely grabbed my attention. I am interested in this topic so when he started off by talking about the issues that they children are going through, it touched my heart. Although, I was only able to find two main points of his speech, informing the audience and then persuading us to sponsor. The evidence that Ryan Stevenson was given by World Vision. Ryan Stevenson is highly involved in the program so he is a reliable source for this organization.
Some examples that he used was the knowledge of the conditions that these children are living in. Ryan Stevenson knew quite a bit about these conditions, him and several others had visited some of these villages that they sponsor to see first had some of the things that were happening. This made the evidence and convincing and appealing, sense he was able to give us real stories about a few of the children and families that he
On the 9th of February, three divisions of Japanese soldiers landed in Singapore; a major British military base and presence in the Pacific, under the control of Lieutenant General A.E Percival. Six days later, over 90 000 British, Australian and Indian troops were forced to surrender. It had been believed that Singapore guaranteed the security of Australia, therefore leaving the country seemingly hopeless under the threat of Japanese invasion. The Fall of Singapore in 1942 was significant in affecting the relations between Australia and the United States as the lack of support received from Britain caused, resulting in a drastic movement towards America for protection.
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Cesar Chavez uses morals and his audience fear of destruction to justify his stance on non-violent protests . Martin Luther King jr was an activist and civil rights leader that did not use violence to get his point across like many other activists at that time. Cesar Chavez wrote on the anniversary of his death explaining why using nonviolence is the way to advocate rights for those in need. His article was put in a religious organization that helped people who were in need of help. Cesar Chavez uses morals as a way to appeal to the religious side of his audience. Cesar Chavez also uses the fear of losing power to prove that doing nonviolent protests are the right way to spread his cause.
George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” is a speech in which he talks about the catastrophic event on September eleventh, 2001. Two airplanes crash into the Twin Towers in New York City on this day, shocking the entire world. He addresses this speech to the people of America on the night of the disastrous event, to let the people of the United States know what is going on. This speech explains how the United States is a strong country, the motives behind the event, as well as to bring the United States together and stronger.
Preview: In this speech I will discuss the problem with returning combat veterans, then I will discuss an organization that helps these hero’s, followed
To support her claim, Harris establishes her ethos throughout the talk. Harris makes sure we know about her education relating to this talk. She is well educated, including a master’s degree and now a pediatrician with her own practice in San Francisco. Her practice is called California Pacific Medical Center which specializes in children. Harris opened this practice with her
In his speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, former Senator Fred Thompson aims to convince his audience to vote for John McCain in the upcoming election. Thompson also works to create the persona of a perseverant, patriotic leader for McCain. In his attempts to persuade the American voters, Thompson uses McCain’s personal experiences and logic that discredits the Democrats in order to gain support for McCain’s campaign.
Peter singer argues that it shouldn’t be any reason for Americans to don’t donate money to poor children when they can afford luxuries that are not important for their lives and health. Singer used two examples with two different situations and he tying to motivate readers to donate as much as money they can.
...hool programs for kids in terrible home situation with a group called LA’s Best. He works with Down syndrome and Autistic children, with a group LA Goal. They do the same things that he does in the hospitals and the more people he works with the more people that help in their community (Rosner). Many famous people help out in foundations and have charities but many don’t work with disabled people, learning to play something, making them forget about other things for a while, and just make them feel better about themselves but he did, not for him but for other people going through hard times like he did.
The Mark Twain Prize for humor is awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for performing Arts every year since 1998. This award is given to leading actor/comedian in the American industry. In 2011 Will Ferrell received the Mark Twain Comedy award. This is an analysis of the speech acceptance speech that he gave.
One charity that Legend is memorable for, is playing a role in the War Child Foundation. This foundation “works toward a world in which no child’s life is torn apart by war” (“Vision/ War Child”). This committee is dedicated to supporting children to conquer their experiences, and have a chance at a more superior future. John, along with his foundation, provide moral support to children witnessing armed conflict and lets their voices be heard. This singing superstar
Before we started this project I had never heard of I Have a Dream Foundation. I had no idea who they were, what they were about, and how local they actually were. Their mission statement states, “We empower students from low-income communities to thrive in school, college and career.” I Have a Dream foundation’s main focus is to break barriers of impoverished students family issues, so that the student can focus on school and excel. Challenges that come with poverty that I Have a Dream targets are: family involvement in the justice system, foster care, food insecurity, and homelessness.
understanding. I am a skeptic. The characters that he incorporates within his story, help to. establish a sense of the conditions and hardships that the country is experiencing. experiencing, and the presence of fear throughout the whole of the populace.
Throughout history there have been many great figures that populate the conscientiousness of humanity. The great philosophers of the past and the industrious thinkers of the present all of whom have had a great impact on the world and how people view it. Bill Gates would be considered one of the greatest minds of our times. Bill Gates is not only considered a technological entrepreneur but, one of the greatest contributors to global equality. In Bill Gates ' Harvard commencement address I believe the main idea is that as the younger generation that has more than any other generation should be giving more of themselves than any other generation, regardless of the gender, race, sexuality or anything else that makes those giving or receiving