...Acto de Reunión del Patronato de la Fundación Universidad Empresa de la Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (20 de junio de 2012) Buenas días a todos, En primer lugar, quiero agradecer a Don Rafael Benavent Presidente de la Fundación Universidad Empresa y Presidente del Consejo Social de la Univesitat Jaume I que me haya invitado a este acto de Reunión del Patronato de la Fundación Universidad Empresa. Es especialmente satisfactorio que una personalidad de la categoría de Don Rafael, que es, sin duda alguna, un líder inspirador y gran gestor de personas, haya contado conmigo para estar hoy aquí. También quiero dar las gracias a Don Cipriano de Mesa Gerente de la Fundación Universidad Empresa, por todo su apoyo para estar aquí hoy entre ustedes. Actualmente vivimos en una realidad compleja, dinámica, y globalizada, llena de incertidumbres y de retos. Estamos continuamente escuchando la palabra crisis, en un ambiente pesimista y derrotista. Nos levantamos con la prima de riesgo, y nos acostamos con rescates. Parece que no controlamos nada de lo que ocurre, que no podemos hacer nada en esta situación, y que vamos a la deriva arrastrados por los acontecimientos. Sentimos que es una situación límite. En este contexto, déjenme que les hable de un hecho singular. En agosto de 1913 una expedición canadiense dirigida por el explorador Stefansson salió en el Karluk para explorar la parte más septentrional de Canada y el Polo Norte. Con unos meses de diferencia, en diciembre...
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...SPAN. 4368 (MONDAY) Cronograma de actividades (sujeto a cambios, según sea necesario) Enero 13 | Introducción general. Descripción del curso y discusión sobre objetivos y contenidos Formación de grupos. Asignación grupal (sorteo)de temas para lectura por género (Lectura # 1) Explicación general sobre los temas del sílabo para las lecturas Instrucciones para lectura de grupos por género | Enero 20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING | Enero 27 | Explicación de tarea de folklore a entregarse Feb. 17 UNIDAD I: Conceptos introductorios - parte I | Febrero 03 | Conceptos introductorios – parte IILas claves del reclutamiento para la lectura Prueba # 1: Unidad I: conceptos introductorios (partes I y II y Las claves del reclutamiento)UNIDAD II: El género cuento – Componentes del cuento El cuento realista | Febrero 10 | Prueba # 1: Unidad I: conceptos introductorios (partes I y II y Las claves del reclutamiento) El género cuento y El cuento realista (continuación)Lectura # 1 del grupo “Cuento realista | Febrero 17 | Prueba# 2: El género cuento y El cuento realista)Revisión de prueba # 1UNIDAD III: El cuento fantásticoEntrega de Tarea: FOLKLORE | Febrero 24 | Revisión de prueba # 2 El cuento fantástico (continuación)Lectura # 1 del grupo “Cuento fantástico” | Marzo 03 | Prueba # 3: El cuento fantástico UNIDAD IV: La leyenda Lectura # 1 del grupo “Leyenda” | Marzo 10 | Vacaciones de primavera (Spring...
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...Earl Warren was a Supreme Court judge who was a republican and became more liberal with time. He influenced America's political development with various liberal Supreme Court decisions as Chief Justice. Such as in Gideon v. Wainwright, which ruled that the state's are required to "provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys" under the 6th amendment. He also heavily influenced America with his decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. In the Brown case the court decision established that its unconstitutional to have separate schools for black and white students. In Miranda v. Arizona, Warren's decision made a defendants statement only admissible in court if they'd been...
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...life of violence and discriminatory acts against her people. She was captivated, she saw a purpose in her surroundings to make an impact. As others began to see Parks movement, they began tagging along and spreading the word. Boycotts started as soon as she was arrested. African Americans from Montgomery and other races who felt sympathy promoted and organized a boycott of the city bus line that went on for 381 days. All of it was to show they were not to take anymore racism. The honesty and integrity everyone saw in Mrs. Parks was intimidating and powerful. She was seen as the symbol of dignity and strength to end segregation. The civil rights movement received much attention thanks to “ the mother of the civil rights movement”. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the spokesperson for the bus boycott that taught non violence to all participants. Others took shape throughout the country and the south. They took form at swim-ins, eat-ins, and similar things. Thousands joined the protest to demand equal rights. United and standing for something they believe in was much more powerful than anything those racist can overcome.Rosa Parks is a catalyst for change because she took the first step into something huge which impacted our history in a tremendous way. She might not have been able to do it all by herself, but it does not just take one person to make a change. She was the one step multiple people needed, but didn't take because they were scared, to have a voice. Rosa Parks is heard of...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. King was a Baptist minister and a social activist who played a major role as being a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He had a huge impact on race relations in the United States during the mid-1950s and fought for equal freedoms for blacks and whites. Dr. King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, created many inspirational speeches, and played a great role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the United States. He also helped create the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and many other awards and honors for his leadership actions. On April 4, 1968, just after 6 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot and killed. The civil rights leader was in Memphis, Tennessee to support a sanitation workers’ strike. At the time, Dr. King was standing on the balcony just outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel. He was just about to leave for dinner when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the jaw and hit his spinal cord. Martin Luther King Jr. was pronounced dead at 39 years old after his arrival at the Memphis hospital....
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...President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech address the theme of American democracy in many ways. Some similar ways, but others different. In both speeches they talk about how everyone needs to be equal, and treated fairly. Not everything in the two speeches are the same, but very similar. They both just want equality, and fairness between all. No matter what skin color, hair color, eyes. No matter what clothes you wear. We are all equal, and that's what everyone needs to know. That was the point of the two speeches. To give people hope, and motivation during hard times. I defiantly think that President Lincoln's speech was more to empower everyone, and make them feel less helpless. But,...
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...Over the years, I have attended many college football games in which the marching bands live performances are the main event, especially at predominately African-American Colleges & Universities where the competition is fierce. As an African-American man, my connection with these marching bands is meaningful because each performance is strongly influenced by our culture, which is a reminder for me how integrated we are into the American culture; however, we do not receive the recognition that we deserve. Nevertheless, the University of Texas at San Antonio Spirit of San Antonio (SOSA) Marching Band is on their own quest in becoming one of the nation’s most recognized marching bands. Over the past three months, as a UTSA football player, I have attended thus far five home football games in which the SOSA Marching Band, along with UTSA dancers performed at a competitive level. Absolutely nothing makes the SOSA Marching Band sound better, tighter and more professional is the dynamic beginning, the smooth transitions and the powerful but abrupt ending. This was definitely the case during the Selena tribute, which the band performed with great respect and passion for the Tejano singer. Like all of the band’s performances, the manipulation of time, space and energy was precisely as directed by the UTSA Band Director, which demonstrated a strong and discipline team. As a result, the SOSA Marching Band delivered pitched perfect effortless performance during the Selena tribute....
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...Every day there are new obstacles that get in the way of life; whether they’re political, economic, educational, familial, or societal. In the book, Hidden Figures, a nonfictional narrative written by Margot Lee Shetterly, Shetterly describes the lives of four women and other African-Americans, and the obstacles they had to overcome growing up as African-Americans in Hampton Virginia during the early to late 1900’s. While those women had many amazing personality traits and characteristics that helped them overcome many obstacles, perseverance was the most dominant trait that allowed them to overcome obstacles in their lives, such as familial, societal, and political. There are many obstacles in society that can be overcome, or at least improved, by perseverance. Perseverance helped many African Americans, overcome many societal problems. One way the African Americans persevered through societal problems was through non-violent sit-ins. One quote from Hidden Figures states, “The students called their protests ‘sit-downs’ or ‘sit-ins.’ Sometimes, the police arrested the protesters and took them off to jail. The prison sentences that followed didn’t discourage the activists. They did not intend to back down until they had defeated segregation.” The definition of perseverance, “steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success,” is shown completely through the sit-in protests. The African Americans sat in shops/cafes for hours on end, and even got...
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...is when “Men such as Martin Luther King, Jr. violated unjust laws but willingly accepted the punishment that came with violating the law… often confused with simply violating laws that you do not like…Civil disobedience demands to accept the punishment otherwise, there would be no principled distinction between civil disobedience and mere lawlessness” (“The Documents of Freedom”). Peaceful resistance does positively impact a free society. Take Gandhi for example, he non-violently protested the registration law, through non-violent marches and labor strikes, all harmless, and in support of those who were treated unequally by the registration law, “The Boer government then agreed to end the most objectionable parts of the...
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...The 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott was a success in bringing equality among the racial segregation within buses. When the boycotted started, it was led by Martin Luther King Jr., who insisted their campaign would be a nonviolent approach. According to Document 2, King didn’t care whether he was arrested, jailed, and breaking the black discriminating laws or not. Instead he wanted his followers to be nonviolent in their protest and for his point to be made. He knew that if they acted aggressively, then people would not take them seriously. Furthermore, at this time, African Americans were being treated unfairly on buses, so in retaliation, they boycotted the bus by finding different means of transportation. According to Document 4, over 40,000 African Americans, had found alternative ways in...
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...Among one of the most influential people in the nation, arguably even the world, stands Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Being an African American man living in the mid-twentieth century was not easy and people like King faced wrongful discrimination and segregation daily. It is not a pleasant time in history to think back on, yet this does not mean that what happened during this century should be forgotten. King experienced segregation since childhood, when he was restricted from playing with one of his white friends by their mother when she separated the two and told Martin that her son was not allowed to play with people like him. This event, like many others, shaped King into the intellectual scholar that he was during the 1960s that fought and...
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...What if everything you knew about the March on Washington, and other large portions of the civil rights movement, was skewed due a lie of omission? Everyone has heard of Martin Luther King Jr., but few have heard of the man who was a mentor of Dr. King and planned the entire March on Washington. It is my pleasure to introduce you to the man who has been described as a “lost prophet” of the civil rights movement. On Sunday, November 15, at 2:00pm, my mom and I went to see the last showing of a wonderful play called, “Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin.” The play was focused around the man who planned the Civil Rights March on Washington and who was a civil rights leader. His name was Bayard Rustin and the reason that he has almost...
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...Disobedience. It’s described as an “act of Satan” or “unholy”, and usually tends to meet gut wrenching consequences. However, where would we be if people didn’t build up the courage to rebel? Much of the nation’s greatest events occurred because of people like Martin Luther King Jr and Mandela, standing up for what they believed in and doing what they think is upright. Back in the late 1990’s, Blacks were considered free, yet were not treated as equals. Many people, including some white men and women, thought this was not the way America and its people should live, so they engaged in the streets. Chanting and screaming was all you heard from these protesters, but one man emerged from the rest, Martin Luther King Jr. He was an American Baptist minister...
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...from the unjust laws and regulations that they had to abide by in order to create a better quality of life for not only them but, for future generations. Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925. Malcolm X was raised in Omaha, Nebraska and Malcolm X's father, Earl Little, was a preacher who was an active member of the local chapter of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Malcolm looked up to his father and interpreted some of his father’s believe into his own. Malcolm X was one of the leading voices in the Civil Rights Movement. He had a huge role in it as well and set standards that people follow today. Malcolm X emerged in 1960 as a unique and separate voice in the movement. His beliefs were seen as an alternative to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's, which puts him alongside one of our greatest leaders in the Civil Rights Movement ( Muir, Hugh. "Malcolm X: The Man behind the Myth." ) . As Malcolm X grew older his ideas changed and were influenced by his experiences in his life. When he was growing up in Lansing, Michigan, the Ku Klux Klan was still an issue, these terrorists burned his house down and later murdered his father. Malcolm X moved to Harlem after the loss of his father and soon, unfortunately, turned to crime and was quickly arrested and sent to jail. In prison, the experience was quote "eye opening " ( ushistory.org: pg. 1). While in prison Malcolm began to read books to educate himself and through the other inmates influence he converted to Islam. When he was...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta Georgia. King, both a Baptist minister and civil-rights leader, had a huge impact on the Racial relations in the United States, starting in the mid 1950’s. With many efforts, King led the SCLC. Threw his activism, he played a major part in ending segregation of African-American citizens in the United States. Not only did her help end segregation he also created the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, along with receiving many other honors. King was assassinated in April of 1968, and is remembered as one of the most lauded African-American leaders in history. During the early years Martin...
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