Blog Topic:#2 Afro-american Voting rights

  Dr.Martin Luther king Jr along side many other influential African Americans, stopped at nothing to to fight for rights they believed they deserved. African Americans living in the south regardless of passed laws , faced segregation and mistreatment. prior to the voting act of 1965, African Americans and also whites were allowed to vote but it was a matter of if whites would allow them to, which they didn't. they had put up barriers such as a test to keep African Americans from voting. Any American citizen is allowed to cast a vote regardless by skin color, race or heritage. Dr.Martin Luther king, a Major figure for the African American community spear headed many marches and speeches in order to strengthen his community to stand up against the injustices brought on the government and the whites. The ideas of Dr. king not only help in obtaining voting rights for African Americans but also helped passed a civil rights acts and allowed for there to be bilingual ballots.
   No law is set in stone, rules are made to be broken as well as altered. African Americans and other people of color may or may not be in danger of their rights being change. No one is truly capable of understanding what laws will be around next century and what laws will not be. Because Citizens of the united states have elected a African American for president, it will pretty hard for the government to turn around and take away rights that African Americans have fought for.
 In today's society, no one is truly one race ,one ethnicity or even practice one hertiage. The United states is becoming more of a melting pot, then it was during 1965. In order to take voting rights away from one specific group, would basically be contracting the idea of what the true meaning of being American really is.
America has made great changes in their legislation,if laws such as voting rights become threaten , the American government will not be able to recover from the aftermath of their decision.
    Dr.King, helped his southern African American community gain voting rights and fair treatment ,although people still may face discrimination, because of Dr.Kings leadership, African Americans have privileges now, that they wouldn't of have if he didn't fight for his people , if he easily gave up and surrender to his local government.
   

Blog topic #1 Community Partnership

         I believe its easy to just randomly pick an organization to focus on for our Community Partnership project, but the CP's are that are most important are ones that either effect you in someway, you have high interest in or is in the area of studies your interested in. For my CP i choose the SM county Airports Administration. Both The San Carlos and The Palo Alto Airport are apart of the SM county. I could have picked the first CP on the class list, but instead i chose the Airport because its something I'm truly interested in , and what ever changes that are made to the airports, do effect my life as a travel and for my future goals as well.
Question 1: In What Sense did your CP grow from a local need or perspective?
-San Mateo airports, growth is based on a local demand by local businesses and residents. The Airport is an important business and transportation asset to the community. Local businesses use their own aircraft or local air charter services to be more efficient, productive and competitive in their business markets. since 1948, it now also provides emergency travel and law enforcement aid.The growth of the airport depends on the demands of the surrounding cities and business.
Question 2:Is your CP constrained or otherwise affected by Federal Policies?To whom is your CP Ultimately.
-The airports receive money from their user and business fees, which helps keeps the airport self funded. It receives no money from the county's fund. the airport has a set of their own rules, but in a small way they also abide by rules set forth by the federal government.I'm not exactly sure, if they are effected by the federal government like other airports are, but one i start participating with the  airports administration, i will understand more about their policies and their sources.
SOURCE:sanmateocountyairports.org