For our project we recorded a PSA about  oil trains and the danger they have on the surrounding area. We started out with talking about how the trains could fall off the rails and cause an explosion that has the blast radius of taking out a part of Southwest Philadelphia. We continued on with facts about how the trains also release dangerous fumes into the air. The we finished up by saying how if one of the trains did fall over we have no real plan for evacuation, so we would just be sitting ducks. The reason we chose this topic is because oil trains do go through our state, so this issue is real to us. People we love and care about are being affected by these trains, but no one seems to know about them. We decided that doing research on this topic might share some light with people.   

I mainly helped by trying to be a multiple purpose tool. As I helped during the research,helped record if Obasi wasn’t there. Did some small edits to help Moesha out. I didn’t want to be a burden on my group, so I tried to help out with whatever we were working on at that moment.

Most of the time if my group needed something I tried to be there for them. My time management still needs work. As for checkpoint 2 I didn’t start working on my part of the research until near midnight.I could have also helped Moesha with the script as she did the main part and I just revised my part later on.

1. How are people using social media to fight for social justice in this particular situation?

People are using social media to to daily or weekly updates on what’s happening at standing rock. Such as different cultures protesting, or different countries deciding to side with Standing Rock.

2. Research hashtags people have been using.

#dakotaaccesspipeline #IstandwithStandingRock  #NoDapl

3. How effective are these methods of action?

I would say these methods are somewhat effective as I’m starting to see them pop up more in my Facebook timeline. As well as people are starting to organize peaceful protests more often.

4. What is environmental justice and role does social media play in fight environmental justice?

Environmental justice is the act of trying to protect the environment for people who usually cannot protect their own. Such as minorities in Philadelphia who were living in homes with lead paint because of their landlords not telling them. A form of environmental justice would be the city of Philadelphia making the landlords fix get rid of the lead paint and stop taking advantage of the minorities or people who live there that could not afford better homes.

Now social media adds exposure to the injustice. As with Standing Rock people have uploaded videos to Facebook and Twitter. The videos vary from people protesting in the day from being doused by water cannons or running away from tear gas. Social media can show and stand up for what the tv stations won’t.

5. What do you think can improve the strategy?

What could improve their strategy would be more unity. As people post randomly and sometime the agenda’s all don’t align. It would be better if people could post the hashtag and then talk to others in the group to collaborate on what they want to accomplish.   

When creating my video I learned a couple things for me to reflect on. One of the things that I learned was that in order to create a video is that it takes more patience than you would think. As when I first started recording I had to stop the video after thirty seconds as I was not happy with the way the recording was going. Besides that the recording went fairly well. I was able to get through everything I wanted to in the time period. My real problem was getting the embed code. As my video was having trouble with my video syncing with my laptop. I had to give access to TechSmith Snagit in order for the video to fully sync. Then I needed to send the video to youtube in order for me to embed it. Besides that hassle everything else went smoothly. Well that was my experience with creating a video.

Cameron Lockett

Brian Hussey

American History

April 27, 2016

On Tuesday April 26, 2016 Clay, Hector, Tefay, and I volunteered to get questions for the Committee of Seventy.  At first we met up in the 44th ward of Philadelphia since Clay knew voting polls in the area. When the group all came together we first started near a local hospital. We took pictures of people handing out flyers to support their candidate, a diagram of the voting booth, and a sign saying that there would be a language interpreter. When we were all set up we then began to ask people questions. As soon as we started, we realized we might have some trouble. As the first person I approached to see if they could answer some brief questions quickly rejected me. It took me some time before someone to say yes to answer the questions for Committee of Seventy. While Hector and Clay found it fairly easy for strangers to agree to answer questions for them. We decided to leave the location though since most of the people were coming inside the building since it was a hospital, and they did not want to vote. Some icing on the cake though was before we left I asked an older man to answer some questions. He agreed and during the middle of one the questions he noticed the Committee of Seventy symbol and stormed off.  

After that we decided to go to a polling station around city hall. At that area we were able to get more people to answer the questions. I’m not sure if it was the location since we were outside a building in center city and more people voted there or if it was because the people there were just friendlier than the last bunch. Even still only got around seven to eight people to answer some questions. I guess I should have expected this as the citizens of Phildelphia are not the most avid fans of answering random questions. Especially when they are being asked by someone who is asking you political questions just after you vote. From this experience though I have gained respect for people who have the guts to ask people questions or ask for their support a whole campaign. As even if you’re motivated it can be soul crushing to hear so many no’s back to back.  

Image #1 talks about the information needed for people with disabilities to be able to vote.  

Image #2 talks about how if you speak another language you can get an interpreter to help you vote.

Image #3 talks about the things prohibited during voting and the penalties that you could receive

For my eulogy I’m doing mine on one of my relatives. The relative that died was my  Pop-Pop. He passed away in the January 2010. He died from prostate cancer that he had for about a year. To me I didn’t really know my Pop-Pop until he was dying. When I met him he was a silly old man. From the stories I heard, he was apparently strict when he was younger. As he got older he seemed to warm up a little bit. I’m getting off topic. To me he was one of the only male influences I’ve had in my life.

I created a sugar skull in remembrance of my Pop-Pop because I wanted something to remember him by. Like I said earlier i didn’t really know the man when I was younger. For me it wasn’t so much that he lived far away, it was just that he and my mom were always fighting. He wasn’t allowed to come over unless it was someone’s birthday, or if something important happened. Also for he was one of the only people I know that have died. I guess people can look at that as a blessing. For me it’s a blessing and a curse. it’s a blessing because I don’t know a lot of people that have died, but on the other hand I can’t really help someone who is grieving since i don’t really know the feeling. i did feel sad when he died since before he died my mom took me over his house about three times a month because he was sick. While I was over their i would just talk to him or listen to him and my mom talk. I’m getting of topic, I chose him because I wanted to do something to really remember him.

My sugar school reflects my Pop-Pop. I would say it reflects him because of the color scheme and what i decorated the skull with. The color scheme reflects him because I painted one side gray showing as how i heard he was quite strict when he was younger.i learned about this when my mom told me when he taught her how to drive. He made her drive stick around the block until she made everything meet his high standards of driving. She said the lessons would last for hours at a time. I the other side of my skull I painted multiple colors to represent how silly he was. I know I just said he was strict, but that was before I met him. When i met him he was a lot older ( like 80) so he had lived a long life. By the time he was that old he had a ton of kids and even more grandkids, so whenever he saw his grandkids he tried to be nice to them and act silly. So that’s why the sugar skull reflects my Pop-Pop.

Dia de los Muertos has opened up my mind on celebrating the passing of others. It has opened up my mind because usually I don’t try to think about the dead because I find it depressing. Dia de los Muertos taught me that you can celebrate someone’s life instead of grieving over their death. While doing my sugar skull, I  thought about my Pop-Pop and his life. Even though it’s true that I wish i knew him more and wished he didn’t die. He did, but he had a pretty eventful life leading up to that. He lived in multiple cities across the country, he had many children and grandchildren, he fought in two wars, and did more. Even though life has it’s good and bad he tried to live his life to the fullest.I guess that’s something to celebrate right? Well that’s how Dia de los Muertos opened my mind on the celebration of people passing.

Yo soy Cameron Lockett. Yo soy él orador para mi abuelo’s panegírico. Él fue de Indiana. Él fue bajo y inteligente. Estoy hablando en el espanol clase. Yo estoy triste.

Él vida es extrañar y commemorar ,adios.

Nombre: Cameron Lockett Clase: E

El/La Poeta: Antonio Machado/Anoche cuando dormía

Antonio Machado nacio en veintiseis de Julio en 1875.

Él moría en veintidós de febrero en 1939.

Antonio fue una poeta español y profesor francia.

Él recibieron un  diplom doctorala en litertura.

Antonio conmovido a Francia con el hermano en 1899.

Él luego casado Leanor Izquierdo en 1909.

Él primevero poemas  publice en un litertura perdioco Electra.

Fue de Antonio’s último poema con el cual él morirá.

¡Hola me llamo Cameron Lockett!

Yo voy a Academia de Liderato y Ciencias @Beeber para escuela.

Yo vivo con mi madre y hermana en mi casa.

Para mi vida personal yo voy fuera con mi amigos en sabador.

También yo soy sarcastico, perezoso, y ridículo.

En Escuela mi grados generalmente A’s y B’s.  

Para mi éxito, yo soy un primero grado cinturón negro.

También yo voy a Academia de Liderato y Ciencias @Beeber cual es un éxito a mi.

3.

Yo siento como el poema muchos significados.

La principal significado es alrededor de resurgimiento

Él escribes alrededor de  él pasado erros

Luego él escribes alrededor de algo nuevo.

Cómo después de cada error.

Él nunca detenserses, y guardas ḿovil en.

Con nuevo sentimientos, él moverses en.

Moverse en desde erros y nunca parada.

1. Describe your project
   I made a drawing of a bird that I first sketched then painted over.
   
   

2. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?
   
   I had made sketches for my last two projects. I had little knowledge with painting for this subject.
   
   

3. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?
   I wanted to learn how to paint over sketches seamlessly. I want to be better at painting, so I started out with sketches first and then painted over them.
   
   
   

4. Did you accomplish this goal?
   I did since I made a painting through sketches and painting techniques.
   
   
   

5. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?
   I know i accomplished the goal since I made the bird painting to my liking. The paint clashes somewhat and isn’t the neatest, but it was something knew that I tried. I feel like it turned out ok.
   
   
   

6. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way?
   I learned different techniques for painting. Such as how different strokes and dexterity of the water change the way the painting turns out.
   
   
   

7. What are you most proud of in this project?
   
   I’m most proud of the way the bird turned out. I like the color scheme of it since the blue makes a sky like feel and brown is seen common on birds.
   
   

8. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?

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   My project is a still life of a plant in a jar. What knowledge did you already have about the project before you started?I did a still life in your class last year. What new skill did you want to learn coming into the project?I wanted to learn how to observe more things and sketch them better. Did you accomplish this goal? I feel like i did and didn’t accomplish the goal. I observed and sketched the plant but the background takes away from that. How do you know you accomplished the goal? If you didn’t accomplish the goal, why do you think that is?I know I accomplished this goal because I sketched the plant to my standards, but i wanted that to be the main focus instead of the background. What other skill(s) did you learn along the way? Another skill I learned along the way is how to use size efficiency at it’s best. It sounds stupid, but i usually do everything the same way and I don’t change things that often. So I experimented with size ratios to see which I liked the best. The thing I’m most proud of for the project is my ability to change the sketch this over time the plant started to die so i had to change certain details. What would you do differently if you had to do the project over again?I would change the shade of the plant to make it bolder.

For me as an artist I find it hard for me to be inspired to draw something creative. I feel this because all my life I have found it to be easier to just copy something. So rather than to think of something creative I would just copy anything I would see.

Now this project is different because instead of copying something I made something I wanted to make without copying anything. I know it sounds odd for a 15 year old to talk about creative drawing, since everybody does that. For me though I feel a sense of accomplishment since I never do things like this.

Now my art focuses on what I like in life. For me I like prehistoric animals since I’ve always like them since I was a child. I put that as the main focus of the picture, and then I added a forest background. I put a forest background since I’ve always like a certain aspect of the forest.I guess it’s because I like how it represents most of the life on Earth.