Diabetes is one of the leading  diseases happening all over the world.  I personally know about 5 people who have diabetes. It is because of this epidemic that I decided to do my senior project on a diabetes awareness video. Although I already know a lot about the disease eye when to doctors and nurses and people who have this disease to talk and to understand more about it.  This video was not only important but it was personal to me. As you can see in the video of my grandmother has diabetes. she also lives with me, if they're my family we all take turns helping out taking care of her giving her the proper assistant she needs. The video I don't only explain what diabetes is I give a inside as to how my grandmother got it and how it has affected her.  I also gave pointers on ways to prevent diabetes and the difference between the two types of Diabetes. I hope for this project is that people will he and get a better understanding of how diabetes worse and how to it can have such an effect on a person's life.

In the city of Philadelphia, there is a critical situation happening below the citizens nose.  in the article “City ignores thousands of  poison kids”  talks about the Dangers lurking Within our drinking water. This is something that hasn't been report it  lately.  This is a problem that no one really knows about. Just a couple months ago and Flint Michigan there was a spike in lead with in the drinking water. The water was contaminated so bad that they were forced to find a new and healthier water system to drink from. it was all over the news and everyone know about it. But as I said earlier that's not the case with Philadelphia. Philadelphia is one of the top cities in the country that deals with children being poisoned with blood.  2700 kids were diagnosed with high levels of lead end the  past year. There are groups that are trying to help the situation but with the 3 million dollar cut In federal funding and the nine million dollar cut in the  programs plus possessions that had to be cut it hasn't been  easy.  

Artist Statement

When I was in the process of choosing what type of Multi Media I wanted to create I wanted to chose something that showed who I was in a way and something that would challenge me. I looked through the materials I had and saw clay. I chose to do clay because is a very hard material to mess with for multiple reason. Once I had my material I started to think about what I wanted to make. I knew I wanted it to relate to me in some way so I decided to do something with the ocean. I looked through animals and then picked to do a manatee. As I drew a sketch of what I wanted to sculpture to look like I wanted it to show what a manatee looks like and its environment. I believe that with my sculpture the view can clearly tell the message in the sculpture and what animal it is. While I made my sculpture I got to understand how clay works. My work fits into contemporary art because it's abstract and different.

To make my project I use basic shapes like circles and manipulate them into a different shape. I molded my clay and use tools to smooth it out and to create other textures. . I got my inspiration for this project by looking up pictures of manatees and other sculptures of manatees. These are some pictures that I got inspiration from. Picture 1,  Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4. I think that my art relates to the world we live in because with global warming becoming a big concern and animals becoming endangered i think my sculpture reminds people of the beauty in these animals.

Abstract

This interview is on Ms Delores and nabor of mines. In this interview she talk about her childhood leading up to her adulthood she talks about all the challenges she face in her life and even talks about famous past a current event that happened and are happening. She also gives her input in my things like this happen and who it could be stopped

Research

The baltimore riot stated becuase a a young mans death. Gray's death on April 19 reignited a public outcry over police treatment of African Americans that flared last year after the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, New York City and elsewhere. More than 3,000 police from Maryland, New Jersey and the District of Columbia, and National Guard members in helmets, took up posts in front of businesses and hospitals in Baltimore a day after the worst rioting in the United States in years.

Resources

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/27/us-usa-police-baltimore-idUSKBN0NI1N720150427

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/28/us-usa-police-baltimore-idUSKBN0NI1N720150428

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_protests

Interview Below

Me ~ Hi may you please state your name?

Deloris~ Deloris Thompson

Me ~ Hi Deloris Thompson so umm what year were you born?

Deloris ~ 1956

Me ~ Umm were you born?

Deloris ~ Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Me ~ Umm where were you raise umm and where were brought up at?

Deloris ~ well, i was partially raised in north philly, Uhh after my mother had difficulty she had mental problems i went to live with my cousin Junoir for her to complete raising me

Me ~ O ok, umm were you were a little kid life as a black kid as they state it, umm what was life like for you?

Deloris ~ It was tuf- Ruff because my mom had left home my father raise us at one time and he couldn't complete the job, so they moved us children up into germantown it was kinda difficult

Me ~ Did- Did you ever feel like alone like you didnt really have someone?

Deloris ~ At one time yeah

Me ~ Hmm, um, do you remember any raci- like did you ever get any racist remarks, against you while you were little that you remember of?

Deloris ~ Not really dont remember racist remarks towards me

Me ~ Ummm, what would you, What would you say was the hardest thing for you growing up in those times when things were segregated?

Deloris ~ I try to block them out

Me ~   Do you remember any riots that happened?

Deloris ~ Well, i , uh, well Martin Luther King was killed (chuckles) i remember newton stores and tearing things up and everything because the was really upset and, so uh i seen a lot of ..

Me ~ Violence?

Deloris ~ Violence, at that time

Me ~ Umm did you ever participate in any riots?

Deloris ~ No

Me ~ Were you ever part of a group trying to prevent Segregation?

Deloris ~ No i didn't try to prevent it i tried to embrace it and make a difference i think all people are made equal so the thing was ignorance played a big part and segregation so i always look at it like, trying to make a difference, trying to bring people together, tu from all races, that was the biggest thing i learned from being a child because were all were all the same  

Me ~ So you agree with umm, basically your trying to say that you shouldn't ,fig- fight back with ignorance you should fight back with intelligence and kindness

Deloris ~ yes

Me ~ okay, umm would you say as you got older did things get better for you ?

Deloris ~ yes

Me ~ Could you state some of those things that got better for you?

Deloris ~ i decided to go to school for nursing, that became a big help because i got to meet different type of people, umm, i got married and my husband, i was a doll baby and queen to him so i was treated very well, but i went into the health feal because i knew people needed to be helped and to be able to un- understand because after i got older you know working in that field you hear the colored girl or the black girl or sometime the niger so i learned to embrace it and i learned to talk to people about it, eh, im just the same as you, eh, im just darker thats it and thats how i coped with that situation

Me ~ So when you were working there were racial remarks through to you but you embraces you were proud of who you were and you were a beautiful young black women who was doing what you needed to do to per, pursue in life

Deloris ~ yes

Me ~ okay as you were little in any, in any point in your life were you ever afraid or concerned of anything that had to do with segregation, like were you ever scared to go outside because of segregation or anything?

Deloris ~ eh, uh, eh eh fishtown you didn't want to get caught in after dark and all i could here is you better not go in that neighborhood (manly voice), but uh at one time Kensitin was the same way and uhhh, so i was scared to go into fishtown, but i did venture into Kensiten f and Westmorland and at the time it was rr- you know fights, so uhh i played bingo there for a long time like 10 years and they embraced me and that took care of me and it was a beautiful thing

Me ~ So Ms Deloris i have one final question for you earlier in the interview you stated that you umm, believe that you dont fight ignorance with ignorance you fight it with intelligence, umm so do you feel as though you segregation has gatten better over the years?

Deloris ~ Well yeah it got a lot better, it better than what it use to be because  you can go in just about anywhere you want in philadelphia without it being really racist so its much better

Me ~ Thank you Ms Daloris

Deloris ~ Your Welcome