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Happy Bench Monday! One of two candid photos taken on my walk yesterday. Best seen large by clicking on the photo.
Thanks for visiting and for your comments and faves. Have a great week!
மாற்றுத்திறனாளி meaning 'Person with alternate capability'
This is one of the powerful and positive word i came across in Tamizh.
The way we express things makes a lot of difference and this word is a good example.
What would you prefer? calling a person 'handicap' or 'person with alternate capability'
Self-portrait
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Yoga is one of my favorite forms of self-care. Obviously, this shot is not an actual yoga pose, but this mat is used for my yoga practice and/or weight lifting daily.
Aruna and the Raging Sun - an outstanding outdoor performance by over 100 differently - at Lady Wellingdon College campus in Chennai, UK based Graeae Theatre Company in collaboration with Spanish La Fura dels baus and British Council on saturday, Featuring 24 metre tall puppets, fireworks, jaw-droping aerial acts, and other fantastic feats, the performance told the story of a differently-abled superhero helping humanit overcome the challenges of climate change. The performance was supported by Arts
Council England and British Council. (C)H.K.Rajashekar.
"The world may walk when i cannot.. But i will try to move with it as fast as i can...
I will fight..til i can! "
From Central station | Chennai
How frustrated it would be to beg on the streets..............with no legs.........................................................................................and the fact that you completed high school and could not find a suitable job.
God is great! :)
From near Flower Bazaar | Madras
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As I was slowly passin' an orphan's home one day
I stopped there for a moment just to watch the children play
Alone a boy was standin' and when I asked him why
He turned with eyes that couldn't see and he began to cry
I'm nobody's child.... Some people come for children and take them for their own
But they all seem to pass me by and leave me all alone
I know they'd like to take me but when they see I'm blind
They always take some other child and I'm left behind
I'm nobody's child...
No mother's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonely here I wish I could die
I'll walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see
And just like for the other kids there'd be a home for me
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child I'm like a flower just growing wild
There's no mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
~ Hank Williams, Jr.
Shot this @ Little Flower Convent School for the Deaf and Blind in Chennai.
Saw Henry again tonight. Someone stole his guitar recently, this one above. Or maybe he sold it for some quick cash.
I dunno.
So. . . I ended up giving him my old Yamaha Acoustic. And an old coffee mug as a slide, until he gets another highball glass. He was pretty happy about it.
Let's hope this one doesn't 'get stolen'.
Here's All of Mikey G Ottawa's photos of Henry here:
www.flickr.com/search/?w=14813074@N00&q=Henry
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Good Luck, Henry! Here's his new guitar. www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/544994714/
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A differently abled child taking photos of her parents at Jalaganteshwar temple at Vellore, Tamilnadu, India !!!
Henry C. had recently had his guitar stolen. I gave him this Yamaha acoustic guitar since I have my electric guitar to play and I felt sad about his shitty-ation. Hopefully this won't get stolen or sold for more Crack.
More Henry here> www.flickr.com/search/?q=henry&w=14813074@N00
Things could always be worse!
This will always start with my Most Recent Flickr Photo. See Mikey G Ottawa's Flickr Slideshow HERE: www.flickr.com/mikeygottawa/show
CTV Regional Contact gave me 3 minutes on the local CTV News here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2U_01ajdw
See my 10 minutes of local TV coverage on Rogers Cable's "Camera Talk" with Sandie Sharkey here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-s4ZpS_t1Y
Flickr rates these as my top 200 most interesting images HERE: www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/popular-interesting/
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Henry plays slide guitar with a glass or cup on his left arm. Plays pretty good, too. When the Henry Rollins band played in Ottawa at the Bronson Centre . . . Henry Cyr played as the backup act opening the show. Thanks for this and best wishes, Henry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Don't_Come_Easy
Although I've taken pics of Henry before- this is the first with this Nikon D40 camera and 18-55mm lens. I really like this one!
Here's the rest of my pics starring Henry HERE:
White Party
Muscle Beach Party
DJ Roland Belmares
DJ Joe Gauthreaux
12th Street Beach
Miami Beach
The Miami White Party is an annual fundraiser party for HIV/AIDS research. The all-white clothing theme was chosen by co-founder Frank Wager because, as he said, "White stands for purity. White is elegant, non-political, non-combative and makes people look just plain beautiful." The Miami party began as a small fundraising event for the Health Crisis Network in 1985.
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Miami Beach Florida
11-28-2010
Henry C can usually be found on the street collecting a few coins and more than a few stares if not double-takes! Having lost his left hand, Henry plays slide guitar style with a highball glass on his arm for a slide. Henry sings a bit and plays pretty good too.
More Henry HERE:
Aruna and the Raging Sun - an outstanding outdoor performance by over 100 differently - at Lady Wellingdon College campus in Chennai, UK based Graeae Theatre Company in collaboration with Spanish La Fura dels baus and British Council on saturday, Featuring 24 metre tall puppets, fireworks, jaw-droping aerial acts, and other fantastic feats, the performance told the story of a differently-abled superhero helping humanit overcome the challenges of climate change. The performance was supported by Arts
Council England and British Council. (C)H.K.Rajashekar.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
When I first saw Henry around Ottawa's streets playing his guitar and singing, I was impressed- to say the least! He sings pretty well and plays awesome slide guitar.
It's a tough gig, though he says, playing the street.
More Henry HERE:
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
A conservative estimate is that almost 16 million people in Pakistan, almost half of them in 0-18 age group, have moderate to severe level of mental, physical or psychological disability. There is a framework and national policy too to facilitate Persons with Disability (developed in 2002), however, they await implementation. No state support or system coupled with social stigma leaves this marginalized group completely INVISIBLE! Only 28 percent of persons with disabilities are literate and only 14 percent are actually working (with 5 percent looking for work). Many families do not even have the basic resources to get proper diagnosis and classification of disability, let alone its treatment and management.
The sheer resilience of the care givers and Differently-abled people is what I want to pay tribute to. Have been working with this group for a while now, and every single interaction leaves me awestruck by the energy, hard work and hope ...whether rich or poor, they are the unsung heroes for making the invisible visible.
ODC: Tribute
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
National Cherry Blossom Festival Bronze Plaque 1912 First Cherry Blossom Plantings Washington DC April 11th 2010
At this site on March 27 1912 Helen Herron Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Tidal Basin, about 125 feet south of what is now Independence Avenue, SW. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the first lady presented a bouquet of "American Beauty" roses to Viscountess Chinda. Washington's renowned National Cherry Blossom Festival grew from this simple ceremony, witnessed by just a few persons. These two original trees still stand several hundred yards west of the John Paul Jones Memorial, located at the terminus of 17th Street, SW. Situated near the bases of the trees is a large bronze plaque which commemorates the occasion.
Photo by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.