5A – Identifying Local Opportunities
- “Demand up 20 percent at Feeding Northeast Florida mostly due to shutdown” by Colleen Jones, Jan 22, 2019 of The St. Augustine Record
- https://www.staugustine.com/news/20190122/demand-up-20-percent-at-feeding-northeast-florida-mostly-due-to-shutdown
- This government shutdown is entering its fifth week leaving Jacksonville military and Coast Guard employees without the means to pay their bills and feed their families. The president and CEO of Feeding Northeast Florida states that the demand has gone up by 20%, which is uncharacteristic after the holiday season. The Charities and non-profits that aim to provide assistance are even turning to online funding to help provide food.
- the problem: is that some federal workers are not being paid at this time and have to rely on charity for food.
- who has the problem: federal workers, Coast Guard, members of the Military.
- “No Chick-fil-A? St. Augustine location will soon shut its doors for a remodel” By Travis Gibson Jan 17, 2019 of St. Augustine Record
- https://www.staugustine.com/news/20190117/no-chick-fil-a-st-augustine-location-will-soon-shut-its-doors-for-remodel
- The only Chick-fil-A in St. Johns County is shutting down on February 1 for renovations. The establishment hasn’t been remodeled in 17 years. The renovations will include doubling the size of the kitchen, adding canopies, fans for drive-thru workers, among other upgrades.
- the problem: St. Augustine will be without a Chick-fil-A for an unknown amount of time.
- who has the problem: Chicken lovers of St. Augustine.
- “‘We Have Targets on Our Backs’: How Jacksonville Became America’s Transgender Murder Capital” by Samantha Allen on Nov 19, 2018
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-have-targets-on-our-backs-how-jacksonville-became-americas-transgender-murder-capital
- As of 2018, there have been 22 reported killings of transgender people in the United States, the majority to occur in one city happened in Jacksonville Florida; earning Jacksonville the title of ‘America’s transgender murder capital.’ All three homicide victims were African American transgender women and all were murdered by gunshots.
- the problem: There is a serial killer rampant in Jacksonville taking the lives of innocent transgender women.
- who has the problem: Black transgender women are being targeted by a serial killer.
- “Jacksonville high school teacher charged with distribution of child porn” By Destiny Mckeiver Oct 19, 2018 of News4Jax
- https://www.news4jax.com/news/jacksonville-high-school-teacher-charged-with-distribution-of-child-porn
- A St. Johns County social studies teacher, Jordan Shcemmel, was arrested on several accounts of viewing child and bestiality genre pornography. The Ponte Vedra and Terry Park High school teacher was a social studies teacher, head coach of the model UN team, and program coordinator of the IB program. Schemmel is currently detained pending a 5-20 year sentence in federal prison with the possibility of a potential life term of supervised release.
- the problem: A teacher, with access to children is sexually attracted to videos depicting young children being sexually assaulted by men and sent photos and videos depicting similar criminal conduct with children. This man was also my brother’s teacher.
- who has the problem: The students and children of St. Johns County Florida.
- “St. Johns County deputy sheriff arrested on molestation charge” By The Record, Jan 11, 2019 of the St. Augustine Record
- https://www.staugustine.com/news/20190111/st-johns-county-deputy-sheriff-arrested-on-molestation-charge
- A St. Johns County deputy Sheriff, Jeffery Lewis Cook, was fired from the Sheriff’s Office and arrested for account of molestation of a minor. According to the investigation, there were a series of events where the 51-year-old man, Cook, had inappropriately touched a minor over the course of 6 years. However, the last contact is thought to be 10 years ago.
- the problem: A 17 year veteran of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is a child predator. Not only is this wrong but it is an ironically gross abuse of power; the people in place to protect us are also harming our kids, that is a major problem.
- who has the problem: all of us, children should not be subjected to these things in any circumstance.
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Hey Caroline, I think that your stories are very cool and I think that they answer the prompt very well. The story about Chick-Fil-A is very interesting because it is going to be interesting to see the economic outcome of it closing its doors for a bit. I am curious if it will pick up the business for other restaurants nearby or if it will not affect them at all.
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ReplyDeleteI believe your fourth problem of the teacher with inappropriate contact with the children they teach is one of the most disturbing stories I've heard recently, but also one of the most preventable. I think that school administrators and school board officials become too comfortable with teachers and other school staff to the point that they either turn a blind eye to behavior such as this, or they start on the staff's side when really they should be looking out for the children first and foremost.
Hello Caroline, you picked some great articles. I found your first one about the government shutdown to be very interesting but also worrying. It is definitely terrible that government workers are being denied salary, and it's simply unacceptable. Employed workers should never have to rely on food banks and charity to eat. However, I would disagree that the shutdown is an opportunity, as I think it's more just something that is a bad situation. Overall, great post.
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