Essays on Nobel Peace Prize

There are numerous works that can be reviewed for this paper. In the same manner, there are a lot of people who can be considered as the topic. In this case, however, the one chosen was John Hume, particularly the speech that he gave when he was awarded as one of the recipients of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize together with David Trimble. This speech is remarkable mainly because not everyone gets entitled to receive this prize. It is more than just an honor; it is a product and recognition of one’s life work, a feedback that tells ...

Jody Williams is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Besides that, she is a simple Vermont girl. She has a disabled brother and is a loving, wonderful wife. Her strong character and great strategic skills helped Jody to develop her organizing skills that actually led her to the Nobel Peace Prize (Williams 9). This paper deals with the personality of Jody Williams, her part in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the results of her intense work.

Profession

Jody Williams’ career began with eleven-year working experience aimed at raising the citizens’ awareness of the US policies referring to Central America. ...

On October 9, 2012 two Taliban gunmen boarded the school bus that Malala Yousafzai was on. After asking which of the students was Malala, they proceeded to fire three shots at her. One of the bullets hit the side of her forehead and traveled along the length of her face before going through her shoulder (Schifrin, 2013). Since the attack Malala Yousafzai has become a prominent international advocate for educational equality for men and women. This paper will look at her life and her impact on the world. The reason for the Taliban attack on Malala was a blog ...

Non-Profit Organization Report: Doctors Without Borders Introduction On Monday, February 15, 2016, in northern Syria, a 30-bed hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders was destroyed by two targeted airstrikes. Nine staff members and sixteen patients and their caregivers were killed. Later updates confirmed U.S.-led forces hit the facility four times (Dettmer; “At Least 25 Killed”). This event may be your only reference to this private, independent non-profit organization. It is important to know it provides extensive independent and impartial global medical humanitarian aid to those affected by epidemics, armed ...

Compare and Contrast the Philosophies/Theories and Practice of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King

Introduction Both Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King are an important part of Americans non-violent history. Although both of them were active in different areas of the civil movement, they are remembered with pride for their great achievements that made a huge impact in the lives of many American’s. Notably, the effect of their works is felt today especially by the minority groups of the nation. Even though Martin Luther King’s work is more recognized around the world than Cesar's’, they are both great heroes who deserve recognition and appreciation because of the sacrifices they made to ...

The success of America as a country is a fact acknowledged widely by all around the globe. However, if one may ponder over the reasons behind the success of this great nation then it would mainly be accounted to two major factors: the people and the various opportunities available to them. America is known for its freedom of choice and place where dreams come true. It is highly successful nation which is famous for its ability to bring out the best in people. American laws, systems, securities and liberties are not perfect but they are the most unusual ones worldwide. They ...

Shirin Ebadi was born June 21, 1947 in Hamadan (western Iran) in the family of a prominent Iranian lawyer and professor of commercial law. She graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Tehran. From 1975 to 1979 until the Islamic Revolution in Iran Shirin was the president of the city court of Tehran and she also was the first female-judge in this country. However, after the revolution, just like all other women she had to leave her post. But Ebadi did not leave the judicial system and took the position of clerk of the court. According to the ...

The United Nations is an international organization created as replacement for League of Nations on the 24th of October 1945 after the Second World to prevent similar conflicts in the world. Found by 51 countries, The United Nations today includes 193 Member States. Concurrently, organization serves multiple purposes in the modern world: keep piece on the planet; develop friendly relations among nations; help them work together to improve the lives of the poor, conquer hunger, disease, illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms; be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in order to ...

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Yuri Kochiyama is a civil right activist who was born in 1921 in San Pedro, in California. He lived and stayed in San Pedro where she was involved with several activities such as sport and article writing. Her father was arrested and put in prison as a war prisoner. The father died a day after leaving prison due to sickness. She was married by Bill Kochiyama who was a Nisei Soldier, and they had six children. Yuri was engaged in many civil right movements some fighting for the rights of Japanese as well as the rights for the black people in the United ...

The book illustrates the dynamic ideas that shape black politicians, intellectuals, and social movement activists’ behavior as they participate in U.S foreign issues towards Africa. The author is an African descendant interested with knowledge on racism. This is because of the rich and reassuring conversations he had on race relations from his immediate family and the shadow of civil rights associations. At the same time, his parents had exposed him to the realities of Africa through art, museums, and books hence able to counter psychological assault by the whites. Black Americans are deeply ambivalent on their status as ...

Nobel Prize in 2005: R. Aumann & T. Schelling <Student’s name> <University>

Aumann, Robert John (b. 1930) - Israeli-American mathematician and Nobel Prize winner in economics in 2005 (together with Thomas Schelling) "for his work on conflict and cooperation through analysis in the framework of the theory of games." Unlike Schelling Aumann worked almost exclusively mathematical analysis of game theory. Commenting on the award of the Nobel Prize in economics, he even said that in the economy as such understands not too deep. If Schelling studied mainly strategic cooperation of the conflicting parties ( ...

Introduction

Martin Luther King gave his famous 1963 “I Have a Dream” at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, before a crowd of 250,000 supporters and a television radio audience of hundreds of millions worldwide. It is widely considered one of his greatest speeches and indeed one of the greatest of any American in the 20th Century, with a brilliant use of Ethos, Logos and Pathos to support the Civil Rights bill being debated in Congress and to call for full and equal citizenship for all people in the United States. Today the speech is best remembered for the pathos of ...

Jane Addams, born September 6, 1860- May 21, 1935, was a pioneer settlement employee, inventor of Hull House in Chicago, philosopher, sociologist, a woman suffrage activist and an author (Addams 4). She was the most noticeable reformer during her Era besides the like of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. In her Era, she helped turn the issues of the nation to favor the concern of the women, the plight of children, and the health of the public and world peace. Jane also fought for the inclusion of women in politics. She once said that if women are to be responsible ...

Slide 2: Biography

Sister Helen Prejean is among the most well known religious leaders in the Catholic Church and also across the world. This is because of her great service to the world and human beings. Sister Helen was born in April 1931 in a place called Baton Rouge, which is in the state of Louisiana. She was brought up in the city of New Orleans and still lives there. She chose to become a Catholic nun. She achieved this goal in 1957. After she became a nun, Sister Helen Prejean continued with her education at the University. She was studying to be a teacher. She ...

Biography: Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, known today as referred to as daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945, in Rangoon - now known as Yangon, Myanmar. A politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, a martyred national hero of freed Burma, and Khin Kyi, a distinguished diplomat from Myanmar. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and is renowned in the international community in addition to being revered by the people of Myanmar for her selfless and peaceful struggle against a tyrannical military rule in her country . Her struggle has ...

A Nobel Peace prize is such a prestigious award that an extraordinary acceptance speech is required when collecting your award. To help you write a good speech, here is layout for how to write your Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.

Open by giving your greetings and acknowledging the individuals present in the ceremony. They may be heads of states, leading personalities from different organizations, and other audience (“How to Write”).

Articulate how honored you are and express your gratitude by thanking the individuals and organization involved in giving the award. This will include the Nobel Prize organization, any sponsors of the ...

Leadership Style

Theodore Roosevelt the 26th US president who served for eight years; one term and a completion of President McKinley’s term. He is considered to be a reformer and one of the best presidents USA ever got. His leadership style is seen to be a blend of transformational and change leadership. According to Northhouse (2010) transformational leadership is that which results in changes in social systems and individuals. Transformational leadership is shown in Roosevelt’s actions when: he managed to rid the New York police department of corruption when he was a commissioner, he defeated the Spanish and drafted a letter called the ‘Round ...