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High Park Fire

It’s looking like the apocalypse now! Stuff got crazy The sky got hazy Adele set fire to the rain And it must be coming down in Fort Collins. My eyes and throat are stinging The helicopters are coming in. There be ash everywhere In my house, my car and my hair. I don’t know what to do. They must be coming for you. The sky is orange like the fire in the woods, And we are all driving round in our neighborhoods, Going to concerts, swimming in the pools Acting like nothing is wrong. The fire in the sun came down and heated up our earth, It’s gonna be a hot summer, So there is more where that came from You had better gear up Colorado because we are gonna have some fun! Copyright: CJHarrison
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Campus Step Back: Day 6

Day 6 Maquilladoras Can you imagine being kidnapped and killed just for the simple act of going to work? This is what many women face as tensions grow along the border at the sites of the maquilladoras. On day 2 the environmental effects of the maquilladoras were explored and here are some of the societal repercussions. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1171962
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Campus Step Back: Day 5 challenge

Day 5 Preventable Global Diseases: AIDS Think you know a lot about AIDS? Think again as Emily Oster, an economist reveals a different way of evaluating the AIDS crisis. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa.html
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Campus Step Back Challenge: Day 4

Day 4 Human Trafficking: Not For Sale Sunitha Krishnan does a great job of humanizing the issue but it might be easy to say that human trafficking only happens in places half the world away. However, this is very much not true, check out the SlaveryMap on Not For Sale’s website to read about some reported incidences of human trafficking all around the world. http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ Check out this video from TEDtalks: TEDtalks Sunitha Krishnan
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Campus Step Back: Day 3 response

I think this is an issue that we all take for granted and often forget about in our daily lives. I started that water challenge yesterday and my shower took care of all my bands. I was really ashamed, I take water for granted in my everyday life and often do not think about the privilege that I have of having fresh water running straight into my house. A basic human right that I think everyone deserves: the right to clean drinking water. So I made a vow to myself that I will wear 8 rubber bands everyday as a reminder of the privilege of water and also to remind me to try and reduce my water usage. As for today, so far only 1 band used, but then again it is only 9 in the morning. A website that I found about reducing water usage in toilets, if I find any more, I will let you know :) http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-Any-Toilet-to-a-Low-Flush-Toilet
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Campus Step Back: Day 3 Challenge

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Day 3 Global Access to Water One water.org fact states that many people live using only 30 liters of water a day. That’s about 8 gallons (rounded up). Find 8 rubber bands (hair ties, etc.) to hold on your wrist. Every time you flush a toilet, every 30 seconds in a shower, every minute of a faucet running take off one band. Can you live on 8 gallons of water a day? http://water.org/
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Self - identifying disability

I have been conflicted about self - identifying as disabled lately as I used to think we should abolish the term, as abilities are on a spectrum. However I kinda like the idea of reclaiming it too. This post got me thinking, thoughts? http://puckett101.tumblr.com/post/16768602360/pwds-disability-and-preferred-nomenclatures-a-k-a  I realize that self - identification is a personal thing in its very nature. Earlier on in this blog I identified by saying that I did not have a 'disability' and that we should redefine it. Rather I have a medical condition called cerebral palsy (that in and of itself is labeling). I still agree with this idea, yet at the same time I am denying a group of people, with whom I identify. Would it not be better to reclaim the term 'disability', 'cripple,' to abolish those preconceived negative connotations? Much like the way that the self - identifying term "Queer" has been reclaimed by the LGBT community and ther
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