If you live in
the Middle East... |
If you live in
United States... |
1. Why are
individual rights important to you? Explore the impact of repression in your society and in your own life. Describe
a personal experience when civil rights restrictions prevented you from expressing
yourself - for example, when you were afraid to speak out, when
information you needed was censored, or when your identity made you a
target for discrimination. |
1. Why should Americans - like you - help civil rights
reformers in the Middle East? Consider the new civil rights movement rising today in the Mideast, and make the case for why Americans should help reformers on the frontlines. Address the doubts and apathy some people feel towards the region, and explain why protecting individual rights is so important. |
2. How can you as an individual support the struggle for civil rights? Share your own ideas for campaigns and programs to protect individual rights.Using new
technologies, techniques of nonviolent conflict, and assistance from concerned Americans, outline a gameplan for your campaign. |
2. How can you as an individual support the
struggle for civil rights in the Middle East? Describe the
tools at your disposal to help civil rights reformers and propose a campaign with specific actions that you can initiate in your community. Rather than wait for the government to act, outline a gameplan for your campaign. |
3. What is your "dream deferred" - a vision of
your society with civil rights for all people? Share your
dream of a successful civil rights movement. Describe what is needed for this campaign to overcome key obstacles. If you like, answer the question by writing a mock newspaper
article from the year 2012 reporting on a ground-breaking event or campaign. |
3. What can the future look like if Americans - like you -
partner with Middle Eastern reformers? Share your vision of a successful collaboration between Mideast and American activists. Describe how an effective joint campaign overcomes key obstacles.
If you like, answer the question by writing a mock newspaper article from the year 2012 reporting on
this new alliance. |