RRR Contextual Research Magazine by jkwok1117

RRR Issue No. 1 | March 2017

In a world where mindfulness is the most important approach to life, and memes are a new language. Envision magazines that improve the internet and elicits a feeling of fury.

FROM OUR

EDITORS Dear Reader,

Let us introduce ourselves: We are Team Bias. In this magazine, we have compiled a cohesive visual narrative of topics and opinions that are derived from our ethnographical research about millennials in the context of politics. Ethnography is human based research. As researchers, we gather our information from observation and recording, interviews, cultural probes, and IDEO tools. These methods provide raw, real life data. All of the articles and graphics in this edition are an offspring of this research, providing it contextual depth. In this constantly evolving world, politics and characteristics of the young adults of the time have been defining aspect of culture. Politics serve as a societal structure, but also a sense of either downfall or hope. Young adults serve as the revolutionaries. This age group has a different mindset than the generation before them and their actions have the ability to alter the way a culture functions. Politics and young adults, and in our case, millennials, are forces of change and identity. In today’s time, the young, change-making adult population are identified as “millennials.” In this magazine, we define the millennial age group as anyone between the birth years of 1980-2000. The label “millennial” was coined from the terminology of the proximity of those dates. Through our research, we have found that millennials are outspoken, passionate, and full of empathy—ideas that you will dive deeply into throughout our article. We hope that you enjoy this magazine as it was a cumulative effort to provide an authentic view on both millennials and politics- pivotal topics in today’s world. Thank you!

Team Bias

Joshua, Stephen, Camila, Annabel, Maxime MARCH 2017

Maxime Mballa Editor YaoundĂŠ, Cameroon B.F.A. in Industrial Design and Furniture Design Minor

Annabel Toole Editor Dallas, Texas B.F.A. in Art History

Stephen Snyder Editor Wilmington, North Carolina B.F.A. in Film and Industrial Design

Camila Sanoja Creative Editor Sto. Dgo., D.R. B.F.A. in Advertising and Service Design Minor

Joshua Kwok Creative Editor Hong Kong, Hong Kong B.F.A. in Graphic Design and Service Design Minor

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Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stump the Trump The Many Faces of Government The Story Behind Each Umbrella Feeling feelings Unpopular Opinion

Back in the Day

A World

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REASON

Without Borders

Equality

Women in Power

The Future of Millennials

Hope

Empathy being

RESOLUTION

a path to peace

Actually Step to Make Change

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Disagreeing and opposing you is so much more than a preference, it is a moral demand.â&#x20AC;?

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Can’t Stump the Trump - Stephen Snyder

Donald Trump waving

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fter the last election, many of us were left dumbfounded wondering how a man with no political background had become the president of the United States. To truly understand the phenomena, my group decided to dig into Trump’s past to see what exactly led him to the White House. Donald Trump originally came from a wealthy family in Queens, New York, where his father was a successful real estate developer specializing in middle-income apartments in nearby areas. In his early years, Trump was an energetic and assertive child, and his parents decided to send him to Military school to turn his energy in a more productive manner. He did well at the academy being a star athlete and an honors student, then graduated in 1964. Donald Trump went to Fordham University for two years, and then transferred to Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. During the summers, Trump would come home and work at his family’s business, where he worked full time after his graduation in 1968.

Trump soon pushed his father into taking more loans to build more apartment buildings, and was able to completely take the business over by 1971. Trump Organization soon started to change from a construction company operating on the outskirts of New York City to operating from right in the heart of it all, Manhattan. Trump was able to make a great profit for the company through different property deals by constructing new buildings and sometimes just rebranding failing businesses. Many of his ventures paid off, but some including Trump Casinos in Atlantic City, Trump Airline, and Trump Steaks were failures. Donald Trump started showing interest in running for president as early as 1987, but never officially ran until June 2015. It was a big change for a big business man to switch to a politician, but many people in America wanted change. He started the beginning of his campaign talking about fixing our trade deals with other countries, lowering taxes on the middle class, and cutting excess spending. This attracted many people CAN’T STUMP THE TRUMP

Donald Trump smiling

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thanks to the Huffiington Post.

for him. The largest problem noticed when looking at these statistics, is that nearly half of millennials chose not to vote at all this election. Also, millennials who voted for the Democratic party in 2016 dropped 5% from 2012 while the Republican percentage stayed identical. The change may not seem like a lot, but it made some of the swing states drop around 20 percent lower than the last time. While Trump becoming president is not completely connected to Millennials, it is incredibly important now for all of us to understand more about our president. He makes choices that can affect our career paths and freedoms. If we understand his background, we may be able to find common ground to truly make America great again. We might not agree with all of his choices, but we can still hope that he can fix our economy as we get ready to enter the job market.

IT IS OKAY TO LAUGH ONCE IN A WHILE,

all around who believe the American Dream has become more regulated than previous generations had it. He promised bring large companies back to America, and saving industrial America. This dream he shared at the beginning attracted many of his followers, but he lost many along the way with talks of discriminatory policies. In the end, many Americans decided that they would rather try Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s change over staying with the Democratic party once again. After learning more about his past the next question should be, how many millennials actually voted for Donald in this past election? In total, about 23.7 million young voters actually participated in this election with surprising results. According to Circle Analysis of National Exit poles, 37% of millennials voted for Trump while 55% voted for Hillary Clinton. Millennials, may not have voted in as large of numbers for Trump as other age groups, but many of them still did vote

TELL ME SOMETHING

I DON’T KNOW,

If you had to write a letter to this leader, what would you say? Would you even want to write it? Maybe you actually have some words of encouragement and hope for him. Because maybe when our future depends on someone, we want them to know how we feel and to take into consideration our necessities.

Our job is to make sure your letter gets read and that we’ll help make a positive change. Feel free to write it and use the envelop provided to make sure it gets to us. And don’t worry, it is completely anonymous.

Dear President Trump: I want to say

I expect you to

I fear that

However, I know

for real.

Sincerely,

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The Many Faces of Government - Maxime Mballa

Plutocracy

Oligarchy

Authoritarianism

Populism

A system of government in which the richest people in a country rule or have power, best presented in the current state of American politics. What was termed as the “Donor class” by Bob Herbert of the New York Times, consists of the small nucleus of wealthy campaign financiers, gaining access and influence in Congress using donations as a platform.

Government by a small group of powerful people, Russia following the fall of the Soviet Union being a prime example. The authorities that were able to gain footholds in production of petroleum, natural gas, and metals were able to multiply their wealth exponentially, leaving a majority of the population in the dust. This system funnels further today at the top of the Kremlin, with Vladimir Putin and his associates that have been able to hold onto control since the year 2000.

Demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish. Differs from totalitarianism in that the leader doesn’t have the ideological reach or influence of the population, hence acting as an individual. This form of governance is common in developing nations whose leaders cling to power through fear rather than faith.

Political ideas and activities that are intended to get the support of ordinary people by giving them what they want. On the rise in Europe as a result of frustrated citizenry and upon a platform fully set by Donald Trump in the USA. Populism is becoming a rapidly popular approach in European politics an excellent example being Marine Le Pen paving her way to l’Elysée by playing on the trauma of last year’s terrorist attacks.

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THE MANY FACES OF GOVERNMENT

From a 3rd World Perspective

From our international team, we compiled a bit their countries’ stories because in a globalized world we are all connected.

Visions from Cameroon, an opinion piece

- Maxime Mballa he concerns of a Cameroonian, most Africans really, are completely different from those of the West.

We question the legitimacy of democracy as a concept, one that has failed across the continent, with all the puppets of the west in power. We question if it truly is the right form of government to move our countries forward, as a result of the bureaucracy that overtakes development. Development above all is the most critical question in my view. Let’s look at the statistic for example, of man living off less than a dollar a day. It is usually, used to suggest a state of misery. Yet, these “miserable” 20

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people in rural areas living off less than a dollar a day are happy and content with what the earth offers. Their priorities are education for their children, access to water and healthcare; not access to the internet. Development for the future lies in the idea, of empowering people, meeting actual needs and desires, rather than imposing them.

Campaign of the President of Cameroon

Dominican pride, a general thought

Janurary 21, 2017 March at Dominican Republic

around ten years in power and that is almost leading us to a dictatorship. But we are not letting it happen, people are acting upon corruption, discrimination, we're fighting for education and making the best our of our resources.

- Camila Sanoja

t is funny and sad how I in my country, Dominican Republic things are always going backwards and I still find it amazing to live there. Besides the fact that there is an immense lack of education all over, reason why we're still a third world country, millennials that have had the opportunity to achieve a greater education, to go abroad to educate themselves, who have access to books and articles written by great professionals have a drive to make a change in the country.

We take pride in the things we are good at, agriculture and turism. We are proud of all the resources our small and beautiful island has to give and we protect them. We love our culture, our merengue, pelota and mangú and we want to share it with the rest of the world. So step by step we are working on it, our first challenge: education.

We are making a change, just this January 2017 the country made the first protest against corruption. Against a government that has had THIRD WORLD PERSPECTIVE

THE STORY BEHIND EACH UMBRELLA

- Joshua Kwok

fter Donald Trump was elected as the president of United States, many people were disappointed and angry with the outcome and began lot of protest and topic around Trump. With the whole world looking and discussing the future of America, there are some country also having their own political problem and even worse. As a Hong Kong citizen, one of the most significant movement happen in Hong Kong around 2014 called the Umbrella Revolution.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Umbrella Manâ&#x20AC;? from Umbrella Revolution

The name Umbrella Revolution was not originally coming from Hong Kong, it was a code name use by the media and people start naming the protest the Umbrella Revolution. And the reason why choosing umbrella is because the protester is using umbrella to block the tear gas and pepper spray from the police force. The overall movement occur around 80 days but the outcome still the same but the influence affect many people and around the world. After the Umbrella Revolution, the Chinese government governance Hong Kong more tighten and also aroused more millennials in Hong Kong to step up the government and participate in politics more often. Also, the citizen of Hong Kong agree that they are Hong Kongese rather than Chinese, showing that the hatred toward Chinese government increase after the result of the revolution. The freedom of the press also decrease in Hong Kong due to many anti-demonstratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack reporter and police arrest reporter without reason. Overall the outcome from Umbrella Revolution does not appeal Hong Kong people. However, people believe that the Umbrella Revolution is just the beginning phase and a huge moment for Hong Kong citizen to awake and react to the future, or else Hong Kong will be taken over by Chinese government, a country without freedom in the future. In some way, the Umbrella Revolution is still a success and the beginning point for Hong Kong people and even people in China and other dictator country to rise up and fight for a more freedom society and better future for the future generations. Beside of whining about the past or hiding away, is time to face the reality and accept it and start thinking how to make the country a better and ideal place for people for today and the future.

Before the movement Umbrella Revolution occur, a different movement was planned earlier and it trigger the Umbrella Revolution in 2014. The movement was call Occupy Central was established at 2013 to achieve compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many students and millennials participate during this movement and they purpose the method of occupied Central â&#x20AC;&#x153;the financial district of Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;?, to achieve vote right and nomination right. When the movement began, but the government reject and refuse every appeal and that lead to the protester rush in the Central government offices and occupied it. The government react and begin disperse action, using tear gas and threaten to shoot to disperse every protester. This action from the government anger many protester and citizen of Hong Kong, the protest and occupied spread around the major place in Hong Kong (Mong Kok, Causeway Bay), and so began the Umbrella Revolution.

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Top: Protester Occupy in Central, Hong Kong Top Right: Slogan in Umbrella Revolution Botttom Right: HK Police spraying pepper spray at protester

Oh, Time to Take a Break - Camila Sanoja

If you’re not in the mood for a tropical vacation, Iceland in the winter is what you need. You can take a hot bath while being surrounded by cold breeze, while drinking champagne (or whatever you want). And of course, the view is unexplicable beautiful.

Besides being the place where the animated lemurs movie was made, Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. It is a fascinating, it’s unique ecology has made some scientist refer to it as a new continent. There are some many things to see and o and it is located right at the southeastern coast of Africa.

Thailand And of course if you go to Thailand you just have to go to Phuket, the beautiful coast made perfectly one to just forget about the rest of the world. But Thailand is not only about the blue coasts but some of the greatest Buddhist temples. And please, don’t forget to try the food. I

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So before planning your next trip, here are some places you might want to look into before buying that ticket.

Iceland

Madagascar

Enough about politics, let’s talk about vacations for a while. And when it comes to that, Millennials are traveling in the most efficient wat ever. Due to the high amount of options and opportunities (sales, apps, interent, airbnb) traveling on a budget has never been easier. And we are all about it.

Cuba Now that Cuba has open its doors to the public, there is no reason for waiting to get a grasp of the 1950s. Besides being stock in time, it has great music, food, and people. So, don’t miss the chance and go to Cuba.

TIME TO TAKE A BREAK

Feeling Feelings - Camila Sanoja

or years, millennials have been called the “Me Generation”, usually attached to a negative connotation to it; a generation only caring about the what I want and what I need. However, what is obstructed from this label is that millennials wants and needs are not for a person in particular but for an entire society. See what happens, it has been demonstrated that millennials not only are emotional aware but also emotional intelligent - emotional awareness being agile to easily detect one’s and other’s emotions and emotional intelligence knowing how to approach and express this emotion. Often why millennials are more prone to formulate sentences starting with the “I feel… I believe… I think..” in order to express themselves. At the same time it drives them to act upon their emotions to achieve a specific result.

insecure about their opinions and causes them to stop sharing, liking, or even worst, just lie about their feelings. While at the same time we are all constantly looking for equality, love and most importantly; being understood and taken into account. This is not to say that millennials are the only generation to this point that has felt aware of their emotions and willing to share them. But millennials have been the first generation to have it more easily to spread the word and relate to one another because they value the same opinions and feelings. While at the same time admiring those who value and put their feelings in front of other things.

There is a popular phrase today “feeling feelings”, all about understanding your own feelings and acting to them. Many millennials also use to define a - Timothy Goodman A clear example of the need for personality and lifetime of pleasure millennials to act and express their and happiness, where they let their emotion are the emojis. When a like button was not feelings float and go along with them. enough for Facebook, options began to appear, we no longer use a like button, we use angry faces, hearts, We’re free to be who we are and allowed to speak our amused, sadness, in other words: reactions. minds, but only that is it is true this might be selfish. If we are going to be like this then we should start to Although it may seem trivial, but this may derive the understand other’s feelings too. Don’t we? innumerables amounts of protests, posts, and others against an unwanted leader. Not only this but also, the constant reminder of the immense hate make others feel

If you ever thought emotions could be separated from reason, it can’t. And here is why we are so attached to our emotions.

Woman holding a sign during march in Savannah, GA at Jan 21, 2017

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FEELING FEELINGS

Unpopular Opinion - Stephen Snyder

fter the election of Trump in 2016, the nation is quite divided with many different unpopular opinions. Personally, going to a Liberal Arts school makes it even harder to decide what is an unpopular opinion around the United States, and what is just the opinion of most of my school. In a school like SCAD, it is a very bad idea to tell many other students that you voted or even supported Trump. With how the polls turned out before the election, it seems that this was the case throughout the country. One student here anonymously informed me that he took his “Make America Great Again” sticker off of his car before returning to school. It is sad to me in a time where so many people claim to be so open minded, that others are so scared to share their own opinions.

than Generation Xers or Baby Boomers were at our age. CNN researchers found out that 23% of college age students consider themselves leaning far right compared to 17% of Baby Boomers and 22% of Generation Xers. Research shows that as a generation gets older, they usually become more conservative on average with less people still supporting the left side of politics. In an article from the blaze, the writer talks about her troubled times going to arts school, and how she had a small group of friends that would not insult her for her opinion. She talks about how hard it is

to comprehend how a campus can be called a “safe space,” but she could still have angry backlash there when she talked about her beliefs. While reading through this millennial’s encounters in college was discouraging, because it made me think of my best While it may be an unpopular opinion to support friend of 20 years. She stays out of politics most of Trump as a millennial, over a quarter of our the time, and she believes that I am liberal compared generation still voted for him. In a CNN survey, it to her experiences. (I consider myself a moderate turns out that more of our generation is conservative with conservative beliefs for strictly economical

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Millennials protesting their unpopular opinions

reasons.) When reading how isolated this girl was in college, it makes everyone wonder if her peers could have handled the different opinions better.

someone’s political opinions, maybe we should try and see why they have their beliefs.

If we can try and understand each other better, It seems that many people take political opinions we can find a way to get the most of what everyone too personally. Instead of throwing insults at each wants. If we keep pushing each other farther and other during arguments, we need to have logical farther away with their beliefs, it will make it nearly conversations to understand each other better. impossible to keep this nation united. The next time we think about getting mad about

Unpopular Opinion

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect for him to not be well liked out, to make a valuable impact and actually make changes.â&#x20AC;?

Part II Reason

Back in the Day - Joshua Kwok

n nowadays society, social media is well-develop and millennials care more about politics. Millennials in social media commentating everything they see that feel offensive, and talk aggressive in the real world and the media. With Trump being the president of United States, there are more protest and unsupported comment toward him and leader from another country too. Since nowadays are a much more peaceful and civil society than the past, people can act and say what they want. However, when looking back in the past, there are many bloodshed and sacrifice to be able to make our world today more ideal. And to look back the past, how did people fight for freedom, rights, and equality. 1960s-70s American Feminist Movement

March of Washington

In America, one of the famous movement happen in 1963 was the March on the Washington for Jobs and Freedom. One of the key moment in American history, where the speech â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Have a Dreamâ&#x20AC;? was given by Martin Luther King Jr., to fight for racial problem and equality in America. The march was organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. They purpose to fight for civil and economics right for African American. More than 200,000 black and white American join the march and fulfill the joy and peacefulness during the march. Instead of having people running away from the military power, people share their moment and influence people from all around the world and keep on influence people in today society. The result of the march led to a great success where the US government propose the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters

Salt March Looking at the approach during the March on the Washington, they promote nonviolence and peacefulness during the march. This method receives a nice result and obtain what they purpose at the march. However, they were not the first group to promote such peaceful stands, they were influence by Indian Democratic Leader Mahatma Gandhi. One of the significant movement led by Gandhi was The Salt March at 1930. In the year of 1930, the British formulate Salt tax to raise the salt price and tax in Indian and prohibited Indian people to produce and selling salt. This act anger the people of Indian and Gandhi came out and reasoned that to use a nonviolent way to protest and fight for an opportunity. This behavior obtains many support from Indian citizen and eventually they succeed and the British abolish Salt tax. The action of Gandhi influence many democrats and his values is really simple and that is truth and nonviolence.

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Gandhi during the Salt March

March of Washington and Salt March are some example showing a peaceful and nonviolence of political movement toward the government. However, not many country have the same situation like other country did, violence and riot happen more often when political movement occur. Major history event happens in China called Tiananmen Square protests at 1989, one of the democracy movement in China end up happen horribly. This movement was led by College student that want to fight for the problem of government corruption, freedom of speech etc. Around 100 million people participate and protest at Tiananmen Square. The students began with hunger strike and occupied the square. The moderates part of Chinese government try to solve the problem peacefully, but the students initiated a radical action that led the hardliners part of Chinese government to begin to use force to clear out the protester. The result was not ideal to anyone but the government, and even today, the number of dead is still not clear toward world and is the most censored topics in China. 38

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Eyewitness Account of Tiananmen Square Massacre

A World

Without Borders

- Maxime Mballa

act or Fiction? Only recently in humanity has the concept of the border been so preeminent in our culture, today it is the forefront. The idea of lines on the map has been burned into our minds so concretely as to create the illusion that these lines actually do exist. But a walk to any border will make you realise beyond perhaps a natural demarcation such as a river, or manmade fence, there is no line separating territories. So why all the worry? Borders have become a way of separating one are from another, the benefits of one society reserved to said society. Now as the world is becoming more fluid, the shifting of peoples has blurred the distinctions societies used to be able to form. To such an extent that today man societies are desperately clinging to these benefits they cherished as uniquely theirs. This manifests in the populism rising across the West as the populations confront the peoples of foreign lands that in some cases provided them the luxury they currently protect.

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Vollyball played along the US/Mexico Border

Our research showed a defining amount of opposition to this culture of separation, as many ask for free movement for all peoples of the Earth. This is a very millennial attitude as empathy is clearly an influential driver in shaping this opinion as the millennial no longer makes the difference between another society and his own. But is this realistic? Indeed to manage a society, control must exist and borders allow just that. The ability to regulate who enters and exits your territory is a priority especially with the human being as a weapon in this day and age. However the slightly naive view of the millennial and the constrained one of the conservative, may be reconciled. Who the question becomes less, wether or not the border should be imposed rather, what is the future of the border? That question is for the millennial to answer as we take position to steer humanity into the future.

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Equality Our only race is the human race During our research we came across a lot of political issues concerning equality. Gender and race equality to be more presice, and we ask ourselves 'how is it that in the 21st century we're still dealing with discriminations against differences?' One of the phrases we came across from an anonymous during an experiment we made at the art march, where we would ask "what change would you like to see in the world? and the answer was "Actual care for African Americans and acknowledgement of discrimination towards us". It was actually sad to listen to it because we've past so many years since black discrimination and after all the damage we've caused that there is still a feel of it, its shameful. What I think is most ironic about all this is that race does not even exist, there is not such thing as a white, black, hispanic, or other race, those are ethnic differences that humans have used to determine and differentiate people from certain cultures and automatically link a certain adjective or description given over time to the culture. An idea of a culture that may be completely false based on assumptions or judgements created in a time of history. We all know what those ideas are, we all have them depending on where we grew up this will be different; we'll have judgment on other cultures and we know what thoughts other cultures have about us. The only way we are going to get past this discrimination stage is by letting all those assumptions go, and stop seeing others as different because of their physical aspect; look at them from what they are. - Camila Sanoja

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EQUALITY

Is gender equality ever going to be possible? A recent study taken after International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day showed that thirty percent of women believe that gender equality is impossible. Western Union partnered with a data collection company to survey 5,000 women from different generations and countries to put this information together. Sixty percent of the women surveyed believe that they should push for equality, but 33 percent believe that it will never happen. The women in the United States are more optimistic about reaching equality with only twenty percent believing that it is impossible. While reading this, I wondered why so many women feel this way about equality being impossible to reach in this day and age. We are fighting for each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights all of the time, but it is harder to fight for rights in the workplace.

- Stephen Snyder

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EQUALITY

Women in Power

- Annabel Toole

mere Facebook post that was published after the 2017 Presidential Election sparked a multimillion person protest around the world. The 2017 Women’s march, a cry to Donald Trump winning the election instead of Hillary Clinton, cried loudly about the need for women in politics. Why do we need women in politics? The principles of the Women’s march reflect the answer to that question: women’s rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers’ rights. These issues are based on social and natural issues. In order to support these issues, empathy and awareness are critical for understanding and passion. These are issues that are commonly advocated for by women.

compassionate and more likely to be advocates for equality and the promotion of nature conservation. Larger than that, they have a different outlook and mindset than men. Throughout the twentieth century, women have proven themselves to be more than the fragile housewife. Women have proven themselves to be just as equal as men by transcending the stigma and excelling at roles that men would “normally” be perceived to have. Today, women are top CEOs, engineers, bankers, surgeons, and politicians. Women are powerful people. They have equal ability as men to be successful, but with a different perspective as men. It is of popular opinion that women make better leaders because of this aspect.

In today’s modern world, the The American government fight for equality is greatly focused system was set up to be worked by on women. This is consistent men for men. When women came with both the idea of equality as Angela Merkel, German Prime Minister into the political sphere, they were a goal, but also with the notion mocked, belittled, and ostracized. There was—and still that women promote greater equality through the is a stigma that a woman is a fragile, emotional, and combination of their empathy, intellect, and drive. irrational being. These next ten years will be highly formative in the In actuality, it is necessary for women to be in way of implementing more women in office. Research government and it is of popular opinion that the shows that a higher number of millennials support more women in government, the better. More women women in power. Throughout time, with support and in politics benefits women. They have a personal action, a new redefinition of politics may emerge as the relationship for women’s rights and have the ability number of women increase. to speak for it. They are generally seen as more WOMEN IN POWER I

From Our Voices

We had the opportunity to listen to the thoughts on another millennial in regards to politics at this stage of life and she shared with us amazing thoughts and ideas. Take a look.

Q: How do you define a millennial?

Q: Do you follow politics?

A: I think a millennial is the future. “Can you build on that a bit more?” well, when you think about millennial you think about new, progress, space, computers, electronics, internet… So I think that millennials represent the future because that is what we have brought since we came. We have learned from our ancestors and we have developed into creatures that have progress and take that progress and make it bigger, greater, in order to make this globalize world that is intercommunicate and that have so many technological things that will help us in a future. So for me, a millennial is a future.

A: I follow politics but not very in depth. I will follow in depth when I see that there is a very big issue that people are talking about or something, but as in general I don’t follow it so much in depth.

Q: Would you consider yourself one?

Q: What social media platform was your biggest source of information for the election?

A: I definitely define myself as a millennial because I am a visionary person, I am an entrepreneur, I am someone with great ideas and someone who is going for really great goals in the future.

Q: How were you involved during the election process? A: I consider that in comparison to other years I was 100% involved this one. I watch the debates, read the news, the tweets (go Bernie!). I was first a follower of Bernie and then I continued being a follower of Trump.

A: Reddit. Q: Can you tell me one thing that stood out to you the most during the election? A: I was never so aware of the strategies politics use

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to get people’s attention and during this election I was very interest in that. For example, Hillary’s hashtag it is a strategy to get people to support her or so that people start to say that they are with her, and to get their voices out there. I think that that was something that really impacted me. Also Trump, the way he got people to listen to his ideas or how he announced that he was going to be a candidate. I just knew that people go into politics and launched themselves for president I was not aware of the plans behind it. Q: How do you feel about relations in politics right now? A: I think everything is very tense. Not only the nation itself, the US. But also international relations are very scared of what is going to happen. Everyone is paying attention, everyone is listening. The US is such a powerful country that it does not only affects its citizens but everyone around it. Q: What is a change that you would like to see in politics? A: Transparency. I think politics is like a black mess, you see it but you don’t see what it is composed with. You don’t know who the president really is, you just see what they want you to see. Is like social media, you can click on a person’s profile and you have an idea of who they are, but with politicians is not the same. We need to be able to see that politics have flaws, and that not everything is perfect and that you sometimes have to make tough decisions in order to save a country that is going to be successful and that is going to reach to everyone.

and that will get your country into a great development.

Q: How is your home country doing, politically? A: My country is a utopia, jk. I think in terms of politics my country is very simple, there are candidates, and some of them will benefit a small part of the citizens and another part the rest. My country is so small that the powerful people there are the ones who determine which politician will win the election even if it is not what the mass wants. Corruption. We have to step up game because we are such a great country, we are the best growing economy in the Caribbean and we have so many resources, great relationships with multiple country, and our citizens are improving everyday. We have to be better. Politics is a profile picture of a country, so even if we are great since our government is not that is what everyone sees. Q: How important is to you the president’s personality vs. intelligence? A: I think that as long that it does the job it can be the worst person ever. You can be an asshole but if you are doing your work right then that is great. Q: Do you want to get involved with politics when you get older? A: Definitely, I don’t want to be a president but I think that being involved is knowing what is happening, participating, voting, anything.

Q: What is your interest in politics (economical, social, environmental...)? A: Economical and international relations. I think that those are very important topics that you need to know FROM OUT VOICES

“People being nicer, more respectful and inclusive of all humans.”

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The FUTURE of Millennials

- Stephen Snyder

here are so many things that we as millennials are hoping for in the near future. From more flexible office hours to ending discrimination, we have a lot of dreams to make come true. Doing some research on the topic shows some of our different wants including: meaning in our work, collaboration, more affordable education, and equality for all. It will be hard to reach these goals in our lifetime, but so many of us believe that is possible.

Millennials already make up the largest generation that is alive right now, and all of us will be hitting the workforce soon. Many companies are already trying to entice us to work for them, because we are predicted to be the largest working generation in the next ten years. It may be hard at first to prove the stereotypes about this generation are wrong, but we can do it by showing others how we can take action. If we want to get approval from our elders, we need to show how we are different than others before us with our actions and not just our words.

Millennials using their phone and tablet

In the future, technology will become an even larger part of our lives. From new equipment in the work place to new devices that will improve our everyday personal lives. With a generation so accepting of new ideas, the technology will start coming out in even shorter intervals. We will develop more apps to keep us even more connected than we could ever imagine, and we will be able to pass this down to the next generations. While the modern smartphone concept is only ten years, it has been developed to do so much more now than originally intended. It makes people wonder how we will be able to stay connected with the next generation of smart phones along with the rollout of 5g speeds by 2020. The automotive future our generation is helping with is fully autonomous cars, and many millennials would rather have a selfdriving car than drive themselves. Many see it as a way for them to multitask on the way to their destination wether it by getting ready, doing work, watching movies, or by being able to focus more on our friends. Many of us do not even have a license, because we would rather get an Uber or a Lyft. This is also leading many of the big car companies to roll out car sharing services rather than just having lease and ownership options for their vehicles. With all of the changes happening in our time, our generation is going to have to deal with the most evolution of technology in history. We will progress to be the generation that later ones look to for advice, and we will have to help lead them too. We are the generation that was raised to believe that we can do anything that we put our mind to, and we all need to take action on this dream.

Left: Millennials holding the â&#x20AC;&#x153;worldâ&#x20AC;? Top Right: Millennials working together Middle Right: Younger millennials interacting with their devices Bottom Right: Millennials hanging out together

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“We hope; things get better.” - Millennials

THE FUTURE IS CLOSER THAN NOW

Hope

- Annabel Toole

erriam Webster dictionary defines hope as, “to cherish a desire with anticipation,” or “to want something to happen or be true.” The idea of hope is very popular amongst people when tragic situations arise or a positive outcome is desired from an indefinite situation. Hope is a word that keeps the mind safe, but is it overall positive? Hope keeps us alive. When everything goes bad, our spirits cling to hope as the chance to turn the darkness into light. Hope is useful for this reason because it keeps the moral going. There are many circumstances in life where the outcome is out of our control. Obama’s campaign was centered around hope. This was a successful strategy

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because without giving a specific promise, he promised hope. That was an objective statement that made people feel good, because hope is attributed to positive change. However, hope does not always promise a positive outcome. Hope is effective to keep one’s mental state positive in times of turmoil, yet action is the key to making change. Hope can be a crutch to change. Hope has become a response to issues that need attention. So many people can hope that politics can be better, or hope that the environment isn't as polluted, but great action is necessary for great change. Now is the time to unite hope with action. Utilizing hope to fuel action is the key to change. It is lazy to hope and in order for the next generation to make an impact, we need to rise above our feelings and directly put our energy in productive solutions.

HOPE

Empathy as a

Path to Peace - Camila Sanoja

In a time when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve overcome the mistakes made from the leaders, or our own selfs, of the past; a compilation of racial, gender, religious, sexual, and what not discriminations. We find ourselves using more often this word: empathy, we have to be more empathetic. But is empathy something we are born with, it is learned. Yes, it is true that some of us are born sightly more prone with the ability to empathize (yeah, some maybe some of us are just better people than others). But empathy is definitely something that can be understood and experience once we step on someone else shoes. And this happens, empathy and sympathy are not the same thing. You can be sympathetic with someone by sharing your thoughts but it is possible for you to be vague if your thoughts and concern do not come from inside, where empathy place a part on. Empathy is about really understanding the emotion inside someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. So, how can we learn to be more empathetic? Being curious, talking to people, getting to know them, spending time with strangers, trying to listen without interrupting and reflecting on ourselves. Understand that your background matters and comparing your life with the life of others outside your everyday circle

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EMPATHY AS A PATH TO PEACE

helps. By being able to empathize we are able to respect and support our decisions. For example, it was not before the first person spoke up about being gay that we all started to share feelings, opinions and have discussions about the topic. Further, it follow more and more people discussing, feeling secure about “coming out of the closet”, I remember when Ricky Martin first said he is gay, the big boom and not only because most mothers had a crush on him but because he was defying a tabu created by society. The shared feelings of being left out, misunderstood, and discriminated for being different started to cause more people to dig into the discussion and reflect upon it. Now luckily, we’ve moved to a place where gay couples are treated the same in respect of being married in front of the law and we are moving forward to letting them have a family. And I don’t mean this to be a disrespect for the people who still don’t feel comfortable with the decision. The same way we accept others, they should accept us. I understand you and respect you, now you do the same for me. Many acts of sympathy derived from empathy have been done over the past years, the problem is that no one likes to read or talk about them because we are mostly interested in the bad news. But I bet most of you remember when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened Canada’s doors to the Muslim refugees Trump vanished from the United States. To my opinion, the greatest decision that has been made in 2017. Trump, the leader of one of the most powerful countries (lets forget about his tweets and racist jokes for a while) thinking of the best way to maintain his country’s wealth (a good thing) forbids more refugees to come in in an attempt to stop illegal immigration. Trudeau looking at the situation and analyzing both - Canada’s population need and refugees needing land - takes them in and offers them a home; making the refugees feel loved, happy, and proud to be living in Canada. In this way, it is a “win-win” because someone heard others’ needs and claimed a solution for both. We can talk forever about the different acts that have been made because of empathy, many figures to admire, and leaders to follow because of their compassion. But this is just the start to generate ideas on how we can change the world by being more empathetic. A task that has never been more easy after the internet has made the entire world seem small.

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Actual Step to Make Change

The internet isn’t real, go outside, be active, make a change.

Peaceful protest and protester

- Maxime Mballa

Switch Parties

Act Locally

Find Your Elected Official

Attend a town hall, here in Savannah, and find out what issues are present locally and what actions you can take to be involved.

Get in touch with your locally elected official and find out who your representative is in Congress.

Savannahga.gov

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CommonCause.org house.gov

Here’s a list of alternative official political parties, if red and blue doesn’t float your boat: - Constitution Party - Democratic Socialists of America - Independent Party - Green Party - Libertarian Party - Reform Party - Tea Party Still not sure? Here’s a quiz to help: http://www.people-press.org/quiz/politicaltypology/

Educate Yourself If you feel you aren’t knowledgeable enough to take action politically it’s never too late to learn the ins and outs. USA.gov

Volunteer No matter what, no matter where, being active in your community will only bring good. https://www.volunteermatch.org/ ACTUAL STEPS TO MAKE CHANGE

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An online magazine that only uses memes to transmit messages about the internetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downfalls and then offers an easy solution for them that everyone has thought about but never did it; causing fury.

think about that

RRR Team Bias Prof. Kwela Hermanns IDUS 215-01 Winter 2017