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MLK Jr. and Jane Addams were two Americans that saw a problem and decided to do what they could to change it no matter what sacrifices they had to make to take a stand and make a difference in society.

Issues, Policies or Systems addressed: Jane Addams

"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt" - Jane Addams

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase" - Martin Luther King Jr.

Contributions: Jane Addams

Which do I find more interesting and why?

-Focused more on the micro level of the systems theory because she focused on helping individuals

-Issues of poverty and financial destitution

Examples:

-Created a settlement house for high risk populations

-Tended to the needs of women, children, and immigrants dealing with any type of poverty or financial destitution

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that" - Martin Luther King Jr.

-Recognized the needs of poor people

-Gave workers better and safer working conditions, better and more fair pay, and raised the age limit to work to fourteen years old

-Fought for better education systems, living conditions and economic situations

I find Martin Luther King Jr. to be more interesting because he is still one of the most famous people today and can be identified by almost all Americans. He is an icon of Civil Rights and helped bring equality to every race. He shaped society into a place where race does not determine who a person is and that all people are equal. Without MLK Jr's courage and perservierance to create a more equal society I think there would still be racial discrimination and especially gender discrimination today.

Strategies: Jane Addams

-Wanted to give the people of Chicago back a sense of who they were regardless of the poverty they were experencing

-Started Hull house with the purpose of helping immigrants to the United States who needed shelter and food or any other form of assistance

-Took in families, women and children and gave them a warm safe place to stay

-Provided educational classes and recreational activities to enhance the lives of the residents

Professional Practitioner

Contributions: MLK

-Fought for the civil rights of African Americans

-Believed everyone, no matter their race, genger or religion, should be treated equally

-Fought against the harsh actions whites performed against the blacks & segregation all together

-Main goal was to erase all of the vast injustices American Blacks faced in the early 1960's

-Believed that all men are created equal and all people deserved to be treated the same regardless of their race

Martin Luther King Jr. & Jane Addams

Strategies: MLK

-Took action to fight against injustices by non-violent means only

-Believed and explained that there were four steps in any non violent campaign:

1. Find out exactly what happened and if any injustices occured

2. Negotiation

3. Screening of people involved

4. Direct Action

- Tried to negotiate with the city fathers to remove stores humiliating signs but they failed to reach any agreement

Issues, Policies or Systems addressed: MLK

-Focused on the macro level of the systems theory because he fought for the population of African Americans as a whole

-Issues of racial segregation and racism

Examples:

-Wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" in response to criticism of his choice to stand up and fight for his belief against the treatment of the African American population at the time

-Part of the non-violent American Civil Rights campaign which protested against racial segregation and the unfair and unjustice treatment of African Americans (however this fight for freedom was done solely in the courts and not in public places)

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