WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass
Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

Fellow-Citizens—Pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits, and express devout gratitude for the blessings, resulting from your independence to us?

But, such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? . . .

Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are to-day rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, “may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!” To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world. My subject, then, fellow-citizens, is AMERICAN SLAVERY. I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave’s point of view. Standing there, identified with the American bondman, making his wrongs mine, I do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July. Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting.

What is one of the lessons Douglass impresses on his listeners?
A) The nation should not rejoice until everyone has freedom.
B) He must speak on the Fourth of July in order to bring change.
C) For him to join the celebration would be treason.
D) He can see the perspective of slaves and citizens with equal clarity.

Please ONLY respond if you have knowledge/experience with emergency response!!!

This is a part of a group assignment which will include:

An emergency response plan

Actions taken by the team prior to the event (shooting)

Actions taken during the event (shooting)

Actions taken after the event (shooting)

Instructions:

Create an introduction for the domestic terrorism incident scenario (see attached for background information and the highlighted scenario). Introduction should include why an emergency response plan is needed based of the following questions:

• The information concerning Smith is provided to the Emergency Response Crisis Team. What, if anything, should the team do concerning Smith?
• Two weeks later management decides to terminate Smith from employment on Friday because of performance issues. As he is leaving Smith tells his supervisor and 4 other employees in the Foreclosure Department unit that “you have not heard the last from me”. Security escorts him from the building and deactivates his access control badge., What does your team do with the information concerning the remarks from Smith? Think about intelligence gathering, notifications etc…

Requirements:

Both questions should be answered in the introduction

At least 2 paragraphs min

APA format

At least 2 references cited

Discussion Question 1. Managing a Remote Workforce

Most work forces are moving to more remote access. How do you manage people remotely? How do you make sure that they are included in the team. Our example has only two countries involved, what if there are many? How do you provide them access into the network securely? Especially if they are coming in from other countries that are known for infiltrating networks??

2. Conflict Management Techniques

Conflict management techniques come in handy when you are working in organizations. Most people do not have a good skill set in this area. Read the article, Conflict Management Techniques, available here, http://www.personalityexplorer.com/home/FREEResources/ConflictManagementTechniques.aspx. You might recognize a technique you already use. Select one technique and provide an example of how you think it may be used during a merger, or formation of a team. Provide details

3.Cultural Differences

Cultural differences when companies merge can last for years. There have been instances when the acquired company had more advanced technology then the other company, and they were forced to step back in time. That is a very frustrating experience. How would you tackle this issue?

4. Actions for Integration Issues

What integration issues do merging companies face? What techniques can a security professional use to ease cultural differences? How would the security professional bring together both IT teams so they feel comfortable? One of the most “invisible” barriers to success is the feeling of other IT professionals or teams “loss of control”. How can you ease fears and build a positive team?

Essay question. Project #4 Detailed Assignment Description

Develop a Security Plan and Recommendation Memo to the CIO. The Plan must communicate the security strategy and technologies (minimum of 3) you are recommending from P1/P2/P3. Include a brief description of the technologies you are proposing with associated costs, expected return on investment (ROI), mitigation of risks, barriers to success. You must also include a detailed Network Diagram illustrating how this technology fits into the infrastructure.

The Recommendation Memo is a one page Executive Memo to the CIO summarizing and introducing the Plan. The recommendation memo will be on plain white background and carry the same formatting as a formal letter. You may use one of the MS Office or similar memo styles that meet this requirement. The Plan (your second deliverable for this assignment) will be a minimum 5 page, double-spaced paper using Times New Roman 12 font and APA style formatting for citations and references. It will also include a minimum of 5 references. The Title/Cover page, illustrations (tables/charts/graphs), network diagram, and references are not part of the page count but are required for the assignment. The grading rubric provides additional details as to what should be included in the paper. Your instructor may provide an APA style template to use for this paper.

Write a 5 – 6 page paper on some current business-related “world event”. In this paper you are expected to critically analyze this event and discuss its potential impact on globalization and world trade.

This paper must be in APA format with appropriate quotes and references. Include a cover page and a Reference page, neither of which counts toward the 5-6 pages. Please understand that 5 pages is a minimum. The format for this paper and relative weighting towards the assignment grade is as follows:

• Review of Situation (15%)
• Analysis (25%)
• Potential Impact (25%)
• Conclusions (20%)

To view the rubric, click on the assignment and then “View Rubric” on the next screen.

It is highly recommended that you organize your paper according to these topics. Writing and following APA formatting will contribute to 15% of the grade.

Note that “Analysis” and “Potential Impact” are weighted most heavily. Understanding why something has occurred and what that means to business – particularly in terms of numbers – are critical skills for MBA students today. Think of how you can quantify the event’s impact on globalization, global trade and/or a specific business or company. Doing your own financial analysis of the event (i.e., do some calculations to show impact) will really help you achieve higher scores on the “Potential Impact” section of your paper. As you know, we want to speak in terms shareholders typically want to hear – metrics that reflect shareholder value. And be sure your paper reflects this.Events involving recent IMF actions, specific company news, economic actions of countries (e.g. China, Germany, the UK, etc.), activities in Africa, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) news are all example topics. Please do not write a paper on any topics we have already discussed or will discuss in any of the Discussion Boards in this class (this includes the Euro Zone crisis and “Brexit”) since we already discussed it in class a couple of weeks ago. You will receive no credit if you do so. Any other news event that will impact global business in some way is acceptable. Please contact me if you have any questions about the appropriateness of the topic you are considering.

Create a 5- to 7-minute PowerPoint^® presentation including:

• One slide on your topic and question (approximately one minute) (CLO 2.1.2*).
  • Which topic and question did you choose?
  • Why does it interest you?
• One to two slides of your visuals (approximately 2 to 3 minutes) (CLO2.2.1* & 2.2.3*).
  • These should be clear, neat, organized, and labeled.
  • Explain why you chose to create these and what you can conclude from the visuals.
  • How do these visuals support your conclusion?
• One slide for a conclusion (approximately one minute) (CLO 2.2.2* & 2.1.2*).
  • Restate your topic and question and give your answer to the scenario.
  • Discuss how your topic and question relate to life.
  • Discuss what you learned from this project.
• Include detailed speaker notes for each slide.