Journal Response (WWEGD)

The citizens do have a right to petition everything that is going on. They have the right to voice their concerns about what is going on at their institution. They are paying huge amounts of money and time at this institution, so if something is not what they want it to be they have the right to petition. However, I do not think the citizens will take their right, and petition what is going on. This institution has a history of being low key. I do not think that this is the time that this institution will be brought into greater limelight.

Using Fraser’s terminology what needs to be recognition is that calling of attention to mental health at institution. Fraser would call for every ones attention to help change the wrong doings of institutions. With Fraser’s term of redistribution would that be of calling an end to discrimination of policies that do not make people with disabilities as equal to those who do not.

I would ask for concerned citizens to first write to the school. Then once it is known that the people are not happy, set up a protest in where the concerned citizens can get their feelings out into the greater public. That is the only way to get their view across to the institution. Once the institution sees the protest, they will move into action to stop the protest and hopefully talk to the citizens and resolve a problem. If that all fails, then I would suggest that the people demand to talk to the administration of the institution to talk about what is going on and how the effects not just one person but everyone at the institution.

Oh what would little Miss Emma Goldman do? I believe that she would be out in the streets voicing her opinion and how this is hurting everyone at the institution. Miss Emma would be out there from sun up to sun down trying to get the attention of the administration to come out and talk to the concerned people of this institution.

On a side note. While reading this and doing this assignment, I found myself sitting on the middle of the fence not knowing where to go. I can see both sides of the coin. Maybe because something like this happened to a very close friend of mine here at school or that I have some but limited knowledge of written policies and the legal jargon behind it. It is sad to see things like this happening in our own backyard. Is it that time where the silence is broken here at school, the silence of no protests? We will just have to wait and see. History can be in the making here at OUR school EIU.