C's Calm Cool and Collected Blog

World We Dare to Imagine - Part 1 With there being so many issues in our world, it's virtually impossible to narrow down the one that is the most important. However, in order to make the world a better place, I believe that we must first focus on the youth and the future of our planet. It is a known fact that there are underprivileged kids all over the world that not only don't have the ability to get a proper education, but also don't even have the basic necessities to live. If I had the financial means to give back, I would be creating ways to help underprivileged kids who don't have access to a proper education get this education. Not only do I believe this will help these kids have a better future, but it will also help the world as a whole. In the U.S. we have many trade partners and many countries that we do business with. If we were to educate kids in the poverty stricken countries of Africa for example who could grow up and provide things that will benefit ...

Random Blog Post #2: College Athletes Should be Paid Duke basketball player Zion Williamson suffering an injury in a February game against North Carolina             For my 2 nd random blog post I’m going to discuss a debate that I am very passionate about and that is that I believe that college athletes deserve to be compensated. In 2017, The NCAA reported revenues of more than $1 billion. In addition to that, it has been reported that over $10 billion will be wagered on just March Madness basketball games. All of this doesn’t even include how much coaches make, which includes lucrative bonuses for their team’s success such as Michigan State’s basketball coach Tom Izzo getting a $100,000 bonus for his team making this year’s final four. The NCAA continues to claim that the players are students first and athletes second, hence the term “student-athlete.” However, you cannot argue that the top players are really ...

Born on Third Base Blog             I was assigned to read the chapter, “Black Wealth, Brown Wealth, White Wealth” of Born on Third Base and the chapter focused on the differences in wages made by white people vs black people. The chapter was split into three separate sections with the first one titled The State of the Dream. In that section it discussed how black people under the age of 35 make 75 cents to the dollar of what white people in that same age group make. It went on to mention that while the majority of Americans suffered from the 2008 recession but that white people were able to recover much quicker than black people. While I’m not surprised about these facts, I hate to admit that I have never thought about this issue. The gender wage gap is something that is talked about so much, and for good reason, that I think it caused people like me to not realize that there is also an issue in wages between...

To: Mr. Clark Hansen From: Christian Gange Date: 6 March 2019 Subject: Investment Recommendation - Zappos I am writing to discuss Anima Mundi Development Partners’ potential investment in the company known as Zappos. Zappos is an online clothing and shoe retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zappos is heavily involved in the community as they have given back to the community though their “Goodie Two Shoes” program, “Zappos For Good” program, among many other examples. They are also heavily conscious of the environment and have made extensive efforts to make the world a better, more sustainable place. Zappos is a company known for giving back and because of this, they should be considered as a company to invest in by AMDP. Before I go into further detail about Zappos, I want to elaborate on AMDP’s standards: triple bottom line, corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, and carbon footprint. AMDP Standards Triple Bottom Line The tr...