CONTENT SUBMISSIONS
OBJECTIVES AND BENCHMARKS - Page 2 of 4
Updated May 2, 2024
This page will be regularly updated as we progress through this project.
PROJECT GOALS (established on April 30, 2024)
Primary Goal
locate articles and videos on the Internet that our members can use to inform themselves
Secondary Goals
improve our ability to analyze matters related to political issues, social issues, and humanitarian emergencies*
improve our ability to determine the trustworthiness of media outlets and other sources of information*
recognize the connection between what is happening in places around the world and what is happening here at home*
*Notice that this project isn't just an effort to provide content for the website of a non-profit organization. It is also an opportunity for all of us to strengthen our abilities to understand complex situations and an opportunity to provide others the information they need to that same level of understanding. It is good for one person to be informed, but much better when interconnected groups of people are equally informed.
Current Situation
We have 79 pages in the Featured Issues section of the una-orlando.org website. Those issues are divided into 6 sections:
Human and Civil Rights - - - 14 pages
Environmental Management and Protection - - - 9 pages
Population Displacement and Migration - - - 8 pages
Personal Health, Knowledge, and Expression - - - 6 pages
Government, Business, and International Affairs - - - 13 pages
Crisis Situations and Humanitarian Emergencies - - - 29 pages
The first 50 pertain to social issues. Some of the pages address an issue in a single page. Other pages are limited to a geographical region. For example, the Humane Treatment of Animals issue only has one page but the Children at Risk issue is divided into two pages, 1) Children at Risk USA, and 2) Children at Risk WORLD. In the past, we were criticized for focusing on issues only from a USA perspective. With that criticism in mind, we divided some of the issues were divided into two or more perspectives.
The 29 pages in the Crisis Situations and Humanitarian Emergencies section address conditions within a single country or within a defined geographic geographic region of the world. Country examples: Myanmar, Yemen, and Haiti. Region examples: Congo and the African Great Lakes, the African Sahel, and India-Pakistan.
For each Featured Issues page, it would be good to have 100 content submissions per page. Therefore, we will mark our progress by how close we are towards reaching that number. On a regular basis, our totals will be updated on a spreadsheet that is located on the Statistics page.
Included below is a list of issues and crisis situations with descriptions. Use those descriptions during the search for articles and videos that address each of our Featured Issues. At the same time, use the spreadsheet on the Statistics page to see which issues need more attention than the others.
Familiarize yourself with the issues and situations. Then, begin submitting articles and videos whenever you are ready.
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FEATURED ISSUES AND CRISIS SITUATIONS WITH DESCRIPTIONS
HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS
Cultural Differences-Unequal Experiences
[Description pending]
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
[Description pending]
Children at Risk
[Description pending]
Police The Courts and Incarceration
[Description pending]
Gun Violence
[Description pending]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
[Description pending]
Human Trafficking
[Description pending]
Torture Cruelty and Inhumane Treatment
[Description pending]
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
Climate Crisis and Climate Denial
[Description pending]
Pollution Resource Destruction and Habitat Destruction
[Description pending]
Natural and Manmade Disasters
[Description pending]
The Future of Energy
[Description pending]
Humane Treatment of Animals
[Description pending]
POPULATION DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION
Immigration and Migrant Labor
[Description pending]
Refugees and Displaced Populations
[Description pending]
Indigenous Peoples
[Description pending]
Homelessness
[Description pending]
PERSONAL HEALTH, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPRESSION
Informed Citizens
[Description pending]
Art and Social Justice
[Description pending]
Community Quality of Life Sustainable Living
[Description pending]
GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Colonialism
[Description pending]
Politics Democratic Governance and Civil Society
[Description pending]
Wealth Poverty and Inequality
[Description pending]
Civil Unrest
[Description pending]
Conflict The Causes and Consequences of War
[Description pending]
Terrorism and Non-State Violence
[Description pending]
CRISIS SITUATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
Yemen
[Description pending]
Myanmar
[Description pending]
Syria and Iraq
[Description pending]
Central African Republic
[Description pending]
Puerto Rico
[Description pending]
Nigeria
[Description pending]
South Sudan
[Description pending]
Mexico and Central America
[Description pending]
Libya
[Description pending]
Venezuela
[Description pending]
Haiti
[Description pending]
Somalia
[Description pending]
Afghanistan
[Description pending]
Ukraine
[Description pending]
Congo and the African Great Lakes Region
[Description pending]
Israel and Palestine
[Description pending]
Xinjiang
[Description pending]
India and Pakistan
[Description pending]
Mozambique
[Description pending]
Brazil
[Description pending]
Turkey
[Description pending]
Armenia-Azerbaijan
[Description pending]
Hong Kong
[Description pending]
The African Sahel
[Description pending]
Lebanon
[Description pending]
Belarus
[Description pending]
Ethiopia
[Description pending]
Colombia
[Description pending]
South Africa
[Description pending]