Read the excerpt from outcasts united.
somehow, luma would have to find a way to get all these kids to play as a unit. "it was about trying to figure out what they have in common," she said.
while luma was trying to find a way to get the kids to play together, she was also getting to know their parents, most of whom were single mothers. she quickly discovered that these women needed —mostly in understanding paperwork. with her arabic and french, luma was able to translate documents and answer some of their questions. she made appointments with doctors and social workers. luma gave her cell phone number to her players and their families, and soon they were calling with requests for . teachers learned to call luma when her players' parents couldn't be found or were at work. the families showed their gratitude by offering luma tea and inviting her to dinner. luma felt needed, and couldn't but notice how much better this kind of work felt than running ashton's.
based on luma’s actions, which statement best describes the theme in this excerpt?
a. there are many single mothers in the world who need .
b. one person can make a huge difference in the lives of others.
c. luma is rewarded for her acts of kindness with tea and dinners.
d. feeling needed is a very important and satisfying experience.

Which excerpt from shirley chisholm’s speech “equal rights for women” provides support for chisholm’s analysis of how the facts justify her conclusion? `it is true that part of the problem has been that women have not been aggressive in demanding their rights. this was also true of the black population for many years. they submitted to oppression and even cooperated with it. women have done the same thing. `women need no protection that men do not need. what we need are laws to protect working people, to guarantee them fair pay, safe working conditions, protection against sickness and layoffs, and provision for dignified, comfortable retirement. men and women need these things equally. that one sex needs protection more than the other is a male supremacist myth. `it is obvious that discrimination exists. women do not have the opportunities that men do. and women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as ‘‘odd’’ and “unfeminine.” the fact is that a woman who aspires to be chairman of the board, or a member of the house, does so for exactly the same reasons as any man. `as in the field of equal rights for blacks, spanish-americans, the indians, and other groups, laws will not change such deep-seated problems overnight. but they can be used to provide protection for those who are most abused, and to begin the process of evolutionary change by compelling the insensitive majority to reexamine its unconscious attitudes.