All Entries in the "Cultural" Category
Wal-mart – Smarter then Smart
Wal-Mart the worlds largest retailer has done something that conceptually may ease the pain and cost of getting a college education and degree. Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program The point of the program, they said, was to help employees get more education and to build a better work force. This move by [...]
Angela Curley First Positively Powerful Corporate Woman Winner
The 3rd annual “Positively Powerful Women Celebrate!” Awards Luncheon will be Friday, May 21st at the Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Arizona from 11:30AM T0 2PM. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $75. Please join us as we honor three exceptional and diverse women servant leaders Angela Curley, Debbie Paine, and Lorena Valencia. Originally from [...]
“Americans are angry!”
Am I the only one who feels annoyed when someone says they speak for all Americans? The most recent generalized statement I heard was “All Americans are angry.” There was also the one that began “All Americans feel ______” you fill in the blanks. Sojourner Truth said, “Ain’t I a Woman” well today I am [...]
Diversity Is Also a Way of Thinking
When we are not open to there being an alternative point of view other then the one we are already committed to believing, we then lack the capacity to truly understand what is in front of us.
African Native Americans
An important group of men and women has been left with no box to check in the 2010 Census: Native Americans with African origins. The 2010 Census provides us with boxes to check for gender – male, female, other questions, and race. Question #8 asks “Is the person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?” and offers 4 boxes of [...]
Hoop Dancing, Heard Museum, and Hampton, VA
The Heard Museum World Champion Hoop Dancer competition which “draws together top Native hoop dancers from throughout the United States and Canada ” was amazing. According to the Heard brochure, “(The hoop) is symbolic to all Native people. It represents the Circle of Life and the continuous cycle of summer and winter, day and night, male and [...]
Celebrate Haiti’s significant contribution to our world, as you give.
In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti’s vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today — as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.
Respectful Aging LGBT Services
Loree Cook-Daniels delivered a comprehensive tutorial on respectfully serving the aging LGBT populations at the annual conference of AAHSA. She has a wealth of information on her website. Here are some of the points she made and there were more available. Respect is a must for everyone and in any situation: Use the client’s terms: [...]
How To Turn Your Contacts Into Contracts!
Be persistent. Keep knocking on the door. There are a lot of gate-keepers. Never give up! Know the culture of the company you want to work with. Go online, speak to employees, ask what the core values are to be prepared to show your expertise in ways that it will be readily received.
Positively Healthier – Something to Think About
One of the ironies of the hunger in the United States, unlike some other countries, there is no shortage of food, just an abundance of waste. Good food (our interpretation) is overpriced, food that is said to be not good for us, foods loaded with salts, sugar and fats, are under priced. So an inquisitive person might extrapolate from all of this, let’s get healthier/nourishing food to the people who need it
