This DC native LOVES farms – cows, horses, barns, and green grass. More specifically, I LOVE the Pennsylvania countryside and visiting Amish country. I LOVE driving through the Shenandoah Valley. I love the slow pace, the views, and the ability to truly be self-sufficient. I loved “The Simple Life” long before Paris Hilton and […]
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If you know me well then you’ve heard me say these two things about my personal diet: (1) I have the eating habits (or taste buds) of the average 5 year old (2) I eat to live, I don’t live to eat I am not a “foodie”. I am one of the pickiest
Question of the Day: Can we achieve social justice without economic empowerment? Although there has been a huge push for teaching financial literacy, many social service programs teach clients to manage poverty and not eliminate it. How do we help people change their socio-economic status? Of course, the answers are numerous, but I think
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If you’ve lived in Washington, DC (or any other urban city) you have seen: • Elementary school students selling candy or wrapping paper • Youth with buckets at the red light collecting funds for band uniforms • Teens at the metro station playing go-go music on buckets • A car wash hosted by high
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This past winter I saw a Strayer University commercial with Steve Harvey as a spokesperson. I understand that higher education is a business and that Strayer University enrollment has dropped over the years. I know that Strayer is in competition with other for profit institutions and they must advertise in order to remain in
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“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” -Golda Meir Who is Nicki Sanders, The Packaged for Success Coach? I am mother, a daughter, a sister,
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Objective ¤ Strategic ¤ Supportive ¤ Challenging Basic Individual Career Coaching Package (3 months) • Basic Individual Coaching Package $497.00 per month • Undergraduate College Student Coaching $397.00 per month Coaching Package Includes: – A one hour individual coaching call each month. – One accountability email each week (no coaching will be provided
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Long-term business growth and financial gain are impacted by: Public safety Public health Educated consumers Diversity Mission JC Penney “Too Pretty To Do Homework” T-shirt Exxon oil spill Discrimination at Denny’s All memorable business fiascos right? Gone are the days when businesses can simply ‘do no harm’. We have entered the age of
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March is National Social Work Month and every third Tuesday in March is World Social Work Day. Social work month is a special time for social workers to celebrate an awesome professions that is having an amazing impact on our world. It is also a time to celebrate our colleagues and our own contributions to the
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Macro social work focuses on changing larger systems. Macro social work is an important part of our professional history: • Social work pioneer Jane Addams was one of the first women to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded in 1931. Known best for establishing settlement houses in Chicago for immigrants in the early
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