Financial Literacy: Road to Success Financial literacy is learning about the art of money and the science of managing and growing it. This is my achilles heel. Though my father was excellent with financial management and my mother learned it and did well. It was still not my passion. Like anything else I studied and…
Photo Courtsey: John Olson—The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Today is a day of celebration! I am so happy to be amongst the women commemorating this step toward equality for women through the right to vote. It was only 100 years ago when the action passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August…
Photo Courtesy: The Nation Injustice of any kind is still injustice. When we break the word injustice down it means: Unfairness and Wrong. Further, the violation of right or of the rights of another or wrongful act. Injustice of any kind, still means it is a wrong and unfair act. We as human beings with…
Graduates of 2020 and other women job seekers, I know we are living in challenging times. But, we have seen these before. During the influenza pandemic, anthrax, 911, and many wars and other catastrophic and threatening events in the world. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there were influenza pandemics that have…
Class of 2020, We honor you. To the class that will go down in history! You will go down in history for the great strides you made to get to this day. You will go down in history for the class that had to finish under great pressure and adjustments due to COVID-19. You will…
“In the United States, almost half of adults (46.4 percent) will experience a mental illness during their lifetime. 5 percent of adults (18 or older) experience a mental illness in any one year, equivalent to 43.8 million people” (Mental Health First Aid, February 2019). Mental health relates to our psychological and emotional well being. Which…
There are times of joy and victory and times of challenge and trouble. Both can be experienced with an optimistic approach. I did not say that challenging and troubled times are good, but they are productive if viewed with a positive approach. During this time, many of us are living alone with “shelter in place”…
