Podcasts about multicultural center

After a number of events held last month in his honor, the establishment of the Gavin Creel Memorial Fund at the Community Foundation will ensure a long legacy of supporting the arts in his hometown (at 14:17) --- It's Financial Literacy Awareness Month, but you may not be as financially literate as you think you are... How to cut through the noise and misinformation to make the right money moves to reach your personal goals (at 24:27) --- Around Town: A showcase for local talent... Details on this weekend's Open Mic Night at the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center (at 47:04)

Hancock County Sheriff Mike Cortez gives an update on road conditions, travel advisories and trouble spots as the latest round of winter weather rolls through the area (at 11:27) --- Highlights from yesterday's State of the City with Mayor Christina Muryn (at 18:40) --- Celebrating Black History Month in February with Findlay's Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center (at 31:39) --- Honoring the history of African-American fashion design, its influence on popular trends through the years, and the future of black designers in the industry's hyper-competitive modern era (at 52:07)

In the news today: For our first story of the week focusing on campus news, MSU celebrates long-awaited Multicultural Center with ribbon cutting ceremony. For our second story focusing on more campus news, MSU doubles down on DEI defense amid Trump administration hostility. For our final story of the day focusing on more campus news, MSU board approves more Spartan Stadium renovations, nixes IM West demolition vote.

In the news today: For our first story of the day focusing on campus news, MSU Extension union asks for recognition from state, abandoning university process. For our second story focusing on more campus news, controversial former MSU business dean tapped to co-chair council as part of settlement. For our final story of the week focusing on more campus news, MSU student organizations celebrate completion of long-awaited Multicultural Center.

A conference in Fayetteville today will focus on better understanding schizophrenia. On today's show, we host a conversation about expanding our collective understanding of psychosis and schizophrenia. Reporter Sophia Nourani also visits the newly revamped Multicultural Center at the University of Arkansas. Plus, we note the Year of the Snake as the Lunar New Year arrives.

Cal Poly's Multicultural Center held their annual Culture Fest last month. Reporter Jazmyn Chavez has a recap on the event.

Nation wide debate was sparked after anti-zionist signs were posted in UCSB's Multicultural center last February. Chancellor Yang quickly chose to close the center for the remainder of the school year, a move which some celebrated and others condemned. KCSB's Rosie Bultman spoke with Açucar, MCC student staff member, to learn more about the Center's reopening.

It's Homecoming Week, and that's not all... The Findlay City Schools have something else to celebrate - high marks in the latest state report card (at 13:13) --- The Fed has begun the process of bringing interest rates back down... Bankrate's Greg McBride explains what expectations consumers should have about how much and how soon that will affect the cost of borrowing money, and the return on saving money (at 23:37) --- Around Town: Estas invitado a la fiesta! It's a celebration of Hispanic Heritage this weekend at the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center (at 42:08)

Danisha Lomax is a sought-after keynote speaker, innovator, and creator. Her purpose is to provide pathways for untold stories to emerge because reclamation and co-conspiratorship depend on storytelling. First to create and hold the role of Head of Client Inclusivity and Impact for Digitas North America, she develops programs focused on authenticity, cultural influence, and impact. In this position, she works to bring clients along the inclusive journey through the Multicultural Center of Excellence - a collective that sits at the intersection of race, culture, identity, and brand responsibility.   Bolstering a brand's impact is next to none. Danisha was instrumental in developing Sephora's The Beauty of Blackness, a documentary about Fashion Fair Cosmetics, the first Black-owned beauty brand. The film is the first of its kind to be acquired by Max and won the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival's Tribeca X Award, among others. Adding to her film repertoire, The Foundation of Belleza tells a generational story of Latina beauty and cultural pride through the eyes of Latina founders. Danisha's story continues; she is critically aware of the continuous lack of equity in the creator space. With TikTok and Sephora, she co-developed an industry-changing Incubator partnership. It is the first program that provides access, opportunities, and overinvestment to BIPOC founders and rising creators. Her creator advocacy has scaled across categories, specifically gaming and financial literacy.   Her experience allowed her multiple nominations and awards, including ADCOLOR Rockstar Nominee (2023), AdMonsters + AdExchanger Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Awards, DE&I Champion (2023), Campaign US' Media Planner of the Year (2021), among others.   While also dedicating time to individually mentor rising stars, Danisha has served as a board member for organizations that elevate young girls, queer, non-binary, and women of color, including Girl Ventures and SFWPC. She is a founding member of OhHey Coach Collective, Board President of Sol Sisters, an advisor to Hello Hapi, and part of the 4As Diversity Steering Committee. Yet, her most humbling charge is being the parent and guide to her two children, Kamaiyah and Ke'aun. Article she mentioned: https://www.campaignlive.com/article/creating-afrocentrist-future-ai/1879087

The program director of the new Acute Rehabilitation Unit at Blanchard Valley Hospital explains what it means for patient recovery (at 15:41) --- What unexpected turn will the 2024 presidential election take next? Does Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race create more questions than it answers for Democrats? (at 26:51) --- Around Town: There's another big celebration this weekend at the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center... We get a preview of their Haitian-Caribbean Summer Festival (at 48:33)

The Marathon Center for the Performing Arts has announced their full lineup of Mainstage Series shows for the coming season... We get a preview of what is shaping up to be the best season yet on the live stage (at 13:11) --- Election security has been one of the most buzzed-about discussions after 2020 - Republicans talk about protecting the integrity of the vote, Democrats talk about protecting poll workers from threats of violence... So if everyone agrees it's an important issue, why is funding for election security drying up? (at 24:12) --- Around Town: It became America's newest federal holiday just three years ago... The Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center is going all-out to celebrate Juneteenth this week (at 46:30)

UC Santa Barbara's MultiCultural Center was closed on February 26th, 2024, after anti-Zionist posters were hung up on the MCC's walls. Some of the posters called out AS President Tessa Veksler by name. KCSB's Joyce Chi spoke with President Veksler on March 6th to discuss these events and the fallout. This version features narration and context.

UC Santa Barbara's MultiCultural Center was closed on February 26th, 2024, after anti-Zionist posters were hung up on the MCC's walls. Some of the posters called out AS President Tessa Veksler by name. KCSB's Joyce Chi spoke with President Veksler on March 5th to discuss these events and the fallout. This version features context and narration.

UC Santa Barbara's MultiCultural Center was closed on February 26th, 2024, after anti-Zionist posters were hung up on the MCC's walls. Some of the posters called out AS President Tessa Veksler by name. KCSB's Joyce Chi spoke with President Veksler on March 5th to discuss these events and the fallout. This version is the complete, unedited interview.

The Multicultural Center, or MCC, is considered a hub for protecting minority students and diversity. However, recent anti-Zionist posters have drawn backlash, resulting in the MCC's temporary closing. KCSB's Joyce Chi recaps what we know so far.

It's the little things that can have the biggest impact... How to change someone's life for the better on Random Acts of Kindness Day (at 16:23) --- What's Happening: A celebration of Black History Month and the theme of honoring African-American trailblazers in the arts with upcoming events at Findlay's Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center (at 24:02) --- The Trojans are a top seed in the high school basketball tournament, but there's still business to take care of in the regular season (at 35:23) --- Another collection of yummy and easy-to-make recipes from Kyra's Kitchen (at 53:27)

On today's show, life after the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was dissolved at the University of Arkansas. Also, the new art by your parked car in Bentonville. Plus, the announced return of AQ Chicken House.

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and the 4th Industrial Revolution... Serious and important topics to be discussed at the 22nd annual Information Assurance Forum at the University of Findlay (at 15:27) --- Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from mid-September to mid-October nationally... and that sounds like an occasion for a celebration at the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center! (at 26:35) --- Around Town: From crafts to homemade food, community garage sales to the FFA cow pie bingo... the Van Buren Fall Festival is happening this weekend (at 49:10)

Ijeoma Nwaogu, PhD, author of Overcoming Imposter Anxiety, joins us to discuss imposter anxiety. Ijeoma has more than fifteen years of experience working in higher education across the United States. She was director of the Multicultural Center at Rice University in Houston, and an adjunct professor at University of Houston. Nwaogu received her doctoral degree in counseling and her master's degree in college student affairs administration from the University of Georgia. She is the CEO of EVERLEAD, LLC, a leadership coaching and consulting enterprise. Nwaogu is a well-regarded speaker and has led numerous programs, conference sessions, and trainings across the nation on the topic of the imposter experience. During the 2021-2022 term, she delivered keynote talks on overcoming imposter syndrome for Cornell University, Hampton University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michigan.  Visit our website at www.newharbinger.com and use coupon code 'Podcast25' to receive 25% off your entire order.  Buy the Book:  New Harbinger - https://bit.ly/3YjSiDS   Amazon - https://a.co/d/hLfRM0y   Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1141749961   Bookshop.org - https://bit.ly/3rKDXE0   This podcast is edited by Jesse Fankushen.

What is Juneteenth and why is it a big deal? Jerome Gray of Findlay's Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center discusses the significance and relevance of our newest federal holiday (at 14:08) --- In honor of Freedom Day, a closer look at WalletHub's latest study on racial economic equality... a state-by-state analysis identifying areas of success and areas for improvement (at 23:28) --- The multi-billion dollar travel and tourism business is back in a big way... the Wave Awards celebrate the best of the cruise industry, a triumphant return after having been literally dry-docked during the pandemic (at 44:28)

The many facets of dementia... managing the financial, legal and medical challenges of a loved one's cognitive decline (at 14:47) --- To Your Health: May is Melanoma Awareness Month... What you need to know about the deadliest form of skin cancer, and how not to become the latest statistic (at 25:46) --- What a new survey by the US Chamber of Commerce reveals about small business confidence and the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in a high-inflation post-pandemic economy (at 32:47) --- Around Town: In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, Findlay's Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center is hosting the 'Dances of India' (at 55:30)

Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K Woodruff joins me on MSU Today to elaborate on some of the topics she covers in her April 2023 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clicking on the communications tab at president.msu.edu. “I love this time of year. Commencement is really one of my favorite days of the year. I'm excited for each of our students as they walk through that line and put on their gowns of green. It's a beautiful resplendent color, and they are beautiful and resplendent in it.”More than 200 of our students will graduate with perfect 4.0 grade point averages. That excellence is amazing and is supported by our world-class faculty and staff. Even US News & World Report continues to notice our excellence.“We've got four programs that are ranked number one, and over 25 in the top registers of the US News & World Report rankings. We're really pleased with the way in which our faculty achieve their excellence. That, in turn, creates the right environment for our students.”Honors College Junior Victoria Fex is our 53rd Goldwater Scholar.“That's something to celebrate. This is a place where our students really succeed, and then we see them excelling in these nationally competitive programs. I couldn't be more excited for Victoria, and certainly proud of MSU for its legacy and what it does to enable these students' success.”Another Spartan was honored for his service and engagement with his selection as a 2023-'24 Newman Civic Fellow by Compass Compact. That's Jai Kozar-Lewis. He's a supply chain management first-year student.“This is part of the secret to Michigan State. Our students, like our faculty and employees, are always about learning, but also about giving. He's all about providing his knowledge and expertise in environmental issues across communities. That's the way in which we have outreach with impact. That's what Jai represents.”Congratulations to the 25 exceptional undergraduate and graduate students and alumni selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.“Our graduate students and undergraduates are exceptional. The National Science Foundation selects those who are the most outstanding across the United States. This is highly competitive for our students in the sciences, technologies, engineering, and mathematic disciplines. These students will now be enabled to pursue their masters and doctorates. I look forward to supporting these students as they continue their pathway toward those advanced degrees.”Excellence is also a priority in the field of competition among Spartan student athletes. We recently welcomed a new head coach for women's basketball. It's Okemos native Robyn Fralick.“I've had a chance to meet Robyn. She came in and immediately started recruiting. I've had the chance to chat with her a couple of times. She's really terrific. She and her young family are here. Just immediately I think it felt like home. I think she's going to do a great job for Michigan State.”New facilities go a long way in supporting our excellence. Among many projects, we had two important groundbreakings recently, the addition to the School of Packaging and our freestanding Multicultural Center.“This is a time of real extraordinary advances across this campus. The School of Packaging is number one in the nation and the only school that has a PhD program in packaging. We were able to cut the ribbon with a group of donors and industry leaders. If you go across any industry around the globe that is the in top 100 in packaging, they are led by Spartans. I'm so proud of the way in which Matt Daum, who is the director of that school, has led our packaging program. He's also a great alum. The Multicultural Center, boy, the roof was blown off the tent top for that event. We filled the place with folks who were just so excited to be a part of the future of Michigan State through this new Multicultural Center. I'm excited for where Michigan State has been, and most importantly, the fulcrum towards where it's going as it will be represented in this building.”Earth Day is just behind us. You have a key new hire in our new director of sustainability, Chip Amoe.“Melissa Woo and her team looked nationally for our new director of sustainability. Chip is the real deal. He's going to come in and not only move us forward on the trajectory we were, but I suspect really move that upwards. He is someone who has had long-standing excellence in sustainability. Our folks are really excited about having him here. I'm thrilled that he's joining us. I think you know that we all talk about the Spartan Green in our sustainability efforts. He is already green through and through, so we're really advantaged by his presence.”Have you had a chance yet to see the wonderful exhibit that Devon Akmon and his team have opened this month at the MSU Museum? It's a collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution. “It's special, not only with the Smithsonian, but also with the Audubon. I was able to meet several of our board members from the Smithsonian Institute who just have extraordinary praise for Michigan State and our museum and for Devon and the way in which we are representing to the broadest group of people the opportunity to join us in learning more, like in Knowing Nature. This was really about the boreal forest. There are billions of birds that migrate largely at night. These boreal forests are necessary for that habitat.“Going to that exhibit will allow you to learn a lot more, as I did, about this part of our ecosystem. This is the starting point for this exhibit that's then going to travel from here. And with the new assets that we build for accessibility, which is something Michigan State is absolutely committed to, we're going to add value to that program. I know the Smithsonian and the Audubon directors are really thrilled. We're excited about that exhibit.” As Spartan Nation continues to reflect and heal from the violence we experienced on February 13th, you've created a temporary Office for Resource and Support Coordination. Tell us about that and your continued reflections as we heal.“I want to send my thoughts out to everyone who is continuing to grieve in their own way on this, what we call the long walk forward. We're on a different pace but on the same path. We're going to get there together. Part of what we're hoping to do is to enable folks to be able to move forward, particularly those most affected in that violent event on February 13th. That's going to be coordinated through the Office for Resource and Support Coordination. I just ask all Spartans to be thoughtful and lift up those students and their families, and the office will be helpful in that.“We also have an independent after-action review group that we've identified, Security Risk Management Consultants. We went through a formal RFP process to identify the right group for Michigan State. I'm really persuaded particularly by the fact that they're led by someone who was a head of campus police and who understands our size and scope to come in and help us really think through the ways in which we can continue to work towards our ideal of a welcoming and safe environment.”What else are you reflecting on this month?“I reflect on the word commencement and to commence. It maybe should be called the accomplishment for some people, but it's called a commencement because we're commencing a new phase of our life after completing these degrees. As we move that tassel across, or some of our students are hooded with that doctoral hood, I really think it's a moment to think about the journey that we've all been on. For students who've been here four or five or six years, there's been a lot in their baskets as they've walked this MSU path. They are stronger and more resilient as a consequence.“Of course, for us, we wish we could have taken those buckets from them. We wish their baskets were not quite as full. But as I think beyond the commencement and the graduation exercises for each of our colleges, those students are ready for both what is expected as a part of accomplishing their degree, but more importantly, they're ready for the unexpected. That is going to allow for a better world any place a Spartan is. I'm looking forward to thinking about that as I shake 9,500 hands. I'm committed to it. I love each moment as the students come and as they approach the dais as one person and as they leave the dais as a new graduate on their way to something else. That's really where my mind is focused. I'm excited for this moment.”Listen to “MSU Today with Russ White” on the radio and through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.

In the news today: For our first headline of the day focusing on campus news, MSU breaks ground on future multicultural center. For our second headline focusing on culture, environmental groups connect with students at fair ahead of Earth Day. For our final headline of the day focusing on more culture, students ease end-of-semester stress with Afro-Brazilian Capoeira class.

Raise the Bar Hancock County is spotlighting successes of the area's many leadership development strategies - and building on them - at a first-of-its-kind Community Leadership Summit later this month (at 13:45) --- What's Happening: Celebrating Women's History Month at the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center (at 21:07) --- Throwback Thursday: If spring is your favorite time of year, have you ever considered turning your passion for gardening into a career? How to 'Seed Your Future' (at 45:47)

Michigan State University is on the cusp of making history, with construction of the university's first free-standing multicultural center set to begin this spring. This month, the Board of Trustees gave the university the green light to break ground this spring on the $38 million 34,000 square foot facility on the corner of North Shaw and Farm Lanes.The announcement comes during Black History Month, a time to recognize the inequities and triumphs generations of African Americans in the U.S. have faced. Calls for a free-standing multicultural center on MSU's campus date back to the civil rights movement when protests were sparked by the demands of Black students who called for increasing racial and ethnic minority representation on campus.The standalone building will make for a culturally rich and welcoming environment that promotes intellectual curiosity among students and their peers to learn and share experiences with one another. Those shared experiences will be further amplified through several unique features of the center and its property, including a dreamer center and outdoor amphitheater. The MSU Multicultural Center is expected to be completed by the fall 2024 semester.Four Spartans who were instrumental in making this dream come true join me on MSU Today to talk about the important addition to the campus the center will be. Vennie Gore is senior vice president for Student Life and Engagement; Lee June is a professor of Psychology; Maggie Chen-Hernandez is the recently retired director of MOSAIC; and Sharron Reed-Davis is a recent MSU graduate. Conversation highlights:(3:45) – “One of the things that was important for us when we chose our architect was that they be good listeners. And they were extremely good listeners in working with students.”(12:37) – “The free-standing multicultural building was only one of ten demands. But that was the largest one and the one we had been fighting for the longest. So, I was very surprised and excited when this was something the administration was on board with.”(14:44) – “Even the majority students should come to this building and feel like it can be there home, too, and that this is a place where they can learn something. If I've never seen a Black person in my life, I can come here and feel welcome and comfortable enough to ask what the Black community is about. The world is full of ignorance and hate and we need a place where we can come and keep that out of the door and educate and bring people in and not push them away.”(15:55) – “Students don't leave Michigan State because of academic or financial reasons, they leave because they feel like they don't belong. They haven't found their space and so this space is critical in helping students find their space.”(19:20) – “The administration doesn't like students to make demands. Dr. King said rights were the language of the unheard. Students make demands not because they hate the university. They love the university, and they look at the university and they want to make it better.”(20:22) – “It's not like students want to leave the university because they don't have a sense of belonging. They don't know where to start. Students don't want to leave. That's why we make these demands so that we can keep our communities here. We don't want to fall through the cracks. We want to be here.”Listen to “MSU Today with Russ White” on the radio and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.

Are you taking online security seriously this Christmas shopping season? A new Norton survey finds an alarming number of us are not... and here's what we need to do better (at 14:07) --- In what could be the strongest sign yet that electric vehicles are the way of the future, Motor Trend has named the Ford F150 Lightning its Truck of the Year for 2023 (at 20:03) --- Around Town: Findlay's first-ever community Hanukkah celebration is happening this Sunday at the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center (at 42:42)

From lawn and garden treatments to leftovers from home improvement projects, with summer winding down there's not much time left to conveniently get rid of the household hazardous waste you probably have lying around (at 15:35) --- To Your Health: On average, people wait up to seven years before seeking treatment for hearing loss... now the FDA wants to make it easier and more affordable to get help (at 24:20) --- Around Town: Building awareness and celebrating diversity... The Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center is hosting an Open House and garage sale fundraiser this weekend (at 47:11)

The mission of the Black Heritage Library & Multicultural Center is to build community awareness, appreciation and understanding of the value of cultural diversity in Hancock County and surrounding areas. Tune in to The Rough Draft Diaries as we document the challenges the center faces in connecting the community of Findlay, Ohio. 

This past week, the governor signed HB99 - making it legal for teachers to arm themselves in schools, a move the head of the Ohio Education Association calls 'absurd.' So our question... you got a better idea? (at 15:16) --- Around Town: Details on the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center's celebration of Juneteenth... and why it is so significant in our history (at 26:23) --- After several uncertain years of the pandemic, Tiffin's Ritz Theatre is planning a full season of entertainment for 2022-23 (at 46:43)

MSU's Strategic Plan 2030 identifies goals within six key themes: student success, staff and faculty success, discovery; creativity, and innovation for excellence and global impact; sustainable health; stewardship and sustainability; and diverse, equity, and inclusion.On this edition of MSU Today, we'll be focusing on the stewardship and sustainability theme of the plan with its executive sponsors: Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer Melissa Woo and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Lisa Frace. Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. says Spartans care deeply about Planet Earth and about MSU's financial sustainability.“Stewardship and Sustainability is the fifth pillar of the strategic plan and one of the most important,” says Stanley. “Our students, faculty, and staff care deeply about the planet and climate change. This is incredibly important to them, and the concept of sustainability and being stewards of our environment and our financial situation here at MSU is important to everyone on the campus. We're a leader in this area. We're among the top-ranked college campuses in what we're doing, and the goal of the strategic plan is to continue that leadership and put us in the forefront of people who are making a difference in this area. “We've already been making changes in our financial stewardship. Our financial situation has improved significantly over the past couple years. Despite COVID, we've been able to improve our balance sheets, and we're going to continue to work to make sure that our budget is aligned with our strategic goals to make sure that we're using the dollars we have at MSU in a way that furthers the strategic goals and the strategic plan and makes a difference.”Michigan State is working toward climate neutrality by mid-century. Why is it critical MSU take this step, and what are some of our key action plans?“It's just one of the pieces of a total holistic institutional sustainability and climate action plan, which is going to be based on a four-pillar framework focused on four C's: campus, curriculum, community, and culture,” says Woo.“As we continue to move forward in meeting energy goals and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we'll also be looking at taking systemic, sustainable actions and adopting a culture that enables the institution to reach those goals. Some of the other things that we're working on will be to foster resource stewardship through application of leadership and environmental design. We're organically managing land and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing sustainable source purchases, increasing campus-grown and locally sourced food, and reducing the transportation carbon footprint.“Another place we're really focusing on is expanding sustainability teaching and learning opportunities through formal courses and co-curricular activities. And of course, we can't forget research. We also want to expand sustainability research and innovation through inter- and intra-institutional partnerships to address climate solutions. And finally, because we also can't forget outreach, we want to make sure we enhance sustainability outreach and engagement by expanding volunteer opportunities for our faculty, staff, and students in support of local, state, regional, national, and global partnerships.”“Sustainability also refers to a sustainable model for financial and other types of resources. We are looking at transforming the university's budgeting process as part of that,” adds Frace.Are there some other plans for us to be a greener campus?“We want to achieve platinum ranking in what's known as the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System, STARS for short, by 2030 if we can,” continues Woo. “We also really want to achieve the Top 100 Times Higher Education global impact ranking by 2030.“Another thing we're looking at is reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from our 2010 baseline. And ultimately, we want to ensure that faculty, staff, and students can live, work, and learn in buildings and spaces that promote health and wellness, have access to proximal green space, and enjoy pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly design.”Sustainability also refers to sustainability of financial and other types of resources. MSU will be adapting a new long-term, comprehensive financial model and budget process to align with and support strategic priorities. Can you talk about this model and the process to develop it and the timeline?“When we talk about the university budget process, the first thing we'll start to do is to develop an all-funds budget approach to provide a holistic financial management framework that will allow us to better address strategic priorities,” Frace says. “We're laying the groundwork this year through developing budget and forecasting systems so that we have the tools and processes in place to be able to support a change in budget model and allow all units to be successful when we get to that.“Once we have developed those tools, we will engage the campus in a comprehensive redesign, but that won't likely be for at least another 18 months because we really do need to develop the systems, tools, processes, and reports to enable that success. And it's going to be critically important that we take the time to get it right so that we understand and can address any unintended consequences before we launch into a new model.“We have proposed and sold century bonds that are repayable in 100 years. And those proceeds from those bonds will help us to create a revolving fund that will allow us to invest in perpetuity in projects that support the strategic plan, and that's critically important. It creates a stewardship tool for not only this generation but for generations to come.”The university master plan is referenced in this section of the strategic plan. I understand that planning work has begun and that it has an emphasis on embedding priorities like diversity, equity, and inclusion; faculty, staff, and student success; and sustainable health in the physical and space planning. Talk about how that's done and how it will strengthen outcomes at MSU. What's the goal of the plan?“This is really exciting,” Woo says. “In the past, this has been known as the Land Use Master Plan, which only focused on the East Lansing campus. However, we have so many activities all over the state. We have great things happening in Flint and Detroit and Grand Rapids and a presence in every county in the state because of MSU Extension. How this plan differs from the old land use master plans is it really looks at all 26,000 acres of land that we hold and the facilities on them. The way we're going through this is that we're really looking at a comprehensive and strategic framework for guiding future decisions regarding land use, which is why we want to be all inclusive. It should support the institution's three mutually reinforcing strategic plans and the academic strategic plan implementation.“Our goal is to complete this plan by the end of 2022, and we are going to be incorporating multiple perspectives into the planning process, including consideration of the history of the land MSU occupies, tribal consultation around archeological sites, and environmental impact reviews. We want to have a very broad group of stakeholders, including our surrounding communities, to make sure that we are truly inclusive of people's concerns and their thoughts and brainstorm around how we can best utilize our land, our buildings, and our facilities.“What we're really hoping to do is to incorporate campus district plans to encourage collaboration and innovation. We're also planning for construction and renovation of high priority facilities that support MSU-articulated priorities and values. So for example, I think you've heard about the Multicultural Center. We're also improving our recreational sports facilities, and we have goals for improving our greenhouses and an engineering facility.“We also want to make sure we ensure wayfinding is accessible for all users. And what's exciting is that we want to enhance public art on the campus and ensure it includes multiple modalities and diverse perspectives.”Let's talk about the reference to developing a sustainable information technology strategic plan to power the academic enterprise. What will be some of the key things that plan addresses, and what are some of the challenges and opportunities?“We have four key things that the plan addresses,” Woo continues. “The first is to improve and enhance IT services and infrastructure to improve access and reliability and enable greater avenues for innovation in teaching, research, and scholarly activity.“Another key thing that the plan will address is to expand access to technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented and virtual reality to enhance learning, research, community engagement, and MSU's reach throughout our communities. Another key thing is to provide operational excellence by leveraging technology to provide informed decision-making, reduce operating costs, and optimize the capabilities of our teams. And finally, another key thing that the plan will address is to ensure faculty, staff, and students have the tools and network connectivity needed to succeed in remote, virtual, and hybrid modalities.“As far as challenges and opportunities go, this is an excellent opportunity to ensure that technology services are delivered in alignment with supporting MSU's research, education, and outreach mission. Technology should support and enable people's excellent work in support of our mission.“In being able to truly understand stakeholder goals and needs in order to deliver technologies that support their work in alignment with MSU's mission, we're really going to be looking across the board for a lot of stakeholder input.”“I agree with Melissa's evaluation that this is really going to be transformative, but I also think that in terms of the operational savings that she mentioned, it's not only about operational savings,” Frace says. “It's about providing better data for better decision-making so that we can continue to innovate not only on the academic and research side but really on the operational side of the house, too.”Engaged alumni, donors, and friends are vital to MSU's long-term sustainability. MSU is fortunate. We have more than 1 million alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, and organizations connected with the institution. How does their engagement play a role in the success of achievement of key initiatives within this theme, and how can they best engage?“Their engagement is vital to staying at the forefront of excellence, and it's really crucial in advancing Michigan State University's reputation for excellence and innovation,” Frace continues. “There are a few ways that we can think about engaging with them. Public-private partnerships is one. And the role of a private-public partnership is that there are opportunities for corporations, foundations, and others to engage with MSU to bring certain sorts of financial structures to the table. That might be building buildings for us or doing a ground lease or working with them on research innovation.“What it allows us to do is to attract other types of activity to the campus. Think about Grand Rapids, where we have the medical innovation happening. Think of the Apple Academy. Those are good examples of activities we've already undertaken. And there are other good examples of institutions that have gone down this path. The University of Illinois has a good tech innovation campus. Georgia Tech has a well-known one. Arizona State has a well-known set of P3 activities. All of those are good exemplars for us to be able then to choose the best and build our own design.“We also look to establish reciprocal opportunities for partnering with businesses and community organizations, like the work we've done with McLaren on the hospital that's been built adjacent to our campus. They work very collaboratively with our colleges of medicine in terms of providing residencies and other opportunities for learning.“We also have the TechSmith project being built on our campus, a fundamental project that the MSU Foundation has brought forward. Melissa's the president of the MSU Foundation, and it has really been a critical set of work that she's done.”“The MSU Foundation exists to support MSU,” says Woo. “Something that's fantastic about the foundation is the foundation board has incredible talent. It includes alumni and friends of MSU, and this is a pool of talent that we absolutely need to engage. We have so many talented alumni with great business acumen and talents and knowledge and connections that MSU should and can focus on and engage with. Alumni are so important to us.”“As executive sponsors of this theme of the plan, Melissa and I work very closely together,” Frace says. “We will engage with one another, our teams, and with the campus community to really allow this to move forward and evolve. And as those things evolve, we'll develop ways to consistently communicate the progress with the campus community and to update the whole strategic plan implementation.”“The way I look at stewardship is that we have to be good stewards of university resources,” Woo says. “This doesn't necessarily mean we have to be cheap. We do need to look at value versus cost of resources because what we really want to do is to make sure we provide sufficient value to the university. And sometimes, being the most efficient is not the best or high value way to do that. So, what we really want to look at is effectiveness and weigh that value versus cost. That is part of being a good steward of university resources.”“I agree with that,” concludes Frace. “The way I would characterize it is we need to take all of the information that we have available to us and bring that all together to make the best decisions that support the long-term viability of the institution from an academic, research, and operational standpoint so that as students come to MSU and ultimately graduate, they see that the value of the degree that they've earned continues to increase.”On this edition of MSU Today, we've been talking about the stewardship and sustainability theme of MSU's Strategic Plan 2030: Empowering Excellence, Advancing Equity, and Expanding Impact with the executive sponsors of the theme: Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer Melissa Woo and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Lisa Frace. Read and learn more about MSU's Strategic Plan 2030 at strategicplan.msu.edu.MSU Today airs Sunday mornings at 9:00 on WKAR News/Talk and Sunday nights at 8:00 on 760 WJR. Find, rate, and subscribe to “MSU Today with Russ White” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows. Please share this conversation if you're so inclined.

“We're standing shoulder-to-shoulder with credit unions.” - John CassidyThank you for tuning in to episode 27 of The CUInsight Network, with your host, Lauren Culp, Publisher & CEO of CUInsight.com. In The CUInsight Network, we take a deeper dive with the thought leaders who support the credit union community. We discuss issues and challenges facing credit unions and identify best practices to learn and grow together.My guest today is John Cassidy, Director of Credit Union System Relations at CUNA Mutual Group. CUNA Mutual Group built an ecosystem designed to help credit unions succeed, and their strategy is designed on the belief that a brighter financial future should be accessible to everyone. They have a strong commitment to making financial products easier to own through simple and affordable solutions, helping credit unions meet their members' needs. CUNA Mutual is there for credit unions and their members in the moments that matter. John is especially proud of CUNA Mutual's relationships with credit unions and the overall system and the ways CUNA Mutual demonstrates that they are truly a partner with credit unions. CUNA Mutual Group builds, buys, and partners with others to provide capabilities that credit unions need. He shares that CUNA Mutual Group has donated millions to programs and campaigns that are important for the credit union mission, including the Credit Union Awareness Program, the Bridge the Gap Campaign, and Financial Well-being for All, among others. John expresses his thoughts on how credit unions can meet the diverse needs of consumers and especially the importance of serving multicultural consumers. He advocates for investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion and shares both CUNA Mutual's stance as well as other notable programs moving the industry forward here. Listen as John talks about the Multicultural Center of Excellence, the growing CDFI fund, and political advocacy work.In our rapid-fire questions, John shares which genres of music he listens to these days, his favorite toothbrush, and the sport he coaches. You'll also hear about the leader he thinks of when he hears the word “success.” Enjoy my conversation with John Cassidy!Find the full show notes on cuinsight.com.Connect with John:John Cassidy, Director of Credit Union System Relations at CUNA Mutual Groupjohn.cassidy@cunamutual.comhttps://www.cunamutual.com/LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube   

In this episode of Word on the Street, Student Inclusion Educators Annissa and Omar of the RRC are joined by Jocelyn, Evelyn, and Antonio, members of the Multicultural Center and/or Latinx Student Union to discuss Disney's Encanto from their perspectives as Latine individuals. This episode contains many spoilers for the movie, as well as deep discussions of mental health stigma and lack of resources, generational trauma, and representation. Throughout the conversation, and in the title of the episode, “Latine” is used rather than “Latinx”. The use of this gender-neutral identifier rather than the latter makes a more organic sense to native Spanish speakers, while still retaining its inclusive intent. There is debate over the use of “Latine” versus “Latinx”, but for the purpose and company in this episode, “Latine” served as the better option. If you have any more questions about “Latinx”, “Latine”, or any other gender inclusive language across cultures, be sure to email OML@scu.edu, RRC@scu.edu, or write in to the podcast via the form below. Also be on the lookout for a future podcast about gender identity coming in February! If you would like to write in to, join, comment on, or suggest episodes to the Word on the Street: an OML & RRC Podcast, please fill out the google form listed below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s1kr2rKW1hsgTNNr81K-RreySUu-YxEV7cUD6MjMw5g Follow us for more! INSTAGRAM @rrc_scu @scuoml FACEBOOK @SCURainbowResourceCenter @SCUOfficeForMulticulturalLearning SPOTIFY Word On The Street: An OML & RRC Podcast SCU OML YOUTUBE SCU Office for Multicultural Learning

• ASU Students kick out two white students from multicultural center saying whites have no culture. Are they right or are they racist? Let's live react to the now viral video • The Arizona Audit. Over 17,000 duplicate votes found, so what happens next? The Let's discuss this and so much more with the panel, you the viewer and respond to your comments • All this and so much more on The Joe Padula Show, absolutely. Make sure to Subscribe, hit the notification bell, click Like, leave your comments and definitely help us out by sharing this video in your timelines or groups. • Become a monthly Supporter of Free Speech for exclusive content, videos and merchandise https://www.facebook.com/theJoePadulashow/support Lawyer Wayne, know your rights, know your options. https://www.lawyerwayne.com/ O'Connor's Irish Pub and Grill – Eat, Drink, Play https://www.facebook.com/oconnorsfun Waterdogs SCUBA & Safety – Get away and Go Dive https://www.waterdogs-scuba.com/ Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel https://www.oakgrovegaming.com/ Art Link Clarksville https://www.artlinkclarksville.com/ #TalkRadio #JoePadula #Veterans #FtCampbell #Comedy #LocalNews #Nashville #Clarksville #Absolutely #PartyWithaPurpose #Tennessee #TheJoePadulaShow #officeNOWClarksville #iHeartRadio --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe-padula/support

Ball State University recognizes inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill the University's mission and strategic plan.  How is Ball State striving to reach this goal?  What work is left to be done?  Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns is joined by Marsha McGriff, the Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Bobby Steele, Director of the Multicultural Center.  They discuss their visions for bringing a climate of inclusion into the classroom, campus and the community.

Edgar Hernandez is a Senior Manager in the Multicultural Center of Expertise (MCOE). We chat with him about how simplicity and transparency can help create trust with consumers, especially in underserved markets. He discusses how lenders can support multicultural growth within their organization, being mindful of peer and management diversity in the workplace, as well as how to use job postings to attract diverse talent to your organization.

WE'RE BACK! Happy #talktuesday @theeamateurexpert is going LIVE with Opal Ellyse (@opalellyse)! You know we love a multi-hyphenate!!! Opal is a Director of Multicultural Business Strategy, a published poet, spoken word artist and emcee. We'll be discussing her career path, her ideas of success and the tips & motivators she used along the way. Guest bio: Opal joined CUNA Mutual Financial Group in 2014. She brings more than 18 years of professional experience in training, optimization, organizational development and business leadership in roles at SITEL, Dean Health, and American Family Insurance. Her current role as Director of Multicultural Business Strategy is dedicated to advancing the efforts of the Multicultural Center of Expertise, which includes gaining a deeper understanding of underserved consumers and communities. Opal is also a published poet, spoken word artist and emcee. Her themes touch on all subjects from her own life and from the lives she has been blessed to observe. Her most touched on topic is social injustice of any form. The realities of American racial discrimination and the detriment of poverty world-wide are often explored and explained in ways that have double and triple meanings in her poems. In 2019 she released a full-length studio spoken word album titled, “My Name is Opal”. Opal received her bachelor's in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and her Master of Science in Organizational Development from Edgewood College. Opal currently holds a board position as the Director of Communications for the African American Credit Union Coalition's Midwest chapter, and in 2020 she was named as one of Wisconsin's 51 most influential Black Leaders by Madison365 Media. Audio Engineer: b_cuz Originally recorded August 31, 2021 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theeamateurexpert/support

Robin Riley-Casey is the Director of the Multicultural Life Office and the Multicultural Center. Her responsibility is to advance the vision that Muhlenberg College will be a just and equitable community. Robin oversees all the office programmatic efforts such as advocacy for the concerns of historically underrepresented students at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), cross-cultural dialogue, and direct action which leads to inclusive communities. Side note: Robin mentions a study regarding doctors and race bias. You can find more information here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/didyoueatpod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/didyoueatpod/support

On the latest This Week in Moab, we speak with two people leading local nonprofits that do a lot in our community – Abigail Taylor of Seekhaven Family Crisis & Resource Center and Rhiana Medina of the Moab Valley Multicultural Center. Both discuss how the past year has changed their services, especially when it comes to crisis resource and advocacy work. Tune in for a conversation about the greatest needs, and how these organizations work to fulfill them. Show Notes: Seekhaven Family Crisis and Resource Center assists survivors of domestic violence and sexual in rebuilding their lives. They provide a wide range of essential services for this region including client advocacy, emergency shelter, and transition assistance. They believe that everyone has the right to feel safe, secure, and supported. https://www.seekhaven.org The Moab Valley Multicultural Center provides crisis resource and advocacy, language and life skills support, cultural education and outreach, youth education and outreach, and interpretation and translation services. Their mission is to build bridges across language and culture through family support, community collaboration and education. https://moabmc.org

Cornel West discussed Black culture, civil rights leaders for MSU lecture series: Cornel West was a featured speaker at MSU's 21st annual William G. Anderson lecture series for Black History Month. West is a public philosophy professor at Harvard University in addition to being a Professor  AMAIRTIUS Emeritus at Princeton University. As the author of 20 books surrounding the topics of the intersections of race, gender, class, and religion in American society he has made several appearances on CNN, C-Span, and Democracy Now.MSU plans to build Multicultural Center, 3 different location options: Michigan State University recently revealed that they will be building a new Multicultural Center on campus. Those involved with this project have the goal of providing a space for students with diverse backgrounds to use the space for events, meeting locations, a place to study, or for self-reflection. Michigan State University began plans for this project in late 2019 after many students voiced their interest and a need for a multicultural structure to be present on campus. MSU is currently looking into what is feasible for this project.MSU alumni in Texas rely on community to combat harsh winter weather: MSU alumna Maribel Cisneros found herself facing the brunt of the intense Texas weather after she woke up in the middle of the night to find that her power had been out. At this moment she had no idea that she would be facing days of freezing temperature with no electricity. After graduating from MSU in 2000 with a business supply chain management degree, she moved from her home state, Michigan, to Texas because she preferred warmer weather. After faxing the recent extreme weather conditions, Cisneros states her disappointment in the government because she said members were blaming each other for the issues instead of trying to solve them. "They didn't prepare us; Texas is not prepared." Cisneros saidScript writer: Kelly WintersThe State is produced by The State News and Impact 89FM.

CCCC Season 1 Episode 6: In Conversation with Cesar Quezada:Cesar Quezada is a Coordinator for the Multicultural Center at the University of North Texas and a student in the Masters of Education Program. He is a First-Generation college student and DACA Recipient, a Dreamer who graduated from Texas A&M University- Commerce in May of 2019. During his time in Commerce, he was involved in student diversity efforts, among them as the President and a Coordinator for the Nationally Recognized student mentorship endeavor, the Latino American Mentorship Program (LAMP). As the President of LAMP he was able to receive peer and leadership recognition at the Local, Statewide and National level. Excelencia in Education named the Mentorship Program, a Program to Watch in 2018 and nominated for the Example of Excelencia Award in 2019. The LAMP program was composed mostly of First Generation Students, which gave him the knowledge of being able to work with a diverse student body and university leadership. His platform as a young professional gives him the advantage to incorporate both the student perspectives and needs into this overall work which it includes teaching others what they can do in order to help and better serve DACA communities at their institutions. Since his undergraduate years, he has also been a part of different associations which have giving him the honor of presenting at State and National Conferences, among them the NatDC's Diversity in Leadership Conference in Boston at Harvard's Campus, and at NCORE in New York City. He currently serves as the Vice-President for UNeTe the Latino Faculty and Staff Alliance on UNT's Campus. He also serves as Vice-President of Membership for the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) State Board and was previously a Regional Co-Representative. As a young professional, he strives to make an impact in the Latinx and Hispanic Communities as well as making UNT a diverse and inclusive space for all students. In his role at the University of North Texas he is leading an agenda focused on Men of Color research, gender initiatives, DACA and Undocu Students, and developing a Latino based Living and Learning community on campus.You can connect with Cesar here: https://www.facebook.com/cesar.osvaldo.37https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesar-quezada/more resources:Check out my website: https://www.deliciaalarcon.com/YouTube Channel for Free Training: https://youtu.be/Q_jAKw1wpOkVideo of Episode: Free Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/collegeandcareerhypecrew/Resources: https://www.deliciaalarcon.com/resources

In this episode Philip talks to Glenda Villanueva-Marchetta, Multicultural Lead, a4 Media. In their conversation, they discuss the importance and growth of the Latino market, how understanding “why” people do something is more important than “what” people do and why the future generation is a source of hope. 

Earlier this month, the Nashville Health Care Council and community health collaborative NashvilleHealth co-hosted a virtual conversation on Health Equity and Action to Eliminate Disparities, part 3 of a 3-part series.  We're sharing this discussion with you today, where I'm joined by leading experts in the field: Joe Cacchione, Executive Vice President of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, where he oversees system-wide clinical and care functions and subsidiaries, with a goal of addressing the holistic needs of patients. Prior to joining Ascension in 2017, he served as chairman of Operations and Strategy at the Cleveland Clinic's Heart & Vascular Institute.   And Niesha Foster, Vice President of Product Access, Global Health & Patient Access at Pfizer, where her team is focused on addressing the patient affordability challenge. Ms. Foster also co-leads Pfizer's Multicultural Center of Excellence which advances health equity in diverse communities. In our discussion, we explore efforts to address inequity at the patient level from research to the bedside. I want to thank our event sponsor RLDatix for making this panel possible.

Special Guest: Opal Ellyse Tomashevska Pronouns: she/her Opal joined CUNA Mutual Financial Group in 2014 and is the Director, Multicultural Business Strategy . She brings more than 18 years of professional experience in training, optimization, organizational development and business leadership in roles at SITEL, Dean Health, and American Family Insurance. Her current role as Director of Multicultural Business Strategy is dedicated to advancing the efforts of the Multicultural Center of Expertise, which includes gaining a deeper understanding of underserved consumers and communities. Opal is also a published poet and spoken word artist. Her themes touch on all subjects from her own life and from the lives she has been blessed to observe. Her most touched on topic is social injustice of any form. The realities of American racial discrimination and the detriment of poverty world-wide are often explored and explained in ways that have double and triple meanings in her poems. In 2019 she released a full-length studio spoken word album titled, “My Name is Opal” the album is available on iTunes, Spotify, Tidal and everywhere music is streamed. Opal received her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and her Master of Science in Organizational Development from Edgewood College. Opal currently holds a board position as the Director of Communications for the African American Credit Union Coalition’s Midwest chapter, and in 2020 she was named as one of Wisconsin’s 51 most influential Black Leaders by Madison365 Media.

Danyelle speaks with Arthur Gregg, assistant vice president for Multicultural Affairs and director of the Multicultural Center at UT Dallas. Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast #UTDallas #CometsDiscuss #Podcast **NOTES** Arthur Gregg https://www.utdallas.edu/diversity/bio-Gregg.html UT Dallas Multicultural Center https://www.utdallas.edu/multicultural/ UT Dallas Multicultural Center Events https://www.utdallas.edu/multicultural/calendar/ Office of Diversity and Community Engagement https://www.utdallas.edu/diversity/

Soda taxes now exist in about 50 countries around the world and in a number of US cities. They raise lots and lots of money. How would you suggest that the revenues be used? This podcast focuses on the connection between sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and racial and social equity. We're speaking today with a champion of community-driven approaches to health equity and environmental justice. My guest is Xavier Morales, the executive director of The Praxis Project, the national organization headquartered in Oakland and dedicated to supporting communities, building power for health. Interview Summary I've been very impressed with the ideas that you have on this topic. So let's just dive right in. Could you explain a little bit about the work that you and your colleagues do as part of The Praxis Project? Yeah, at Praxis, we're really focused in on helping communities power to improve health. And the way we see it is that a lot of these negative health outcomes that we're seeing in communities are really driven by inequitable processes. And so what we do is we help organizations to build power to be able to address and transform these processes that lead to these inequitable outcomes. You can look at equity as a verb, or you can look at it as a noun. Both are very important. The noun, which is basically the outcomes, are very important to address, but Praxis really tries to home in on the verb space, the process of equity. And we do that leading with community power. Thanks for that background. Now let's get on to the soda tax. So the nation's first soda tax was done in Berkeley, California. And you played a really important role in this, thinking especially about the use of the revenue. So let's begin with this. Why is it so important that that community voices be heard when these policies are being considered? I kind of consider myself a second-tier invite to the core group that had already conceptualized soda taxes. And people like Josh Daniels, Vicki Alexander, Laurie Cappotelli, Linda Mayo, Martin Bork, those were like the real core folks that were thinking about it, but they had the foresight to go and talk to others who had tried to pass a soda tax, people like Jeff Ritterman in Richmond, and folks from down in El Monte, Southern California, and people like Harold Goldstein, who had been championing this. But they'd been running up against very stiff industry opposition. And so the thing that Ritterman especially told this core group was you need to make sure that you have the communities at the table from inception, from as early on as you can because if you don't, the beverage industry will come in, and they'll start to organize. And so they brought in myself as a member of Latinos Unidos de Berkeley. And at the time, I was also the executive director of Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. And I happened to live in Berkeley. Vicki Alexander was brought in, and she was a very strong advocate for the African-American community in Berkeley. What we were able to do working together was to design, again from inception, a soda tax that would benefit all aspects of the Berkeley community. So the initial reason for passing the soda tax was to fund our cooking and gardening programs in the schools. And we wanted to make sure that we could continue to do cooking and gardening programs in the schools. But knowing what we know about who pays soda taxes, and it's typically folks who are lower-income, more recently arrived, and folks of color, that's what the research shows us, we said, this is great to do cooking or gardening programs in the schools, but really we know that there's some educational outcome disparities. So we want to make sure that there's a focus on those children that may not be receiving the full benefit of the program. And secondly, we also know, given the population that I just mentioned typically consume sodas and is going be paying the soda tax, we wanted some funding to go directly back into the communities. We want a direct benefit because otherwise the beverage industry comes in and really does use this regressivity argument very effectively, and if anything, that's beat back a number of these initiatives before Berkeley. By bringing the community in, we were able to say, yes, cooking and gardening program in the schools, that's great. But, we also want to make sure that we're doing programming in the communities to transform the conditions, increase knowledge, and make sure the infrastructure is there for people to be able to, when they know what the healthy choice is, have the healthy choice available. Wow, that's really impressive. So let's talk a little bit more about specifically what the monies are being used for in Berkeley. So you mentioned that the basic overriding aim, which is to help address equity issues, but what are some of the ways the money is being used? We've been really fortunate in that we've been able to use about 40% of the funds to support cooking and gardening programs in the schools. We love that we can do that for all of our children. But, the other part is going into some of these more vulnerable communities that have experienced higher rates of obesity, heart disease, stroke, and tooth decay. We've been able to work with community partners to deliver health programming. We were very happy that we could target the funding into the communities that have experienced the worst outcomes related to the over-consumption of sugary drinks. We've been able to invest quite a bit in Healthy Black Families, the Multicultural Institute, East Bay YMCA, that actually runs a Headstart program, and then also Berkeley Youth Alternatives. Also we were able to fund another program called the Diabetes Education Prevention Program through the YMCA. All of these programs, serve the populations that the beverage industry actually targets. And research shows that they target brown and black communities. And there's research that shows that African-American children, brown children, actually see two to three times more ads for sugary drinks than their white counterparts do. So this starts to show in some of the behavior patterns and consumption patterns. What we're doing with this funding is trying to change norms, and we do that through education. Healthy Black Families, what they do is they have a cohort of mothers-to-be, and they do nutrition education. They all go to the grocery store together and shop together. They look at products, they read labels, and then they bring the food back to a kitchen, and they actually cook together communally. And there's a lot that's happening there. It's not just the education. It's also like a support group. If there's any issues that are coming up, there's need, assistance that's needed, there's referrals that are made. It's a big program. And then also the East Bay YMCA, the work that they do with the Headstart. They've hired a couple of musical artists to come in. And these musical artists use song and dance to teach the children about what is nutritious and what is not nutritious regarding beverages and foods. It's really great when you see these little kids all doing these little dances and singing these songs. And the feedback that we've seen, their parents are coming back and saying, what are you guys teaching our children? This is great. Because the children themselves are now starting to hold their parents accountable, trying to teach their parents about what's a healthy beverage. And then also this site is leveraged. The trusted relationship that these teachers have with the parents, it's a safe space, and it's also used as a food distribution site, and that's ancillary benefit that's available. And then the last group I'll talk about real quickly is the Multicultural Institute. Talk about vulnerable populations! They work with day laborers. These are the folks that are hired by the day. They typically stand on street corners, and they're picked up to go do construction or gardening, but they're hired by the day. And these folks almost never receive any programming or any education on healthy beverages. And so the Multicultural Center staff do trainings with these day labors as they're standing on the corners to talk about what's a nutritious drink and what's not a nutritional drink and why it's so important to make sure that they are consuming healthy beverages. And we've seen over time that we're seeing thermoses filled with water and coffee. Because of the trusted relationship with these trainers from the Multicultural Institute, they're also able to refer them to other services that they might need, whether it's dental or primary care. And then the Institute also does programming for the children of these working families. They use art. They do nutrition education. And they have the children do art projects based on what's healthy and what's not healthy. And we're getting the same kind of feedback. These kids are going home, and they're having an effect with their parents as well. So, what we're seeing is that these funds are changing the norms with the children, their families, but also the trusted relationships are being leveraged to provide other beneficial services for these populations. Well, what an impressive array of efforts are being funded by the revenues from the soda tax. One thing I'd like to ask is something you alluded to earlier, which was the beverage industry behavior and reactions when soda taxes get introduced. Could you tell us a little bit more about that? It's incredible the opposition that the beverage industry mounts against, not just soda taxes, even warning labels, anything that seems that it will diminish their sales. In Berkeley, I remember the first time I saw someone from the beverage industry because we had our first public meeting. Our strategy team had been meeting for a number of months, designing the soda tax, deciding what was going to be taxed, what wasn't going to be taxed. Was it going to be an excise tax or a retail tax? Was it a specific tax or a general tax? So we were meeting for months debating all of those things. And then we decided we were going to have our first meeting. We were going to open it up to community, and there was this really helpful young man that was helping us set up tables, take down tables, and was really nice to everyone. I mean, the guy was just so personable and so charming. But at the end, Sarah Socar, our campaign manager, started to wonder about him. Like, who's this guy? We've never seen him before. And he's really trying to become central to what we're doing. It turns out the guy was beverage industry. He ended up becoming the main operative in Berkeley. He kind of tried to sneak in and be part of the conversation. When it came to advertising, oh my God. They bought up almost every bus shelter, every public space. And so everywhere you saw no-on-D advertisements. So on the sides of buses at the bus shelters, we have a metro station called the BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit. And so every possible space they purchased, including when you walk up to buy your tickets, they had huge 20-by-20 stickers on the floor, no on D. They overwhelmed us. It was shock and awe the way they were doing it. They filed a lawsuit on some of the language in our measure. But you know, the interesting thing is that when they wanted to file the lawsuit, they didn't have any standing because they didn't have anyone living in Berkeley. So the same young man that was helping us at that first community meeting, he actually moved to Berkeley so that they could file this lawsuit. I think one of the more insidious things that they do is, because they really try to drive wedges with communities of color on this issue and talk about the regressivity and try to sow distrust that the city's not going to use the money the way they're saying, very misleading. And they do that primarily with communities of color while they hired folks of color to come in. And most of these guys were from out of town. And they hired them to canvas in our neighborhoods. So they would be at the farmer's market, and they presented it like they had a petition against this soda tax. And the interesting thing is, you know, we had very committed folks to get this soda tax passed. Our folks used to go and engage with them, and they almost ended up feeling badly for the person because for the person that was doing this work, it was just, they needed a job. They weren't very deep on the issue, but they were just there to get these signatures. And it was overwhelming what they did on that. But they spent about $3.2 million here, which a lot of places that may not seem like a lot of money, but for us. That was the largest amount of money that was ever spent on trying to pass a local measure. It was just crazy. But the way we fought back was through house parties. We call them house parties. They mean a different thing than what they meant back in the '90s when I was growing up where folks would bring their neighbors together. And we'd come in and we'd do presentations to talk about what this soda tax was. And it was neighbors talking to neighbors, and it meant something different when I came to the door, and I said, hey, I'm your neighbor. I live over here on the corner. And they're like, oh yeah, we knew the person that you bought the house from. This is great. How do you like the neighborhood? So we would engage in those kinds of conversations. Then I'd talk through exactly why we were going after a soda tax, what we were going to do with the funding. And then I also talked about how we expected the beverage industry to respond and then what the beverage industry was going to say. And then we would answer those questions right there at the door with them. This is what the beverage is going to say, and this is the response. This is the truth here. Originally when we did our polling, Berkeley polled at about 66% that we would pass this tax, but that was before the beverage industry came in with all their funds. But the best thing was that at the end of this all, after all was said and done, because of these neighbor-to-neighbor connections, we actually won at 77%, completely due to the trusted relationships. And also because there was no way for the beverage industry to get a foothold and drive wedges, especially with our communities of color, because we had been at the table from the very beginning. Well, what a great example of community organizing and hearing community voices in this process in a way that could overcome that massive spending by the industry. So Xavier, you and I have spoken before about the four-point plan that you have that I think is really pretty inspiring to think about how to address these issues in places that might be considering such taxes in the future. Could you describe the plan? Yes. Since we were able to win in Berkeley, other municipalities have actually followed the same pattern, an excise tax, a general tax, having a community advisory board that advises the city on how to invest funds. And so there's been a lot of learning on my part that when we talk about equity, what does it really mean? I wasn't always in this space. I also looked at equity as outcomes. I'd never thought, and this is a no-brainer. I don't know why I'd never thought of this. But if we really want to change things over the long-term, we really have to change the systems and practices and environments that are leading to those outcomes. When you go up against a very deep-pocketed and moneyed opponent, it's like the health advocates on their own can't win this. We really have to partner with community, but the community has to see what's in it for them. So again, there's been a lot of learnings. This was 2014 that we won this Berkeley soda tax. And since then, I've been working on some other initiatives around soda taxes around the country. And what I've really landed on when we talk about equity and soda taxes is these four points, that, one, we really need to make sure that we're investing the funds in the areas that have the highest need. And to me, highest need means the areas that are experiencing the worst outcomes related to the over-consumption of sugary drinks, be it type-two diabetes, obesity, heart disease, stroke, tooth decay. And then the second one is invest in the priorities that the community sets across the determinants of health. Maybe the issue in that community isn't water, but maybe the issue in that community is that they don't have access to full-service grocery stores. And maybe what the community wants is some kind of farmer's market or little pop-up produce stands in their neighborhood or even some of these mobile vendors that sell vegetables and fruit. So really what we need to do is figure out what the community's priorities are and invest in those. And then third, it's really important to fund the actual groups in the community that have the strongest relationships with the target communities to be the deliver of programming and services. We have to bring them in because not only do they have the pulse of the community, but they also have the needs, and they also know the context, and they'll know what types of programming will work best. And then the fourth one is that when we make these investments, we should try to make the investments in a way that, yes, not only addresses the community's priorities today in a way that uses community infrastructure to deliver the services. But how can these investments actually increase the capacity of the broader community, the infrastructure of the community in a way that transcends the life of the grant that we're giving them? Again, those four points are invest in the areas that have the highest need. And then second, invest in the priorities that the community sets. Then the third, utilize the community groups, the ones that have the strongest, most trusted relationships with these priority populations to deliver the programming and the services. And then fourth, try to include funding for things that increase this health infrastructure that will transcend the life of the grant. Bio: Xavier Morales is the Executive Director of The Praxis Project (https://www.thepraxisproject.org/). He is a longtime advocate for community-driven initiatives to achieve health equity and environmental justice. Taking an expansive view of what constitutes good health and community wellness, he diligently works in partnership with community, professional and academic allies to improve health and justice. Xavier currently serves on the board of the Urban Peace Initiative, on the advisory board for Boston Medical Center's Vital Village Network, and sits on the City of Berkeley's Sugar Sweetened Beverage Panel of Experts. Keeping community health equity and justice at the center of his work, Xavier is a leader in campaigns to pass legislation to create a dedicated revenue source to combat diabetes and other preventable chronic diseases. Xavier is a frequent speaker for legislative briefings, health conferences, health justice gatherings, and in college/university settings. Xavier, a former Peace Corps volunteer (Hungary), is originally from Sanger, California and studied environmental sciences at the University of California, Berkeley and city and regional planning at Cornell University.

Únase a Brenda Camarena, anfitriona de Cuerpo Corazón Comunidad junto a invitados y expertos especiales quienes compartirán información sobre recursos, servicios de salud, asistencia financiera, asuntos legales, y las ultimas actualizaciones del condado de Marin y de el sistema escolar relacionados con la crisis del COVID-19. El tema de esta semana: Salud mental durante la crisis de COVID -Recursos para promover una comunidad saludable y preparada para disastresInvitados/as: Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne, PhD ("Doctora Marisol") Psicóloga clínica y fundadora y anfitriona de Cuerpo Corazón Comunidad Silvia Albuja, Coordinadora de Programa de Promotores, North Marin Community ServicesDouglas Mundo, Director Ejecutivo, Multicultural Center of MarinPablo Quiroga, Ingeniero costero, Environmental Science Associates,Proyecto de Tiscornia Marsh Santy Hernandez, Trabajadora de alcance comunitario, Proyecto de Tiscornia Marsh, Anfitriona TAY Radio Marin, Multicultural Center of MarinBerenice Gonzalez-, Trabajadora de alcance comunitario, Proyecto de Tiscornia Marsh , Multicultural Center of Marin Sintonice la transmisión en vivo de Cuerpo Corazón Comunidad , un programa de entrevistas que ofrece sugerencias y soluciones sobre salud y seguridad. Todos los miércoles a las 11 am.En Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cuerpocorazoncomunidad, en YouTube, y en vivo en la radio a KBBF 89.1 FM y KWMR 90.5 FM. El programa se retransmite en Marin TV canal 26 en varias fechas.Algunos temas de discusión incluyen:• mantener a los niños sano, activo, y aprendiendo durante el refugio en casa de COVID 19 • qué hacer y qué no hacer para mantenerse seguro y saludable• información sobre distribución de alimentos y asistencia alimentaria• salud pública durante el tiempo de COVID 19, pruebas, distanciamiento social y uso de máscaras• recursos de asistencia financiera y otros recursos en Marín• actualizaciones del condado de Marín• salud mental: afrontar el estrés y la ansiedadVisite nuestro sitio web para obtener recursos e información: http://multiculturalmarin.org Escuche los programas anteriores en http://www.cuerpocorazoncomunidad.org/programas

In this Alumni Spotlight episode, Susan speaks with Elliotte Dunlap (’97), one of the co-founders of UNT's Multicultural Center. Elliotte begins by explaining his family's unique connection to UNT and how his experience at the university has shaped his life. He then tells Susan about the relationship he and his fellow students developed with the UNT administration 25 years ago, culminating in the development of the Multicultural Center. Finally, Elliotte discusses his work with A Few Good Men, a mentorship program he also co-founded. To learn more about the history of UNT's Multicultural Center, visit https://ied.unt.edu/celebrating-25-years. To learn more about the UNT Alumni Association, visit https://untalumni.com. To learn more about OLLI at UNT, go to https://olli.unt.edu or email olli@unt.edu.

So often, the things we hear about ourselves growing up can manifest as our own thoughts and control our voice. This was the experience that today's guest, Dr. Ijeoma Nwaogu talks about overcoming in this episode. Dr. Ijeoma is the Associate Director of the MultiCultural Center at Rice University. She is also the Founder and CEO of EVERLEAD®, a leadership coaching and consulting firm and an inspirer of people.  Let's dive right into this episode and learn from Dr. Ijeoma how unlearning fake information can help you overcome your imposter syndrome, your silence, and help you find emotional safety.  [00:01 - 05:58] Opening Segment I introduce and welcome my friend, Dr. Ijeoma Nwaogu  Who is Ijeoma? Inspirer, educator and coach  Encouraging people to go for their wildest dreams Working for Rice University in Texas Leadership and Life Coach  Help move past barriers Value self-compassion, diversity, and freedom [05:59 - 12:33] Value the Human Experience  I talk about being intentional with compassion and understanding  Ijeoma talks about developing good self care habits We take things for granted with our health  I talk about the value of prioritizing wants and needs  Ijeoma talks about operating in quality over quantity with space and time Value people's lived experiences  Give people 100% of yourself to the people you care about [12:34 - 26:56] Unlearn the Fake Information Ijeoma talks about valuing conversations with clients of similar experiences  Caring about people's purpose and talents A lot of people wanting to change careers now  They have the capabilities they just need to get over the fear  Ijeoma shares her experience as a young woman feeling silenced Impacted by the word ‘stupid'  Shocked and confused leading to feeling stuck  Grew up within the stereotype threats of black women Led to Imposter Syndrome manifesting in undergraduate school  How Ijeoma found her voice again Over time began to heal by being able to put a name to the issue  I talk about my experience with imposter syndrome  Unlearn the fake information  Built up resentment influencing decisions  [26:57 - 37:57] Being Intentional with Our Children We need to be intentional with our children  Ijeoma talks about her experience raising her children Challenge the norms and help critical thinking  Kids are surrounded by toxic education  Your kids need to feel safe owning their own voice  I talk about dealing with your own truth in tandem with others Am I safe?  Ijeoma shares about how she was as a child  Closeness to children didn't exist in the household  Manifested a need for closeness and connection  The fears begin to stop women from speaking about themselves and their experience  [37:58 - 47:56] The Importance of Emotional Safety  Ijeoma talks about https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html#:~:text=Maslow's%20hierarchy%20of%20needs%20is,hierarchical%20levels%20within%20a%20pyramid.&text=From%20the%20bottom%20of%20the,esteem%2C%20and%20self%2Dactualization. (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs ) Self actualization can't happen without safety  I talk about emotional safety  Ijeoma talks about finding emotional safety in her life  Learned within the safety of marriage to talk things out  Growing in a non-emotional household create issues later on  Came to a point be able to talk out lived experiences  Utilizing curiosity as a coach  The art of asking powerful questions Conversations around asking questions  [47:57 - 58:11] Closing Segment Continuingly cancelling silence by helping people bring it up in the moment  I talk about my experience in court  Advice to people who need to unsilence themselves and find their purpose Ask yourself how is silence serving you?  Write it

This episode, we speak with Rhiana Medina, Executive Director for Moab Valley Multicultural Center. Hear about what the Center accomplishes for Moab and their local community along with their Multicultural Mural.

Únase al Director Ejecutivo del Centro Multicultural de Marín, Douglas Mundo, el anfitrión de Cuerpo Corazón Comunidad e invitados especiales expertos cuando cubran temas importantes, proporcionan información y recursos, y respondan preguntas sobre salud, desafíos económicos asociados con la crisis COVID-19, actualizaciones para el condado de Marín y actualizaciones escolares.El tema de esta semana: Salud mental durante la crisis. ¿Cómo podemos apoyar a los más vulnerables en nuestra comunidad? Invitadas:Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne, PhD ("Doctora Marisol"), educadora, oradora, escritora, ex psicóloga clínica del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos delCondado de Marín y fundadora y anfitriona de Cuerpo Corazón ComunidadBrianna Izaguirre, cofundadora de Empowerment Clubhouse en Marin City, vicepresidenta de la junta directiva del centro multicultural de Marin ( MCM) o Multicultural Center of MarinDra. Crystal Guevara, Clínica de Salud Mental, BHRS, condado de MarínAlgunos temas de discusión incluyen:• qué hacer y qué no hacer para mantenerse seguro y saludable• información sobre distribución de alimentos y asistencia alimentaria• salud pública durante el tiempo de COVID 19, pruebas, distanciamiento social y uso de máscaras• recursos de asistencia financiera y otros recursos en Marín• actualizaciones del condado de Marin• salud mental: afrontar el estrés y la ansiedad• mantener a los niños sano, activo, y aprendiendo durante el refugio en casa de COVID 19 Sintonice la transmisión en vivo de Cuerpo Corazón Comunidad, un programa de entrevistas que ofrece sugerencias y soluciones sobre salud y seguridad. En Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cuerpocorazoncomunidad, en YouTube, y en vivo en la radio a KBBF 89.1 FM y KWMR 90.5 FM los miércoles a las 11 am hasta el mediodía. El programa se retransmite en Marin TV canal 26 en varias fechas.Visite nuestro sitio web para obtener recursos e información: http://multiculturalmarin.orgEscuche los programas anteriores en http://www.cuerpocorazoncomunidad.org/

Erin Ronald is a 2019 Santa Clara graduate in Environmental Studies and Sociology. Erin was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work with the European version of the World Wildlife Fund to bring best practices back to the U.S. to help cities set workable climate action policy.This conversation was recorded before the George Floyd killing, but the first 8 minutes of the podcast are dedicated to racial justice. I share some of my own recent thoughts and convictions, and share statements and actions from Santa Clara’s Multicultural Center, President Father O’Brien, and the Environmental Justice Initiative.Back to Erin: Since graduating last year, she has been working as one of 90 Civic Spark fellows across the U.S. Stationed in Truckee, near South Lake Tahoe where she spent her summers as a child, Ronald is helping that city develop its own climate action and adaptation plans.Erin was incredibly involved at Santa Clara. She served as a Global Social Benefit Fellow in Ghana through the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship; helped run SCU’s OxFam club; was on the Food Recovery Network leadership team, and participated in the Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project (SLURP) working on the University’s eco-tray program.In this conversation, we discuss Erin’s passion for helping cities mitigate and adapt to climate change, the day-to-day work of her Civic Spark Fellowship, how COVID is impacting city climate action plans, Erin’s Fulbright award, and how students can incorporate sustainability into their careers.President Kevin O’Brien’s Message on Racial JusticeThe Environmental Justice Initiative’s Resources for Racial Justice See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emma, Starla, and Seth chat with WSGA's President and Vice President about the plans for their administration, Washburn's new Multicultural Center, and why they chose to attend Washburn. *Featuring spontaneous vocal solo by Victoria*

IT'S TIME...for the 78th installment of #TBKoW. The #GoodBrothers kick things off by taking about their illustrious weekend at the #GasparillaNightParade. the odd scoring during #UFC247 and our thoughts on the kick-off of the inaugural #XFL Season. From there we delve into updates on the #Coronavirus, our thoughts on what the #MLB can do to resonate with a younger audience, Natalie Portman's message she attempted to send with her Oscar's dress, a Good Samaritan trying to help a person during a dog attack that went horribly wrong, Popeye's setting a financial record for Quarter 4 of 2019, Uncle Ole thinking that Uncle Boobah watches #TheBachelor, and an interesting video from the University of Virginia during the opening week of a new Multicultural Center. Music: Dancing on the Street by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Show support for our Network by picking up some #Merch (http://bit.ly/TBKoWShop). If you pick up some merch, DM us pictures to be featured on our Show IG Page. For all things Equinox Play go to http://bit.ly/TBKoWEquinox and be sure to use PROMO CODE “EQUINOX4TJ32” for 30% OFF your entire order. FOLLOW us on #TheGram (https://www.instagram.com/bestkindofworst/) OR #Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/bestkindofworst). SUBSCRIBE to us on #ApplePodcasts (http://bit.ly/TBKoWApplePodcast) SUBSCRIBE to us on #YouTube (http://bit.ly/TBKoWTube) SUBSCRIBE to us on #SOUNDCLOUD (https://soundcloud.com/thebestkindofworst) SUBSCRIBE to us on #SPOTIFY (http://bit.ly/TBKoWPod) LIKE US on Facebook. Only if you wish cause, well, FaceBook is the worst. You can also listen and subscribe to us on many third-party podcasting apps (Stitcher, iHeartRadio, OverCast,...).

KL045 Ijeoma Nwaogu Educator, Coach and Speaker Imposter Experience Episode Summary Do you find yourself doubting your accomplishments are good enough or even deserved? Do you have a persistent fear of being exposed as a “fraud?” If so, you may be suffering from the imposter experience. I sat down with Ijeoma Nwaogu, Ph.D. to discuss the imposter experience—what it is and why many leaders struggle with it. Bio Ijeoma Nwaogu, Ph.D. is the Founder/CEO of EVERLEAD®, a leadership coaching and consulting firm. A branch of EVERLEAD® is CollegeLifeCoach.info, a personal development platform aimed at equipping college students with insights needed to thrive during their time in college. Ijeoma has acquired over 15 years of experience in various higher education settings across the United States. Most recently she served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston and is currently the Associate Director of the Multicultural Center at Rice University. As a growth coach and speaker, Ijeoma has led countless programs, conference sessions, and trainings across the United States on topics related to personal development and inclusive leadership. Notable works include her involvements as an invited training facilitator at Ivy League institution, University of Pennsylvania, leadership coach for the National Leadershape® Institute, and speaker at the National Conference on Student Leadership. Ijeoma has spoken to several groups on the topic of overcoming imposter feelings, which is a common reaction experienced by many leaders. Ijeoma completed her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology from Georgia State University. Ijeoma earned her master’s degree in College Student Affairs Administration and doctoral degree in Counseling, both from the University of Georgia. Website https://www.everlead.info/   Other Website https://www.collegelifecoach.info/   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/leadership4/   Twitter https://twitter.com/Nwaogu Leadership Quote "Have a healthy disregard for the impossible." - Leadershape Institute motto   Subscribe, share and review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512 Please visit KeepLeadingPodcast.com ( https://eddieturnerllc.com/keep-leading-podcast/) for a full transcript of this episode. The Keep Leading!® podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques and insights. For more information visit https://eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I thought I should be sensitive, accessible and alive, in order to enable the baby to wake up and to start moving something inside that will bring up her potentials and start to BE.”   Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Hamutal Raz Shiloach clinical psychologist and a training and supervising psychoanalyst at the Israeli Psychoanalytic Society. She is a founder and director of the Multicultural Center for Parent-Infant Psychotherapy in Yafo, Israel, which will be the focus for our conversation today. She teaches widely in Israel. This is not surprising because after listening to today’s episode you will hear a master clinician describing her involvement with a very challenging situation with a mother and a young daughter. They are an affectively frozen mother and a frozen daughter, and Hamutal brings not only deep emotional connection to the work with this couple but also deeply thought out cognitive thinking about it as well. It isn’t often that you ́ll find the two combined. There are clinicians who feel very strongly about the work and there are those who think very deeply about the work. It is special when you find someone who does both.   Key takeaways: [3:27] The challenges of running a multicultural daycare center. [6:13] Full day program for children at risk who are taken care by welfare authorities. [7:20] The language and cultural challenge. [9:02] The particularities about the mother-baby early bond in the African cultural. [11:46] The presence over the word. [14:10] Kinds of problems seen at the daycare center. [15:59] Working with the Arab population in Israel with Arab clinicians. [17:40] Clinical example. [30:20] The psychoanalytic intervention through listening and actions. [33:13] The importance of body language and primitive features in the work with babies. [33:45] Hamutal Raz Shiloach talks about her career journey and how she started working in this project.     Mentioned in this episode: IPA Off the Couch www.ipaoffthecouch.org   Recommended Readings: Interview Bibliography   Dalley, T.  (2010) Containment of trauma: Working in the community. In: T. Baradon (Eds.), Relational Trauma in Infancy. London: Routlege.   Fraiberg, S. (1982)  Pathological Defenses in Infancy. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 51:612-635.   Salomonsson, B. (2007) 'Talk to me Baby, Tell me What's the Matter Now'  Semiotic and Developmental Perspectives on Communication in Psychoanalytic Infant Treatment. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 88(1):127-146.   Stern, D. (1995) The Motherhood Constellation, London: Karnac.   Winnicott, D. W. (1969) The Mother-Infant Experience of Mutuality. In: C . Winnicott., R. Shepherd & M. Davis (Eds.) Psychanalytic Exploration. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.        

This week on the podcast we tackle stereotypes that women of color encounter in the workplace and academia. We talked to current UNC student, Hannah Locklear, about her experiences on campus and to Maria Erb, one of the womxn of color in leadership on UNC's campus, about the stereotypes she has experiences and how she supports students who experience stereotypes. Guest Bios Hannah Locklear is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Human Development & Family Studies. She is a proud Native American woman. Maria Dykema Erb is a higher education and student affairs professional with over 26 years in enrollment management; academic dean’s office and program administration; and the holistic development of students with diverse backgrounds. As a proud first-generation college graduate, she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from the University of New Hampshire, and a Master of Education degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Higher Education, Leadership, and Counseling from the University of Vermont. Maria began her professional career at the University of Vermont and worked in the Undergraduate Admissions Office, the Women’s Agricultural Network in Extension, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the ALANA Student Center. After 20 years there, Maria moved with her family to North Carolina to escape the long, cold winters. She served as the Associate Director of College Access and Success in the Multicultural Center at Elon University and the Senior Program Coordinator of the MSN Program at Duke University’s School of Nursing. Maria is currently the Co-Director for Diversity & Student Success in the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Additional Resources Why the Gender Leadership Gap Is So Much Worse for Women of Color Multicultural Women at Work: The Working Mother Report How Women of Color Are Portrayed in TV & Film This podcast is a creation of the Womxn of Worth Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill with support from the American Association for University Women (AAUW). This podcast features the song “mountaintops in the sky” by Artificial.Music, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

*There are a ton of juicy resources! Make sure to scroll down to the end! In this episode, we’re featuring three guests and discussing the following topics. *Our participation in the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. *Robyn shares her story of meeting Maya Soetoro-Ng, Director of the Matsunaga Peace Institute at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, founder of Ceeds of Peace; and President Barack Obama’s sister! *We introduce you to three Activists who discuss their journeys with peace, activism and spiritual healing. *Our paths to studying and teaching peace with Robyn receiving the “Newcomer Mediator of the Year” Award from the Center of Conflict Resolutions Chicago and Keme receiving the “First Decade Award” from Augsburg College, her alma mater. Featured Guests: *Penelope Summers, M.A., Energy Therapist Interview begins @ 16:19 sec. *Ricardo Levins Morales, Artist and Activist   Interview begins @ 32:19 sec. *Andrew Williams, Executive Director of Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) Interview begins @ 56:09 sec. Our guests discuss a range of issues with us. Women’s impact on peace The Greensboro 4, lunch counter sit-ins and the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X Women's suffrage and black women being excluded from the movement. A white woman’s understanding of bell hooks, feminism and intersectionality. MP150 Police Review, A People’s Project Evaluating Policing   The history of police departments and its relationship to slavery and white supremacy in the U.S. How the paths to inclusivity and healing needs truth, justice and reconciliation. How art facilitates healing and builds self esteem. The paradox of Colin Kaepernick and Nike’s relationship with cheap labor in South Asia. How to live social justice. How to get involved in activism despite feelings of despair and being overwhelmed. Spirituality and activism Why compassion and love are important in activism and social justice work. Guests’ Bios: *Penelope Summers, M.A., Energy Therapist Penelope holds an M.A. in Writing and a dual M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies and International Administration and Conflict Management. She’s an Energy Therapist which includes working as an Intuitive, Medium, Reiki Master and EFT Practitioner. You can find her on Instagram at @ask._penny, Twitter: @summers_p and Facebook @ Penelope Jane.  You can make an appointment with her via email at summerspenelope790@gmail.com.  She offers her services at Eclipse in Roswell on Fridays. Their number is 678-682-8624 eclipsenewage.com. *Ricardo Levins Morales, Artist and Activist   “Ricardo Levins Morales describes himself as a “healer and trickster organizer disguised as an artist.” He was born into the anti-colonial movement in his native Puerto Rico and was drawn into activism in Chicago when his family moved there in 1967. He left high school early and worked in various industries, and over time began to use his art as part of his activism. This activism has included support work for the Black Panthers and Young Lords to participating in or acting in solidarity with farmers, environmental, labor, racial justice and peace movements. Increasingly he has come to see his art and organizing practices as means to address individual, collective and historical trauma. He co-leads workshops on trauma and resilience for organizers as well as trainings on creative organizing, social justice strategy and sustainable activism, and mentors and supports young activists. His art has won numerous awards but the greatest affirmation is the uses to which is has been put by grassroots movements and communities.” RLM Art Studio, 3260 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55406. Phone: 612-455-2242. rlmartstudio.com. *Andrew Williams, Executive Director of Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) “Andrew Williams, Executive Director (HECUA) has over 25 years of experience in higher education as a teacher, mentor, academic advisor, and administrative leader. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised within a working-class African-American family, Williams was a first-generation college student. His upbringing and academic experiences sparked his intellectual curiosity in social difference, political resistance and human inequality. Recruited to play basketball, Andrew matriculated to Earlham College where his experiences and exposure to Quaker values sparked his sociological imagination and passion for social justice. Andrew eventually left the basketball team while serving as captain in protest over Earlham’s investments in corporations doing business in South Africa and joined leaders of the campus divestment movement. For Andrew, this was the beginning of a deep and sustained exploration of African and African Diaspora cultures and politics, engaged scholarship, and political activism. Throughout his career, Williams has worked to balance and link research, teaching, and political engagement on issues of interculturality, educational equity, international development, human rights, learning abroad, placed-based learning and social justice. More recently, Williams has served as Director of Multicultural Affairs at Carleton College, Director of Development and Communication for Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Assistant Director of the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence at the University of Minnesota, and Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion within the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts.”  hecua.org Resources Books and Blogs I’d Rather Teach Peace, by Colman McCarthy Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life Strength to Love, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos and Community, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams Lani Guinier Why Every Yoga Teacher and Practitioner Needs Inclusivity Training, by Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts Nike’s Colin Kaepernick Ad Raises Issues of Workers Rights Videos, Documentaries and Films Keme Hawkins, Ph.D. receiving The First Decade Award at Augsburg College Greensboro Four, Independent Lens documentary (watch here) Colman McCarthy, I’d Rather Teach Peace Talk, TEDxGeorgetown Iron Jawed Angels Angela Davis on the Radical Work of Healing and Self Care Hong Kong Blessings, Robyn and Keme’s Peace Pilgrimage to the Big Buddha on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Yoga Inclusivity Training Organizations and Institutions Center for Conflict Resolution Chicago Augsburg University Nobel Peace Prize Forum Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolence Social Change Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta Ceeds of Peace The Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Greensboro Four - Lunch counter sit-ins International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC Women’s Equality Day Alice Paul Institute Intersectionality bell hooks Institute MPD150 Police Review, A People’s Project Evaluating Policing   Want to support the show?  Buy Ayurveda products from Banyan Botanicals! Robyn's Banyan purchase link HERE.  *** To learn more about Robyn's favorite Ayurveda products, CLICK HERE. 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I arrived in Spokane Valley in 1975, at six weeks old. My large, loving, mixed-race family experienced its share of ups and downs and taught me the value of character, compassion, and community. My parents always worked for social justice, as youth leaders, social workers, public defenders, and activists, teaching their six children that we must use our gifts to help others. My first foray into politics came as a child, after my father was fired from his job simply because he was gay and my mother struggled to support the family as a single mother of six. My family experienced poverty, as well as discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. I helped my dad fight for a law to make discrimination against gay people illegal in the 1980’s. While that effort failed, neither I, nor my dad, would stop fighting for what’s right, because we knew it would happen one day. But I also experienced the incredible power of community support, and people looking out for me. I had the privilege of receiving scholarships to attend wonderful schools, such as Saint George’s School in Spokane. I recognized what an extraordinary opportunity this was and worked as hard as I could. I graduated in 1993 as valedictorian and was accepted into Yale University, where I earned a degree in clinical child psychology. Most importantly, I met my wife Amy on our second day on campus. We fell in love instantly, married just after graduation, and will soon celebrate our nineteenth anniversary. We have two amazing teenage sons, Alex and Aidan, both students at West Valley High School. My professional life has been devoted to public service. I began as a case manager, treatment provider, and mentor for juvenile offenders and kids in special education classrooms, and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate. I served adults with serious mental illness while working at Frontier Behavioral Health. I then went to Gonzaga Law School, as a Thomas More Scholar, so that I could learn the skills necessary to make a systemic difference. After graduating from GU law at the top of my class in 2006, I worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Spokane and had the honor of representing the United States in a wide array of civil and criminal cases. I learned more about what government can do and found solutions to large challenges. I moved to private practice in 2012, and have zealously and successfully advocated for consumers victimized by corrupt businesses, people trapped in jails and mental hospitals, and workers who have faced discrimination. I have helped hundreds of people recover millions of dollars, and have stopped numerous illegal practices. Jaclyn Archer for Spokane County Vice-Chair Jaclyn Archer a senior undergrad student at Eastern Washington University getting a degree in English Literature with a minor in History. She is a journalist and writer. She has contributed to The Black Lens and worked for nearly two school years as a section editor at The Easterner. She has appeared on other KYRS shows (such as Praxis and F Yes!) as the Community Relations Officer for Eastern’s Black Student Union, and a representative of the Multicultural Coalition. She has volunteered with PJALS, WashingtonCAN!, Spokane NOW, and am a member of the Spokane NAACP. Most recently (Saturday) I was elected as the Vice-Chair of Spokane County’s Democratic Central Committee When Andrew Biviano asked me to run for Vice Chair of the Spokane County Democrats, I was skeptical. I’ve been a registered Democrat from the time I could vote. My allegiance was not born of party loyalty, but a desire to participate in the democratic process by caucusing. I voted for President Obama in 2012, and caucused for Bernie last March, but over the last eight years I have become disillusioned with the Democratic Party. But, I believe that the people of the Democratic party are genuine and committed to service. If we struggle to bring about a progressive future, it is only because we need to reforge the tools of progress within our political organizations. I do not wish to stand on the outside of this process. I wish to take part, not only as a voter and active citizen, but as Vice Chair of the Spokane County Democratic Central Committee. What does change look like? I have often asked ‘What is the purpose of the Democratic Party?’ The answer is simple: To elect Democrats to political office. The more important question is ‘Why?’ If Democrats cannot offer people something more or better than the other guy, we’re just trying to win for the sake of winning. But I believe the party is more than that. The Democratic Party has built itself up appealing to labor, to women, to the Black, the Brown, the queer, the immigrant, the atheist, and the disenfranchised. When we convince them to vote for us, we are making a promise to give them in return what the other guy can’t or won’t deliver: justice, equality, a voice, a consistent ear to their interests, and candidates who will make them a priority. I envision a Spokane Democratic Party that acts as a service organization, that gets involved with the liberation of its constituency. That means joining hands with the NAACP, with Planned Parenthood, with labor unions, queer organizations, and others who are likely to see their government protection eroded over the next four years. This means listening to the needs of our constituencies, extending tangible support, and shaping our vision of government into a tool that better serves them, and the greater purpose of social advancement and harmony. This is the change that must come to the Democratic Party. Spokane needs and deserves a truly progressive voice, and I want to be a part of the team that shapes it. Why trust me? Firstly, I’m an outsider. I only care about how best to serve the people of Spokane, and have no previous political conflicts with the potential to sway my judgment. I am involved. Since I made Spokane my new home nearly four years ago, I have been involved in progressive causes with the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS). I have lent my voice to the cause of gender and race pay equality in the City of Spokane, partnering with our local chapter of the National Organization for Women as a leader with Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN!). I have written several articles for The Black Lens, including one that tackled the racist and problematic statements of Interim Police Chief Jim McDevitt. I have interviewed the Mayor’s Office and marched on City Hall. In short, I care, and I put myself on the line on a regular basis, fighting for the kind of community Spokane can be. I am an innovator. As a student at Eastern Washington University I provided tutorials on journalistic writing that I created myself to introduce new staff writers to the craft. I am currently serving my second year term as Community Relations Officer for the Black Student Union, an office which I have expanded to Community Liaison, thus building a relationship with the local NAACP. I acted as Revitalizing Facilitator for Eastern’s Scary Feminist Club, and I manage the social media and publicity for Eastern’s Multicultural Coalition, which is responsible for expanding the square footage and staffing of the Multicultural Center being built in the new Student Center. I get things done. Finally, I live at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities. My Perspective I grew up in a small, rural town in Eastern Washington. College Place, separated by a three-lane road from Walla Walla, has only 8,000 residents, over 90% of whom are devoutly Christian. It was a wonderful upbringing in many respects. What it lacked, however, was an understanding of my complete identity. At the age of twenty, I walked away from the faith of my childhood for good. It was a difficult decision, one I took several years to reach. But once I left the ideology of my parents and hometown, I was free to discover my identity as a member of the queer community. Over the last several years I have come out to my family, friends, and marriage partner as a bisexual and genderfluid individual. I have also come into my own as an activist who is not only anti-racist, but pro-Black. My membership in the Black, woman-loving, and trans communities gives me a unique first-hand perspective of multiple constituencies the Democratic Party aims to serve. While no one person can ever speak for a whole group, I can offer personal experience and credibility on issues of race, orientation, and gender identity.

You are listening to the thirteenth episode of Voc/zes: el podcast de la U de M. This week we have three special guests: Aurelio Curbelo, director of the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence at the U of M, Emmy Rodriguez, former U of M student, and Ellie Sjordal, our very own Voc/zes podcast editor and U of M undergraduate. Also! Episode 13 of Voc/zes is the last episode of Fall 2016. Enjoy your winters, stay warm, and see you in the spring! . ¡Hasta la próxima!

Download This Episode Here Congratulations to Alanna, Brian, and Amit for snagging Ali Bouzari's new book! This monologue is about the ways you can maximize your college experience and hopefully prepare you for the future. You can follow all of these rules, or none of them. I'm just distilling my "complicated" college life. Key Takeaways Why you need to be involved in college How to be involved in college Why my best experience in college wasn't food science related What We Talk About Lion Dancing Transcript In this episode, I’m going to talk to you the importance of getting involved in college. Before I go into college, don’t be one of those people who thinks college is a waste of time. You can be rich going to college, you can be rich going to trade school, you can be rich by not going to school at all! I’m a bit fatigued about how any people complain about working at starbucks after graduation when the anecdotes between successful people and unsuccessful people are relatively the same. College is indeed, what you make of it. And it’s a time that will really cement how you will deal with life in general. Some people will spend it partying, some people want to find true love, some people want to get experience starting a company, get into the Big 4 Accounting firms, support local communities, or change the world. Me? I’m not sure. I kept my options open. A lot of people get screwed over on college debt. A lot of people have to work two jobs in food service and take classes. I’m going to be honest with you, my parents paid for my college so I was able to focus on more things that other people could not. However, I want to give you service on what I thought was most beneficial in college. This is me sharing my experience and though you may or may not be in my shoes, distilling my experience might enrich your college experience. I hope. At my busiest time in college, I: Had 2 part time jobs: in the pilot plant and in the Multicultural center. I probably wouldn’t survive working there with the wage they paid me. Did 2 product development competitions: Disney and Developing Solutions for Developing Countries Was in 3-5 clubs with 2 being officer positions (Captain of the Lion Dance Team, Treasurer of a cooking club) Was a committee head for a really cool diversity event with 500 people involved. Did an entrepreneurship competition So this involved staying up until 12 to 2am every day. Fun stuff, right? So I didn’t have to do all this, and to be honest, you shouldn’t. What I found valuable from these experiences was the relationships you for by meeting different people. With these relationships, you learn so many things. How to talk to people, how to convince people, how to be charismatic, how to excite a crowd, plan events, count money, take notes, write agendas, align visions, work together. The relationships you kindle when you do these extracurriculars are vital if you choose to go into the career you studied. Or not. But it certainly has helped me with this podcast. So in this episode, I want to give you 5 distinct actions why you should be involved with things in college and 5 distinct actions on how to do it. Let’s begin. Let’s start with “Why”: For some people, getting involved in college can be a way to make new friends, a shiny spot to put on your resume, or because you’re generally a good person at heart, right? Anyways, I have 5 reasons on “why” you should get involved in college especially if you’re in your freshman year. 1. You will look attractive on paper Of course, the most straight forward reason you should get involved is to put it on your resume Here’s some real life advice: it might not be wise to do everything. There are a lot of people who were just good at one thing and got a job super easily. There was this one girl in college, where all she did was talk about wanting to be a plant manager and so she did an amazing job climbing through the ranks of college and grab a leadership position within the Cal Poly Pilot Plant. Her focused experience got her the job quite easily where my sporadic experience…well… took me a while. You can check that out on episode 10. However, getting involved as much as possible does have its perks… For one, you get this huge foundation of soft skills, something that throughout this episode, you’ll come to find out. More importantly, it makes you a more wholesome person, you learn not to be so much of a jerk, and you have increased diversity awareness due to just dealing with different people. However, you can’t fit everything on your resume…but you can on your linkedin profile… You can’t BS experience In most interview questions I’ve experienced, I have been able to fit in the question with an answer quite well because of the myriad of experiences. In fact, I could give comprehensive stories on how I delt with the situation. It’s very hard to BS experience, but that’s not to say you can’t. I know a lot of people who BS or stretch the truth, but it doesn’t make them good people. You should be a good person. I think what I really want to get at here is this: most interview questions you’ll get can be answered the best in a story format. It enriches your answer and gives people a much better understanding on who you are as a person. So armed with this knowledge, BSing your answer will make you seem good at first, but you’re probably going to be living a lie throughout your time at work. But some people do it. Some people are very good at lying though, and some people pull through with it. Hey, if it’s what you want in life, then you do you. You will forge deeper connections As long as you are consistent at meetings and not a jerk, you will forge very deep connections with people who are involved. It is vital to forge these connections for people who are involved in things because the return on investment is extremely valuable. But you can only forge connections if you are fully committed. Commitment, like many of you guys probably know, is a huge sacrifice because you can only share who you hang out with so much. In a platonic point of view, which club is going to give you the most value from your time? On a deeper level, which friend is going to? And value is very very subjective. Depending on the person, value can mean so many things. At my freshman year, I tried out 30 clubs. In my final year, I peaked my head in about 4. You’d probably go insane if you invested all of your time in 30 clubs. I might have almost did. But you soon realize who or what is more important. I found the people in my department and the diversity-advocate community, along with some food clubs, important to me. Let me give you an example: All of the Cal Poly Alumni who have been interviewed for this podcast were a result of forging deep connections throughout college. Whether it be in classes, clubs, or competitions. If I didn’t forge a good connection with them, I don’t think this podcast would have turned out. They really supported me during the makings of this, and they were the spark that ignited the flame. I really can’t thank my Cal Poly friends enough for supporting this podcast. I’ve worked with Katie and Taryn on food science projects, the IFTSA product development competitions, and other crazy things in my University. Because we were involved in everything together, we trust each other.  So I’ll just say another thank you to both of them. 4. You get, and I’m putting this in quotes… “free stuff” One of the funniest things I like to do is post stuff on social media on things I get for free. I used to do it on facebook, instagram, and now snapchat. By the way, every social emdia thing I have is itsmeadamyee, all one word. Free stuff is nice, but as the old saying goes, “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”. I feel like with that mindset, it ruins the involvement experience because it makes you very ungrateful on the free swag (shirt, food, concert pass) that you received. For me, I enjoyed helping people and getting involved so I enjoyed the benefits of the free stuff. Point being, the value you put into something will bring back as much value as you get out of it. Here’s an example: You get paid to go to work for 8 hours a day. You convert hours to dollars. If I spent 5 hours a week feeding the homeless, I don’t necessarily get money, but the value is still there. Feeding the homeless gives me satisfaction, it gives me, purpose, it gives me happiness in times where I feel really bad about myself. Seeing people smile when I give them a can of corn feels good to me. But it can also give other things. What if it gives you the chance to meet a famous person? Or the love of your life? Granted, these are far off, but the point is, you never know. Exposing yourself as a good person to people makes you valuable, and it should strip you of any bad intentions that you think you have. However it’s also an investment, you might not see returns in a month, but it snowballs. Your reputation increases, and the value might return 10 fold. 5. You develop a sense of purpose and meaning So this mainly happens when you get into a leadership position. Especially the VP or President stage. For some people, leading something’s pretty cool, and don’t knock it till you try it. Once you learn to lead something, and get people to do things for a common cause, it’s quite a strange, but satisfying feeling. Especially in hindsight. But people will do it, because they either like you, or the idea. Both help…a lot. With enough leading on something you’re inherently passionate about, you might actually make a difference. For me, it was working on getting Cal Poly to get involved in IFT and entering the product development competitions. Once we actually placed and were able to go to Chicago, that was like “wow, we actually made progress!” And that’s an amazing feeling! The feeling of actually leading people to do something significant is something everyone in the world should try to do. Once this happens, you can actually feel a sense of purpose, and later in life, that might save you from the impact of being an adult. Never have anyone berate or laugh at your sense of purpose. Whether God, the environment, improving your home town, getting married and having kids, being an astrounaut, telling everyone you’re a food scientist, your purpose is unique. And for some people who say they don’t have a purpose, well, my only advice to find it is to really lead something and make an impact. Once you’ve had small successes doing that, go bigger, and suddenly, it’s like you were born to do this. How Alright, you’ve made it this far. As much as we like to hear why something works, it’s more practical to learn how something works. Here are 5 actions you can use right away to get more involved in college. Join a club/organization dedicated to your major To get ahead of half your classmates, you should probably join the club or organization dedicated to your major. For Electrical Engineers, that’s I Triple E, for Food Scientists, it’s IFT. Ask your professor which organizations to join. Do it, email him or her right now. Unless you’re driving… then wait until you get home. Other than club fairs, job fairs, etc, the best way to absolutely get into an organization is to just ask (well, except for the Greek system). People absolutely love it when you ask if you can join something and they shouldn’t ignore you if you request to join, unless you give off that you’re a horrible person. Join a club/organization dedicated to your major …and make it better It’s vital that once in your college career, you do a leadership position Some leaders want to do everything, and then get overwhelmed and depressed, and ultimately, their legacy fades. Actually, your legacy is probably going to fade anyways since college is like life on steroids. After you graduate, you’ll keep clinging on to your friends in college, and then maybe in 3 or 4 years… poof, you’re forgotten. Oh well. I went off tangent… basically, instead of focusing on making an organization better as a whole, make it your vision to improve just one thing about the organization. This can be getting into a new competition, or hosting an amazing banquet, whatever. This teaches the power of legacy. Legacy is important, especially in college, but probably later in life. At most, you’re going to have 2 years tops in improving your organization, so time is valuable. Getting in the mindset that you need to impact your “legacy” is important. Legacy isn’t exactly a name, it’s what you actually did during your year of leadership. Did you make a cool How-To manual for next year? Or did you organize an amazing event for the campus? Or as simple as implementing a successful fundraiser or bake-sale is good enough. 20 years from now, wouldn’t it bring a tear to your eye if you came back on campus and saw the thing you worked on still being worked on? Like that pizza Friday you kept on pushing year after year was successful after 20 years. Stuff like that, though small, is what you need to strive for to make an impact in college. And they may forget that you did it, but that shouldn’t matter. The fame shouldn’t matter, the experience that you received should matter the most. And of course, you don’t have to be club president to do so. In fact, I ran twice for food science club president until you realize how cliquey it got. But in hindsight, I realized I got really power hungry. I’m proud of the things I did in my department so I have no regrets in what I did. Roberto and Emma did a great job in their terms. Join a club/organization not dedicated to your major So besides Food Science activities, I really enjoyed getting involved with the Asian community in Cal Poly. There was a point where I was living two lives: an overachiever in food science… and an overachiever in Asian things…. Looking back, was it necessary? For an average person, probably not… but… yea let’s leave it at that. Let’s see, I had a job for 2 years at the Multicultural Center, lead a 500 person diversity initiative, and probably my most precious moment, I would say, the most ephinany-like moment in Cal poly was leading and growing a Lion Dance Team. This was the first team I grabbed by the horns and lead charge. I fell in love, became absolutely obsessed with lion dancing. For audio reasons, it’s the rawr Lion, not the one in country bars. Please, just google it. Lion Dancing is this ancient art of Chinese Dancing where we dress up in these giant paper mache dragon-like costumes and scare away evil sprits… that’s probably the best description I can give. If anything, you can google Lion Dancing… L-I-O-N Dancing and something cool will pop up. It’s cultural, and frankly, it taught me how to run a business (which to be honest, a good chunk of profit was rewarded to our club members via all you can eat Korean BBQ). It taught me how to manage money, members, develop systems to make things really effective, how to motivate members (via food), and how to develop strong family-like bonds that would make it impossible to leave. So this can be practically anything. Not just cultural. I chose cultural because… I’m Asian. As discussed on how to make a legacy, my most proudest legacy was mending relationships with our parent organization, the Chinese Student Association. I found this extremely satisfying in the beginning, there was a mutual hate with each organization, and after 4 years, having half of our board have lion dance members just last year. What’s amazing about that, is that you basically planted a seed, and told the next person in charge to keep watering! But there’s plenty of other avenues to look into such as socially conscious organizations like a fair trade club or permaculture club, a project oriented club like a rose float or robotics club, or sports club like club soccer and intramurals. There are so many options it’s ridiculous so just go for it. Try everything. Form bonds and maybe a following Though the food science clubs gave me value professionally, joining the cultural environment at college improved me as a person. It was the family I never had. And that’s extremely important to acquire in college. So forming bonds between your collegues is extremely important. Like I mentioned before, you are investing in your future by forming these bonds. You never know when someone can get you a job offer just because you helped them on their homework. But the food science organization did give me a kind of following… So there’s a lot of debate whether to form a lot of bonds with multiple people, or form strong bonds ith a few people? I guess not everyone is a connector, so whatever floats your boat. My recommendation? At least in a professional setting, form strong bonds with people who have a good network. Usually, those people are pretty friendly. Don’t cry when you lose When you fail at an election, or have 3 people show up to your scheduled event, a fancy banquet that fell through, or whatever, don’t cry about it… at least not in front of people. You can cry when you go home, or in the arms of a loved one. So you’re going to hear this throughout your whole adult life: you need to embrace failure. We’re taught all of our lives not to get F’s in school, and I’m still in the mindset that failure hurts. But that’s a good thing. It’s very important to learn how to feel the pain of failure. It’s more important to have the ability to analyze why you’ve failed and improve on it. Failure hurts as much as a bad test grade, a broken heart, and a lost acceptance letter. Some will say those scenarios are all failures. But when that happens to you, what did you do? Did you complain on facebook? Did you cave in and stay in your room forever? Maybe. Can’t say I haven’t. Can’t say you haven’t. But every time I’ve “failed”, I’ve learned how to analyze what went wrong and try something new. Everyone has their own different story on how to conquer a loss. Some get numbed, some walk away, some crumble and never leave their room, ever. The best advice I can give you, is that when one door closes, another one opens. And it’s up to you to pack your bags and charge at that door at 100%. Final thoughts: The most important thing you need to learn in college is learn how to be a leader. To progress anywhere in life, to be recognized, to be respected, you have to learn to be a leader. So make it your goal to lead at least one thing you’re passionate about in college. It’s such an amazing opportunity to inspire others. You need to take it. And when you graduate, never stop leading. Join a non-profit or 12, build something in your town or city that you’ve always wanted to be a part of. You have that ability now. By being a leader, your life will have meaning. And always remember: there is no better time in the world to create something new. This podcast was made with about $100 dollars in equipment, all I needed was the initiative to start, and the courage to ask experts to help me. Before, I hated my own voice, before, I could never think of talking to people, asking engaging questions right on the spot. When you ‘Grow up”, it’s easier, yet scarier to start something new, and lead. But those who feel your enthusiasm will follow. It might take a while, you might have people who think you’re crazy, but all you have to do is smile. Learn to Lead and keep on leading. Thank you for listening

In this podcast of Coffee Chat, Stu and Victoria talk about Author Rod Haines and his book 'Armless Not Brainless' the Manawatu Multicultural Center of Palmerston North, Jazz music, and news from around the world. Listen to Coffee Chat weekly www.icradio.info

Dr. Pablo B. Mendoza has been a student affairs professional since 1989, a career in which he has served in a number of disciplines within the field. Over the last two decades, he has served at four universities, including the University of Missouri, and the University of California-San Diego. From the beginning of his career in residential life to his last position as Director of the Multicultural Center at MU, he has supervised different functions in the areas of multicultural affairs, LGBTQ programs, leadership development conferences, parent orientation and experiential education. Dr. Mendoza began his tenure as Assistant to the President for Social Equity at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2013.

This talent show features song and dance performances by students not only at SCSU but at surrounding schools as well.

Kevin Cordi, Academic Storytelling in Residence working in partnership with the MCC and Ph.D Candidate in the College of Education and Human Ecology, presented a special program featuring stories collected in his ongoing Story Box Project. Christina Cappelletti, Multicultural Center and Talia Weisz, Comparative Studies, each shared a story from their own experiences with the Story Box project.