December 2011
December 9th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Americans, it seems are not as intent as foreigners, when it comes to getting into a top-notch college. It could be that some of our most successful entrepreneurs — Bill Gates and Steven Jobs to name but a few — exceeded their wildest financial dreams without ever obtaining a college degree.However, in some countries, students denied acceptance into the college of their choice committed suicide....
December 8th, 2011
Written by Rebecca Fortner in All About Family, Latest News with 1 Comment
Despite the interventions and the endless amounts of available information, teen pregnancy does occur across all racial and ethnic boundaries. One needs only to think back over their youth and remember how intense the emotions were during their own teen years before casting judgment. At a time when a teen should be thinking about college and the prom, an unexpected pregnancy may have them...
December 6th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
When candidates for President of the United States choose to play to racial stereotypes, it does little to educate and improve race relations among a growing ethnically diverse electorate. The travesty and tragedy of resorting to using distorted, divisive and derogatory languages and images to describe a whole group of people have untold, and unfortunately, lasting consequences.Republican...
December 5th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 20 Comments
Sunday, whether intentional or non-intentional, is arguably the most racially-segregated day of the week in America. Whether you attend worship services in a church located in the urban core, a suburban area, or in the valleys and hillsides along winding country roads, it is very likely that the parishioner beside you or across the isle is of the same race if not the same ethnic group.Many of us...
December 5th, 2011
Written by Abby L. Ferber ... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 0 Comments
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.In this particular segment, Robin Parker and Pamela Smith Chambers discuss the myth...