Having spent nearly a quarter century hiring, training and supervising high school interns under the New York City School-to-Work Co-op Program in the corporate workplace and presenting business etiquette training to college and university students at their campuses, I have a keen interest to see that all students have the best possible educational and career … Continue reading WE’VE ALL BEEN GEN Z
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." ~ Plato “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” ~ Thomas Jefferson "Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it." ~ Susan B. Anthony “Bad … Continue reading OUR PRECIOUS POWER
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fightO'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,O … Continue reading HAPPY FOURTH
“This place represents a real inflection moment in this movement, which is a movement that is about equality, that is about freedom, a movement that is about safety. I’m here because I also understand not only what we should celebrate, in terms of those fighters that fought for fundamental freedoms, but understanding that this fight … Continue reading PRIDE ALLYSHIP
"Well, I did something no one thought was possible, I got rid of Roe v. Wade." Former President Donald Trump "After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had. The majority accomplishes that result without so much as considering how women have relied on the right to … Continue reading HANDS ACROSS THE SEA: LES FEMMES DE FRANCE TENDENT LA MAIN AUX FEMMES D’AMÉRIQUE
Let the past ways be revisedAnd always keep in mindThat bad procedures be forgotFor the enlightened kind. For new and better policiesAway with all the chaffWe'll lift everyone up yetFor the sake of all the staff. A Parody of (and sung to the Melody of) Auld Lang Syne “Everyone talks about building a relationship with … Continue reading A CEO’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Original Declaration of Independence as printed on July 4, 1776 - Compliments of Wikimedia Commons "...no laws bind the people but such as they consent to be Governed by.” ~ Roger Sherman "The people are the best judges who ought to represent them." ~ Robert R. Livingston "Educate and inform the whole mass of the … Continue reading HAPPY 247TH BIRTHDAY, USA – GOODBYE TYRANNY, HELLO INDEPENDENCE!
“I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don’t believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.” ~ Former Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyoming) “Seventy-seven percent of anti-abortion leaders are men. 100% of them will never be pregnant.” ~ Pro-Choice Advertisement “Roe v. Wade and access to … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART THREE
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.”~ Pete Hautman “Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.”~ Judy Blume In this short series, I'll take a look at three major threats to American life, and specifically the … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART ONE
Bob Cratchit and Ebenezer Scrooge Quotes from A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens: “Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.” ~ Narrator “Bah, Humbug.” ~ Ebenezer Scrooge "God bless us, every one!" ~ Tiny Tim “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the … Continue reading I’M DREAMING OF A KIND CHRISTMAS
Jeanne Nelson 