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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== An event that took place centuries ago still has our rapt attention and is embedded in the fabric of our souls. We close schools, government offices, stores, and the US Stock Exchange shuts down in memory of his crucifixion. With more than 2.18 billion followers worldwide, there has to be a powerful message in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As I Christian, I am one of those followers and will pay tribute to that Holy Man from tonight through Sunday...the time we commemorate Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday Morning. Let the church bells ring and let your Christianity proclaim the inclusive generosity of a living and soul saving God. This is the highest time period in the Christian calendar and beyond the Easter Egg hunts, fancy new clothes and new Easter hats the essence of Christianity is symbolized in the death AND resurrection of Jesus Christ. Listen, reflect and pause....as we enter the high holy Easter Weekend. ====== Facts: There are 2.18 billion Christians around the world, up from about 600 million in 1910, according to a 2011 study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. But the world’s overall population also has risen rapidly, from an estimated 1.8 billion in 1910 to 6.9 billion in 2010. As a result, Christians make up about the same portion of the world’s population today (32%) as they did a century ago (35%). Source: Pew Research Maundy Thursday The Thursday before Easter, observed in the Christian Church as a commemoration of the Last Supper. Good Friday The day that Jesus Christ was executed on the cross at Calvary commonly thought of between 12 noon and 3pm. Easter Sunday The day that Jesus Christ arose from the dead, left the tomb where his body was buried and fulfilled the spiritual promise of salvation for all who believe in HIs sovereign power. Various sources including Wikipedia and The Holy Bible, New International Version ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device
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Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern.
Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Social Psychologist Dr. James Pennebacker is a leading expert on the power of journaling. Wikipedia notes that “over the course of his career, Pennebaker has studied the nature of physical symptoms, health consequences of secrets, expressive writing, and natural language, and has received grants from the National Science Foundation, The National Institutes of Health, the US Army Research Institute, and other federal agencies for studies in language, emotional and social dynamics.” So there mounting evidence that regular journal writing POSITIVELY impacts your mind, body and spirit! Daily stories of things that happen in your life each day are worth jotting down in a notebook to keep forever. Today we’ll talk about specific topics you can write about and how to organize your thoughts into sections or categories for easy recall. As I discussed in last week’s show...How you can capture your own stories, your joys and sorrows won’t take you more than 20 minutes each day. It’s the basis of my fourth book, My Personal Journal, Chronicle Your Life One Day At A Time. Listen to today’s show and find out how scientific data proves you should journal for long lasting health! =========== About Dr. James Pennebaker Source: Wikipedia James W. Pennebaker (born March 2, 1950) is an American social psychologist. He is the Centennial Liberal Arts Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. His research focuses on the relationship between natural language use, health, and social behavior, most recently "how everyday language reflects basic social and personality processes" Over the course of his career, Pennebaker has studied the nature of physical symptoms, health consequences of secrets, expressive writing, and natural language, and has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Army Research Institute, and other federal agencies for studies in language, emotion, and social dynamics. A pioneer of writing therapy, he has researched the link between language and recovering from trauma and been "recognized by the American Psychological Association as one of the top researchers on trauma, disclosure, and health." In particular, he finds a person's use of "low-level words," such as pronouns and articles, predictive of recovery as well as indicative of sex, age, and personality traits: "Virtually no one in psychology has realized that low-level words can give clues to large-scale behaviors." In the mid-1990s, he and colleagues developed the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC; pronounced "Luke"), a computerized text analysis program that outputs the percentage of words in a given text that fall into one or more of over 80 linguistic (e.g., first-person singular pronouns, conjunctions), psychological (e.g., anger, achievement), and topical (e.g., leisure, money) categories. It builds on previous research establishing strong links between linguistic patterns and personality or psychological state, but makes possible far more detailed results than did hand counts.Pennebaker and associates have used this tool to analyze the language of Al Qaeda leaders and of political candidates, particularly in the 2008 United States presidential election. He blogs with associates on what linguistic analysis says about political leaders, at Wordwatchers: Tracking the language of public figures,and Pennebaker Conglomerates, Inc. offers free LIWC-based text analysis tools online, including a language style matching calculator and a language-based application of the Thematic Apperception Test ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device From Left to Right: Atty Tanisha Sullivan (Moderator), Atty Juan Concepcion, Carole and Melanie Brennard Mueller
by Carole Copeland Thomas I had a wonderful time serving as a panelist at this weekend's Educator of Color Leadership Conference at the UP Academy in Boston. Nealy 200 educators attended this second annual conference and my session was titled: "Leveraging Best Practices for Diversity and Inclusion In the Workplace." Below is my presentation and my thoughts on why educators matter in the diversity equation. Enjoy. Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== When YOU Are The ONLY One To Tell YOUR Story How to Journal Your Life 20 Minutes Each Day I am still riveted by Solomon Northup’s powerful life story visually reenacted in the Oscar Winning movie 12 Years A Slave. Not only is it the TRUE story of a free Black man kidnapped and thrown into slavery for 12 years before escaping to freedom. It’s a documented historical event because Northup chose to tell his OWN story shortly after gaining his freedom in 1853. Had he not had the boldness and courage of telling his story, his amazing journey might have been lost forever. Granted, your life is probably not as perilous as Solomon Northup. But you DO have stories that are worth documenting. Daily stories of things that happen in your life each day worth jotting down in a notebook to keep forever. And that is our topic today. How you can capture your own stories, your joys and sorrows in daily chunks that won’t take you more than 20 minutes each day. It’s the basis of my fourth book, My Personal Journal, Chronicle Your Life One Day At A Time. Listen to today’s show and find out the many ways you can journal and how it will enhance your own sense of empowerment and confidence in all that you do for yourself, for others and for the world around you. * * * About Carole's New Book: My Personal Journal Chronicle Your Life One Day At A Time Our lives are filled with countless stories, situations, routine tasks, triumphs and challenges that often go unnoticed as we race through our days and nights trying to make a difference in this world. Journaling helps you to capture the essence of your daily events while archiving your thoughts and inter- actions for future appreciation. Who better to tell your story than YOU? Who better to document that difficult decision than YOU? Who better to tell the amazing success you’ve achieved than YOU? This book is designed to help you develop a solid routine of empowering your life’s journey through your own personal journal. ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Despite advancement through the years, women still make on average 77 cents of what a man earns. Like many women, LaVerne Freeman has faced this gender inequity and confronted it head on throughout her career and business experiences. And on today’s show she will give us valuable tips and strategies on how to address these gender issues with finesse and professionalism. The Job Coach Is Back! Employment expert and career professional LaVerne is back to help YOU enhance your career development, find your next job or help you get through difficult obstacles. Are you stuck in a job you hate? Is there a future for you in another organization, but you’re too afraid to make that move? What is your risk factor in taking on a new assignment in your organization that may require you to risk the creature comfort that you currently enjoy?? And what if you’re over 50 and suddenly find yourself out of work and competing with professionals your kid’s age? If we hit your hot button, today’s show is definitely for you. And we’ll share some tips for you to stay sane and financially afloat as the economy continues to recover. ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device It's FUN FRIDAY and we're excited about my special book signing next Tuesday March 11th at Darryl's in Boston. My topic: "Spiritual Alignment When You Want To Live Right." No charge to attend, and you'll have a prime opportunity to mix and mingle with Boston's Finest. Details are on the flyer below. Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
And don't stop there! Join us on Wednesday March 12th when award-winning jazz artist and Berklee music professor Dr. Bill Banfield kicks off his latest CD Release Party at Sculler's Jazz Club here in Boston. Time: 8pm For Tickets Visit: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3964664 Two special events won't want to miss!! -Carole By Carole Copeland Thomas
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention. Black people have always been inventive, creative and industrious. Go on any African street corner today and you’ll find talented entrepreneurs selling, making and distributing their wares. That talent was expanded as Blacks were exported, sold and enslaved to distant shores. This industriousness continued in America where discrimination, slavery and Jim Crow never stomped out the willpower of Black people to create businesses. Fast forward to today’s Black economic trail and we celebrated several entrepreneurs at the February 11th Black History Breakfast held at the University of Massachusetts Boston Campus. Two of them share the stage as a powerful husband and wife team and owners of separate businesses. Today we recognize the accomplishments of Patricia Bonner DuVal and John Aki Duval. Patricia Bonner-DuVal is a community activist who has dedicated her life to opening doors of opportunity for Boston’s vulnerable populations of youth, women of color and the elderly. She is the president of Bonner Enterprises a fundraising firm, with a track record of raising an average of $2 million every year since the firm was launched in 1999. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Tufts University in Medford. Patricia has a Bachelor of Science degree from Lincoln University and a Master in Education from Harvard University. She has received 16 community service awards from the State, City and several non-profit organizations. Patricia serves as a member of the Grimes-King Foundation’s Board of Directors and Trustee of the Josephine B. Dial Trust. She is married to John Aki DuVal and has two adult daughters. John Aki DuVal and his sister Beth Deare launched JAD Fine Upholstery Company in 1990. Serving residents of the Greater Boston area JAD Fine Upholstery soon became the place to go for the very best craftsmanship available in the market place for exceptional upholstery of all types of furniture in Marine, Residential and Commercial environments. After the passing of Beth Deare, John Aki DuVal sustained the excellence of the firm’s work as the President and Director of Operations for the firm since its inception. If your desire is to have the furniture you own repaired to its original form, or if you are ready to step out into the world of custom goods made specifically for you with the care, please give us a call and see for yourself why the JAD difference can`t be beat for quality and price. ===================== Your Comments Are Welcome Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== In 1953 I was born into a somewhat segregated Black community in my hometown of Detroit. My pediatrician was Black. My mother’s favorite dress shop was Black owned. My father was a co-owner of a Black owned business. The hospital of my birth was Black owned. And as a teenager I volunteered at a Black owned hospital. Black entrepreneurship was simply a way of life for me. Now some 60 years later the historic significance of Black owned businesses resonates as the forerunners of our enterprises today. The businesses of yesteryear operated out of courage, necessity and innovation. They laid the foundation and endured the hardships of their era. Today my colleague, Bill Wells and I will pay tribute to the innovators, entrepreneurs and advocates of yesterday and today during this special Black History Month Tribute to the drivers of Black economic development. Today's Black History Entrepreneurs And Advocates Richard Allen, Co-Founder of the AME Church AND An Entrepreneur Beth Williams, Roxbury Technology Curtis Wells, Educator and Advocate John Johnson, Johnson Publications (Ebony and Jet Magazines) Dr. Frederick Patterson, Educator and Advocate Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, Educator and Advocate ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Today’s show examines where the rubber meets the road with veteran diversity and LGBT professional Simma Lieberman. She’s developed 25 fool-proof ways to determine the effectiveness of your diversity strategy in your company, organization or community. Take out your pen and scorecard and determine if diversity is real or imaginary in your establishment. I’ll also debut my 4th book entitled: My Personal Journal: Chronicle Your Life One Day At A Time. It provides the perfect way to jumpstart a surefire way to create a steady stream of journal entries every single day. And you’ll learn how Carole has amassed nearly 40 volumes of journal entries over the past 17 years. And finally you’ll find out why you should attend the upcoming February 11th Black History Breakfast if you live anywhere near Boston. About Simma Lieberman Diversity and Inclusion/Culture Change Consultant Simma Lieberman is internationally known as "The Inclusionist," because she creates inclusive cultures where people love to do their best work, and customers love to do business. She is a diversity and inclusion/culture change consultant, speaker, and coach. She has the unique ability to bring people together from diverse, disparate backgrounds to engage in constructive dialogue that results in dramatic improvements in the way they interact , and work with each other. Simma was raised in the Bronx, New York where she developed a passion for diversity and inclusion. She moved to Eugene, Oregon which was her first culture shock, and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Simma is a member of the Diversity Community Exchange (DiCE), a multi-cultural organization of people in the US and Europe, who are well-known for their ability to facilitate dialogues amongst people from different racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds, political beliefs, genders, ages and sexual orientation. Simma has worked with organizations that include; Diageo, Motorola, ABM Janitorial, Pillsbury Bakeries and Foodservice, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, Chevron, Briefings Media, Kaiser Permanente, City of San Francisco, Lockheed Martin, American Empresarial. Her articles and advice have been featured in publications like; Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes.com, Fast Company, Newsday, CNN.com, Fox.com, Black MBA, Restaurant Hospitality, Managing Diversity Journal, Workforce Diversity Network, and Your Cheating Spouse.com Simma is co-author of two books. "Putting Diversity to Work, how to successfully lead a diverse workforce," (Crisp, 2003) and, "The Diversity Calling; building diverse communities, one story at a time." Simma is a co-host of SWIRL radio, an LGBT produced talk show that can be heard on AM radio in several cities across the US and on-line. She is a former co-chair of the San Francisco Regional Council of Out and Equal. Simma lives in Berkeley, CA with her 17 year old son and their four year old dog. ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention. Black people have always been inventive, creative and industrious. Go on any African street corner today and you’ll find talented entrepreneurs selling, making and distributing their wares. That talent was expanded as Blacks were exported, sold and enslaved to distant shores. This industriousness continued in America where discrimination, slavery and Jim Crow never stomped out the willpower of Black people to create businesses. Today we’ll examine that Black economic trail and why Elizabeth Keckley, Elijah McCoy and Madame CJ Walker were the forerunners to Wilson Copeland, Beth Williams Pat Bonner DuVal, John Aki DuVal, Ron Walker, Leonard Egerton and Clarrissa Cropper. We salute these entrepreneurs past and present and learn more about the February 11th Black History Breakfast that pays tribute to Black Entrepreneurs everywhere. ======================== Elizabeth (Beth) Williams President & CEO, Roxbury Technology Corporation Beth Williams is the President and CEO of Roxbury Technology LLC (RTC), a Boston based remanufacturer of sustainable and environmentally friendly, imaging supplies, products, services and solutions. After graduating from Brown University, Beth began her career working as a Production Control Manager in one of her father’s earlier companies, Freedom Electronics. After 3 years of training and guidance from her father, she decided to expand her practical knowledge and experience inside a major corporation. Beth joined Raytheon Company’s Missile Systems division as a sub‐contract administrator and small minority business liaison officer. After 5 years at Raytheon and a desire to move into a more impactful role serving as a conduit for women and minority entrepreneurs and large corporations, she left Raytheon to join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts procurement team and soon thereafter became the Director of Business Diversity for BCBSMA. Then, upon her father’s sudden death in 2002, Beth left Blue Cross Blue Shield to succeed her father as President and CEO of his 8 year old distribution business, Roxbury Technology Corporation. Roxbury Technology is a remanufacturer of sustainable printing solutions that are good for the environment, the economy and the customer’s bottom line. More importantly however, is Beth’s commitment to being a socially responsible entrepreneur. She is driven by her social mission and that is to provide good, wage earning jobs to people who are far too often left out of the system. She is strongly committed to providing second chances to not only her products, but to people as well. She has been a long time supporter of CORI reform and more than 15 percent of her work force are ex-offenders, ex-gang members, etc.. Her belief is that “desperate people do desperate things and we all deserve a second chance and unless given an opportunity to change, we only perpetuate a cycle of dysfunction and ultimately a cost to us all. We either pay them or pay for them”. Being driven by that philosophy, in her role as President & CEO, Beth served as the catalyst to RTC’s successful transformation from being solely a distributor of toner cartridges to becoming a manufacturer of toner and ink cartridges, resulting in strong revenue growth and profit portfolios. Today, RTC is a strategic diversity partner of Staples, Inc. and is their preferred supplier of their DPS brand remanufactured toner and ink imaging supplies. RTC has a strong base of direct customers as well; most recently being awarded the m/wbe subcontractor and supplier of imaging supplies to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. RTC is a Green company, committed to job creation and environmental sustainability. As Beth describes it, “We are a social, environmental and economically responsible business. We contribute to the economic sustainability of the city of Boston and to the Commonwealth of MA. We provide over 50 good wage earning jobs, with a set percentage of our hiring targeted towards individuals with a CORI. We are a committed to creating remanufactured and recycled products, equal to, if not better than their OEM counterparts, while providing a cost effective solutions to our customers that make a difference while helping their bottom lines.” Among Beth’s many achievements and awards, some highlights include being awarded one of American Express and WPO 50 fastest growing women business‘s in 2010. In 2011, WBENC’s shining star award; one of the largest and most recognized women business award nationally. The Presidents award from GNEMSDC ; a significant regional minority business award. The Presidents and community leadership award from The Eastern Ma Urban League, and finally the Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year for New England.; a prestigious Global business award recognizing her social responsibility. She serves on several business and community boards, including AIM (associated industry of MA), RCC (Roxbury Community College) and NFTE (National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship). She has previously served on the boards of Zoo N.E., The Commonwealth Institute, and CWE (The center for women and enterprise) Yet her greatest pride and accomplishment is her 19 year old son who’s academic and athletic accomplishments far surpass any job, award or recognition she could ever receive. ========= YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device |
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