As we all hear about the great stories of women voting at the recent elections, one in particular stood out in my mind that I’d like to share with you all. This is the story of Tameeka Kelley and the applause she received the day she brought her daughter to the polls to vote! Tameeka [...]
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Chinese version of Engage Her
Posted in 2008 elections, General, New Media, asians, tagged Add new tag, Chinese, Elections, voting, Women on October 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Exciting news! We are having our film broadcast on a widely watched Mandarin news channel program called Dialogue 360 hosted and produced by Jay Stone Shih tomorrow night. On Thursday and Friday, October 16 & 17 our entire documentary will be broadcast in two segments. This is historic to be able to have a full [...]
Felicia Curtis…No memories of my mother
Posted in African Americans, General, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag on June 3, 2008 | No Comments »
When Felicia Curtis was four years old, she was placed into foster care along with her older sister and brother. Her mother decided that she no longer wanted the responsibility of raising them and her father was incarcerated in prison. Fortunately for Felicia, her family was kept together in the foster care system.
She remembers a [...]
Margaret Ouye….”Your name is now Margaret”
Posted in 2008 elections, General, asians on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
On Masako Kitashima’s first day at school in Centerville, California in the 1920’s, her teacher Miss Diaz asked her what her name was. When she answered, Masako Kitashima, her teacher said “No, no…that’s too hard. We’ll call you Margaret from now on”. What Margaret didn’t realize was that it was a sign of things [...]
Maria Teresa Peterson….Latino Cultural Ambassadors
Posted in 2008 elections, General, Voting resources, latinas, tagged Add new tag, latinas, New Media, Text messaging on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
As Executive Director Voto Latino.org, Maria Teresa Peterson has learned a lot about how young Latinos are using New media technologies to communicate, share and network with one another. Her organization is one of the leading sites that targets young Latinos under age 30 to educate, encourage and help them register to vote. [...]
Janis Hirohama “You look like Yoko Ono”
Posted in 2008 elections, General, Voting resources, asians, tagged 2008 elections, Add new tag, asians, Women on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Janis Hirohama was born in Japan on an U.S. Army base as a third generation Sansei. She spent most of her time growing up in Hawthorne, California . A working class neighborhood where many families were employed by the local Aerospace industry. Her neighborhood was mixed with second to fourth generation Latinos, a handful of [...]
Rosario Marin…A Mother’s Love
Posted in General, latinas on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
When Rosario Marin was young, she remembers living in Mexico City in a large family with many brothers and sisters. Her parents emigrated to the Los Angeles area when she was a young girl to provide her with an excellent education. She remembers an important incident that changed her life dramatically. When [...]
Mina Wilson…Honoring my father’s legacy
Posted in African Americans, General, Uncategorized, tagged African Americans, General on February 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As a young girl attending elementary school in El Cerrito, California Mina Wilson had to learn some hard lessons growing up. When she started, her family was one of the few African American families attending her primarily White elementary school. Everyday Mina had to endure taunts and verbal abuse from a group of girls [...]
Welcome to our world….
Posted in 2008 elections, General, New Media, Research, Uncategorized, tagged 2004 elections, statistics, voting on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Why did I start this blog? I have spent 20+ years in the business world operating in environments where decision makers were predominantly males. There never seemed to be enough females in executive and decision making positions…much less minority females and I felt like it’s time to take action to encourage more inclusion. One way to change [...]
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