This quarter, we explored our quarterly theme, Diving into Diversity, by talking about diversity and inclusion. Let’s take a look at some of the things we talked about. We started off 2023 with a website launch of Mentoring A Dream, the start of our goal to support parents, caring adults and mentors with resources to …
This month’s featured author, Maya Angelou, is a Black American memoirist, poet and civil rights activist. She tells her story about growing up in the south through her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Last week, we talked about two women who also knew a lot about the Civil Rights Movement and …
A big part of the diversity discussion revolves around how women have battled for equal rights. In many cases, they worked twice as hard to get into key roles which men held before. We see change is happening with an all woman team for the flyover at this years’ Super Bowl. Or all woman flight …
Welcome to March’s Monthly News from Selma! Monthly News posts Selma P. Verde is Sharon’s (the owner and visionary of Mentoring A Dream) penname. She is the author of The Way Series, a coming-of-age series of teen and young adult novels focusing on the challenges teens face. Her work is important to the promotion of …
