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 …
Did you know there is a connection between the YMCA and Black History Month? Carter G. Woodson and the YMCA Carter G. Woodson was an American historian, author, and journalist who dedicated his life to educating African Americans about the achievements and contributions of their ancestors. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the …
Our featured writer this month is Nikki Giovanni, a poet, activist, commentator and educator whose writing was inspired by her experiences during the civil rights movement. She is one of the world’s most well-known African-American poets. Let’s learn a little more about her. Her background She was born June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee. After …
Diversity has become a popular word in our society. It not only shows it self in the differences between people, but also in how we have chose to accept and include those who are different from us. Up until about three years ago, this whole idea of diversity and inclusion was always in the background, …
As we continue our journey through Diversity, I would like to talk about our featured resource for this quarter. The Respect Diversity Foundation. The Respect Diversity Foundation is located in Edmond, Oklahoma. Its mission is to Promote understanding, respect, and acceptance across differences through communication, education, and the arts One of the things that originally …
Welcome to our Featured Author post for January. Every month, we will feature an author whose writing will help us understand the current quarterly theme. I chose Ibram X. Kendi as our featured author this month. We will see how his writing helps us to understand the history diversity and inclusion in our country. What …
Diversity and Inclusion are a couple of key buzz words that we are hearing a lot about lately. Do you know what they mean when they say diversity and inclusion? Good Morning! My name is Sharon McAleer and I am the owner and visionary of Mentoring A Dream. Before we get started, I want to …
