GD eNews | Vol. 4, No. 02 | January 28, 2005
Inclusion: Building Business Success
Partners for Economic Inclusion is an ongoing collaboration between white and African American businesses that has worked to expand opportunities for African American businesses since 1999. Last yearís conference drew civic, industry and government leaders from across the region. In keeping with past successes, the 2005 conference will feature presentations by community leaders and interactive group breakout sessions. Continue»
Posted on January 28, 2005 to Business Resources
Learning from Black Entrepreneurs
Birmingham Hosts First Annual A.G. Gaston Economic Empowerment Conference, Featuring George C. Fraser, Author of ìSuccess Runs In Our Raceî If Dr. A.G. Gaston could become a millionaire during a time of rabid segregation with little formal education and virtually no access to capital, why havenít black businesses continued to flourish in the post-Civil Rights era?
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Posted on January 28, 2005 to Business Resources
Diversity in Emerging Markets: a Community Bank Opportunity
Startabank is currently hosting a series of Bank Formation Workshops that educate interested parties not only on the basics of forming a new bank, but the many ways in which these new banks can serve diverse markets to expand on their own growth and profitability potential. Please visit our website at http://www.startabank.com/workshops/ to register, or contact us for more information. Continue»
Posted on January 28, 2005 to Business Resources
Corporate Americans and the Ownership Society
This narrative winds its way through from cradle-to-grave, issues as diverse as the move from universal public education to school vouchers, transitioning from Medicare to Health Savings Accounts and privatizing Social Security. The Ownership Society touches almost every major social program weíve enacted since the New Deal. Continue»
Posted on January 28, 2005 to Diversity News
Afraid to Leave the House: Battling Social Anxiety at the Roots
I first began to question my identity when I was 11. Class had barely begun when my fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Finch told my friend Danny and I to go across the hall to a class called ìIndian Education,î which was part of a national program for public schools. I was a student at Valley View Elementary School in Denver. My school was predominantly white and only went to the fifth grade. I was not aware that my mother had mentioned on my school records her Indian ancestry. Up to this point, I had always seen myself as ìwhite.î Continue»
Posted on January 28, 2005 to Education News
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