A Touch of Purple – Honoring Dorothy Irene Height

Posted by Dana on Apr 20, 2011 in Blog | View Comments “Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.” – Dorothy Irene Height (1912-2010) The Dorothy I. Height Education Foundation, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., organizations Dr. Dorothy I....
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Stand up and Speak

Posted by Dana on Mar 8, 2011 in Blog, Public Speaking | View Comments A manager passes on an opportunity to raise an objection during a meeting, fearing her youth and petite stature will keep her from gaining the respect of older male colleagues and subordinates. A government public information officer simmers as senior leaders debate solutions for improving local news coverage without asking her opinion. Today is International Women’s Day, the 100th anniversary...
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My Mom is on Facebook

Posted by Dana on Nov 22, 2010 in Blog | View Comments November 4, 2008 was a day of firsts:  Barack Obama was elected President and I learned that my Mom is on Facebook. For more than 30 years my mother was the librarian at Yankee Ridge Elementary School in Urbana, IL.  When she began teaching in the early 1970s, she was the first black professional many of the students had ever met.  In 1976, she wrote a short phrase to teach the students about...
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Welcome

Posted by Dana on Oct 28, 2010 in Blog | View Comments My Twitter followers have come to know me as “Grown-up Girl Scout. Rabble-Rouser. Mentor. Strategist.”  These attributes reflect my life’s purpose: to make a difference in the world; to speak up and out when it comes to treating people fairly; to share what I’ve learned with others;  and to be imaginative in finding answers to big questions and solutions to big...
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