Spreading the Word About the Beehive EVERYWHERE!

Photoshop has actually been a very useful skill I've acquired this past year.

Original picture: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/240105/92127/Soviet-leader-Vladimir-Ilich-Lenin-addressing-a-crowd-in-1920

Tina's KCMO & VISTA photos

Here are some photo links to preface my upcoming Capstone presentation on Thursday. Those of you who are my Facebook friends will probably already have seen these. Those who aren't, please send me a FB request!

A Year with AmeriCorps*VISTA: My picture album of KCMO, Troost Ave, and all things AmeriCorps

KC Public Art: Murals & Art works in urban core of KCMO

And Finally: Troost Avenue Light Show video

If you slogged through my FB albums you will notice that this video was taken inside of my loft apartment - this is just a snippet of my night-life experience living on Troost ;-) I tried to upload the video but it didn't seem to work so you can download it from my google docs site.

"Troost Avenue in Kansas City is the historical racial dividing line for the city and as such has become a symbol of commercial disinvestment, the struggle of an inner-city area to attract business development, and the problem of overcoming racial divisions within an economic development strategy."

-- Tina

Motivational Mondays

Good morning everyone!

Muhammad Yunus delivered Duke University's commencement speech this year. This quote is from that speech:

"Technology is like a vessel, it is like a car. It is the driver who decides where you want to take it. If you want to use this technology to make money, it will make you money. If you want to take this technology to change the world, to make a better world, definitely it will take you there. It is your choice what you want to do with it."


---Laura; Durham, NC

Motivational Mondays

Good morning team!

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Lao Tzu

Hope you all have good weeks!
Laura; Durham, NC

Corporate America Gives Workplace Volunteerism a Strong Vote of Confidence as Means for Long-term Social Change

Deloitte survey finds businesses believe volunteerism has power to make real difference

http://bit.ly/d0F8Nj

- Meg

AmeriCorps Week

Happy AmeriCorps Week! I'm sure everyone will be getting lots of presents :)

But seriously I think we are a part of something really great so keep that in mind throughout the week when you find yourself struggling for motivation or encouragement...or if you just want to celebrate yourself and the work that you've done this year in spite of all the odds.

~Adwoa

Motivational Mondays

Good morning team,

Welcome back into your office. I hope you all had a nice, relaxing, recovering weekend. And the quote for today:

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
- Edward Everett Hale

--Laura; Durham, NC