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Monday, June 7, 2010

Motivational Mondays

Good morning team!

Can you all believe its the first Monday in June?! Time has flown by this year. Here's the weekly quote for you:

It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of. Mahatma Gandhi

Have a great week.

---Laura; Durham, NC

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Motivational Tuesday

Good afternoon team,

I hope you all had a great long weekend! Here's your quote for the week:

The art of happiness is to serve all.

---Laura; Durham, NC

Monday, May 24, 2010

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

Monday, May 17, 2010

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

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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



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- Meg