“Always keep a positive thought, because a positive thought cannot be denied.”
This is the motto of The CityKids, a group of underprivileged youth in New York City who are empowering themselves to rise about circumstances and be positive role models for their peers through their participation in The CityKids Repertory, a traveling performing arts troupe. This program is sponsored by The CityKids Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, whose mission is to engage young people to positively change their own lives, their communities and the world through their participation in a variety of free, after-school, weekend and summer educational and artistic leadership development programs. These initiatives encourage youth to come up with their own solutions to issues that affect their daily lives, such as drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy and dating violence.
For the last two years, I have been fortunate enough to serve on CityKids Private Sector Partners (PSP), a junior board of the CityKids Foundation, whose aim is to connect CityKids with corporate, private and individual donors and to cultivate future CityKids board members. Every year, PSP organizes a series of fundraising and social events which financially support CityKids’ leadership programs for economically disadvantaged inner-city youth and build support for the Foundation’s mission among young professionals in New York.
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The Forex Forum 2008
NewsThe Euromoney Forex Forum is the leading event for the buy side and has specifically been designed to examine the latest market trends and exploit these trends to make money and manage FX risk more effectively.
Should Employers Accommodate Working Mothers with Flexible Work Arrangements? Part 2
Breaking the Glass CeilingContributed by Jacqueline Church
A lot of women wrestling with issues of being a working mom have unwittingly adopted the role model of both their accomplished, career-driven fathers AND their accomplished, stay-at-home mothers. It doesn’t necessarily occur to them until the two things come to a head, usually with a call from the school nurse on the same day as an important client meeting. They desire corporate success, a happy, well-adjusted child, a spotless home and contented spouse. Only most don’t have a stay-at-home wife helping us out. And, increasingly, our partners have both expectations.
What choices are we making about our careers and our personal lives? How have we anticipated or planned for the natural arc of both, as well as their inevitable conflicts?
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Deborah C. Wright, Chairman and CEO Carver Bancorp, Inc.
NewsThe Distinguished Speakers Committee is delighted to bring you an opportunity to meet Deborah C. Wright, Chairman and CEO of Carver Bankcorp Inc. at a luncheon hosted by FWA Platinum Circle supporter Merrill Lynch.
Pros and Cons of Socially Responsible Investing
Money TalksContributed by Alana Elsner
For some, the issue of social responsibility may seem new- a post-millennial development- part a new consciousness about the world around us that spurred the onslaught of hybrid vehicles and carbon credits. But for others, like the executives at Trillium Management and the Calvert Group, socially responsible investing began decades ago. Perhaps its beginnings can more accurately be traced to grassroots movements in the 1960s or to the gas crisis of 1973. Since its humble beginnings, socially responsible investing (SRI) evolved from being perceived as an eccentric offshoot of mainstream investing to a legitimate and meaningful investment strategy. But how has the recent economic downturn affected this new field of investment?
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Laying the Foundation Through Networking
NetworkingHis first email reply seemed like a blow-off, but he said to contact him again in three weeks. Then he asked for another two. I waited about a month and tried again. I was surprised when finally he picked a time and place.
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Simmons School of Management 29th Annual Leadership Conference Dialogue & Discovery
NewsAs pioneers of the women’s leadership concept in 1979, this premier event has established an enduring tradition of dialogue and discovery among ever-growing audiences of business and professional women.
The Benefits of Serving on the Junior Board of a Non-Profit Organization
Next Level“Always keep a positive thought, because a positive thought cannot be denied.”
This is the motto of The CityKids, a group of underprivileged youth in New York City who are empowering themselves to rise about circumstances and be positive role models for their peers through their participation in The CityKids Repertory, a traveling performing arts troupe. This program is sponsored by The CityKids Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, whose mission is to engage young people to positively change their own lives, their communities and the world through their participation in a variety of free, after-school, weekend and summer educational and artistic leadership development programs. These initiatives encourage youth to come up with their own solutions to issues that affect their daily lives, such as drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy and dating violence.
For the last two years, I have been fortunate enough to serve on CityKids Private Sector Partners (PSP), a junior board of the CityKids Foundation, whose aim is to connect CityKids with corporate, private and individual donors and to cultivate future CityKids board members. Every year, PSP organizes a series of fundraising and social events which financially support CityKids’ leadership programs for economically disadvantaged inner-city youth and build support for the Foundation’s mission among young professionals in New York.
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Investing in a Crisis Market
Money TalksTodd Petzel of Offit Capital Advisors kicked off the Hedge World’s Managed Futures and Commodity Trading Conference last week at Chicago’s University Club. Buy side professionals gathered to discuss their investment options in the current crisis market. They listened as Petzel went through examples of failed investment approaches and the common factors each case shared.
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Do Women Make Better Traders?
Office PoliticsContributed by Alana Elsner
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The Secrets To Confidence In Business
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