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Share As the school year wraps up, many, including myself, are caught up with graduation excitement. My niece graduated from high school this month, and I am very proud to share her accomplishment and celebrate her academic achievements as if they were my own. Photo courtesy of Pushout Philly blog But, what if she had dropped [...] June 20th, 2011 | Tags: education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, higher education, Philadelphia, PhillyCam, PuSHOUTs, Voice of Philadelphia, YesPhilly | Categories: Multicultural Outreach, Social Issues, Social Marketing
One comment | Share: Share Photo courtesy of Ross Hill on Flickr Just one year ago when I was still a college student, social media was a major distraction from my studies. Up at 2 a.m. finishing a term paper, I would often reward myself with a brief Facebook visit. That brief visit often turned into a 15-minute surfing [...] May 23rd, 2011 | Tags: education, higher education, social media, Twitter | Categories: Integrated Media Services
One comment | Share: Share This post is a part of our series of contributions for Social Good Day. When taking a look at our nation’s plunging school budgets and rising dropout rates, it is no surprise that we frequently hear that we are currently embroiled in an education crisis. How can we pull ourselves out of the hole that [...] September 23rd, 2010 | Tags: Common Core State Standards, communities of color, dropout rate, dropouts, economic crisis, education, education crisis, Social Good Day, social media | Categories: Policy Communications, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Chanteuse for Children August 2010 Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes “I want to give back to the world, what the world has given to me.” – Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Born on May 27, 1971, in Philadelphia, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was an entertainer, humanitarian and social activist best known for being [...] August 4th, 2010 | Tags: children, education, Honduras, Hurricane Mitch, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lisa Lopes Foundation, Musical Communicator of the Month, TLC | Categories: Musical Communicator of the Month
One comment | Share: Share Celia Cruz: Diva for Democracy June 2010 “Celia was an absolute pillar as a human being and one of the most unselfish humanitarians I have ever met and am sure I will ever have known.” – Marc Anthony Internationally renowned as the “Queen of Salsa,” Celia Cruz was born in Cuba in [...] June 16th, 2010 | Tags: cancer, Celia Cruz, Cuba, democracy, education, Fidel Castro, Marc Anthony, Musical Communicator of the Month, Queen of Salsa | Categories: Musical Communicator of the Month
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