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Authors A-H, Storytelling, Wellness

Your final job interview is with yourself – by Martin Kimeldorf

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Writing your Final Resume

“It’s hard to know when to respond to the seductiveness of the world and when to respond to its’ challenge.  If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy.  If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem.  But, I arise in the morning torn between the desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.  This makes it hard to plan the day”.
 ~  E. B. White

Somewhere around 1970 I came across the notion of  self-help support groups for the unemployed. They reported remarkable results so I set the task of translating this into a workbook for young adults: Job Search Education. The success of that title brought me some 20+ book contracts of various topics from leisure wellness, to intergenerational programing, to mixology. It’s been a grand trip…and now as I take step back in the last quarter of my life I have found the value in writing one last “resume”. It is directed not at future employers; it is simply a summation for myself. It may inspire you to do the same.

I plotted out an outline that contained the following categories:

  • Student & Early Accomplishments
  • Adult Work Experiences
  • Fun or Humorous (magic, theater, paintings)
  • Volunteer Work
  • My Favorite Saying

Without further ado about nothing (See Shakespeare’s play with that title), I’ll proceed with samples and words.

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Advisors, Authors A-H

Rosh Hashanah 2025 – by Marc Brenman

The Jewish New Year is upon us, but may not feel like new, with vaccines being banned and Trump destroying democracy, making Americans hungrier, dumber, sicker, less safe, and more prone to natural disasters. He’s facing more days in court, alas with a Get Out of Jail Free card form the Supreme Court, which has absented itself from the Constitution. The book of Proverbs says, “To do righteousness and justice is preferred by God above sacrifice” (Proverbs 21:3). The psalmist exhorts: “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute” (Psalms 82:3).

Fall is the beginning of the Jewish High Holy day of Rosh Hashanah. It means “the head of the year.” Some say it’s the birthday of the universe, the day God created Eve and Adam. 

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Advisors, Inclusion, Social Issues, Teams & Leaders

Confessions of an unashamed DEI Hire – by Terry Howard

BREAKING NEWS: Recent Department of Labor statistics show that nationwide, Black women lost 319,000 public and private sector jobs from February to July this year compared to 142,000 and 176,000 increases, respectively, by white and Hispanic women. White men saw an increase of 360,000 over that same period of time. 

Now that I got your attention, denial, urge to fact check me or fire off a letter to the editor look, just chill out as we turn our attention to all those unqualified “DEI Hires” we’ve been hearing about. If you believe the pundits, those “DEI Hires” have infiltrated every organization, taken over our nation and taken our jobs, that is except the thousands of (“DEI Hires”?) who, out of fear of deportation, have abandoned the backbreaking jobs picking fruit and vegetables in California, mopping floors in hospitals and putting in long hours in restaurants and on construction sites leaving their employers desperate for new workers.  

Okay readers, let’s peel back the onion on the who and why behind all the “DEI Hire” shenanigans, shall we? 

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Authors I-Q, Education

Bridging the Education Gap – by Muhammad Usman Qazi 

How LearnWithQazi.pk Empowers Underserved Children Through Accessible Online Learning

Education is a fundamental right that opens doors to opportunity, growth, and empowerment. Yet, according to the 2024 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, over 251 million children and youth worldwide remain out of school. This stark reality affects millions, especially in underserved communities where access to quality education is limited due to poverty, geographic isolation, or other barriers.

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Authors R-Z, Native American

Rediscovering What Has Always Been There – by Glenn Welker

‘REMEMBER’
“Treat this earth well:
it is not a present from your parents,
it is on loan to your children.
The people who enrich their minds are those
who keep their history on the leaves of memory.”

INDIANS – NATIVE AMERICANS – ABORIGINALS – INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Any and all of these terms identify those persons who act as the caretakers of our planet. Some of them, such as the Aborigines of Australia, have sustained the uninterrupted thread of their society for more than 40,000 years. They are the lucky ones.

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Authors A-H, Social Issues

A Brief History of Humankind – by William Hicks

A RACE TO FRUITION OR A FIGHT TO THE DEATH?

In chapter one of his book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Eckhart Tolle writes about “The Flowering of Human Consciousness”, using as a metaphor the appearance of the first flower on the planet as a seminal event in the evolution of the flora with which we humans are most familiar and, nowadays, take almost universally for granted. But the event, deemed somewhat insignificant in the history of the planet, is monumental in that it signals a growth in a direction of fantastic beauty and presence that enhances the very being of the planet itself and its human occupants.

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Advisors, Advisors, Authors A-H, Of Women, Race & Ethnicity

The Realities of Dark-Skinned Black Women – by Terry Howard

I begin this piece with a test on your ability to immediately recognize the names of the following  five prominent Black women in the United States. Any luck? 

Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve Board member
Latitia James Attorney General, New York
Ketanji Brown-Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Stacey Abrams, former Georgia State Representative
Jasmine Crockett, Texas State Representative

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DL Opinion columns

Moving Ross House Risks Erasing History – by Deborah Levine

Originally published in The Chattanooga Times Free Press

When I saw this article in Sunday’s Times Free Press, “John Ross House could be on move”, I knew I had to say something. Ross was chief of the Cherokee nation in the mid 1800s and the founder of Ross’s Landing. I love visiting his wooden home in Rossville and its ponds filled with ducks, swans and geese. The beautiful scene is inspiring and calming in a world where such scenes are increasingly rare. Further, relocating the home of Chief John Ross from Rossville to Oklahoma, would be a cancel event, removing a piece of history that we should preserve. 

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DL Opinion columns

Remembering Chattanooga’s Fallen Five – by Deborah Levine

Originally published in The Chattanooga Times Free Press

It’s been 10 years since the domestic terrorism attack by Mohammad Abdulazeez who was inspired by terrorist propaganda according to the FBI. After shooting at a recruiting center, he opened fire on a Navy Reserve Center, killing a total of four marines and one navy sailor. Chattanooga has responded in several remarkable ways including last week’s ceremony at the Wreath of Honor Memorial. 

Not long after the terrorist attack, there was an inclusive, and high-profile interfaith service that should be remembered, too. Chattanooga’s flocked to Mount Olivet Baptist Church which has become one of the city’s largest African-American churches. The church was overflowing with elected officials, police officers and FBI, military veterans, and media among the diverse crowd of Black & White, Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Together, we prayed over the loss of four marines and a wounded sailor, who would die just hours later. We prayed over the trauma to our entire community inflicted by the lone gunman.

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