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Veteran Venita Thomas Podcast – Lessons Learned and Shared

VenitaVeteran Venita Thomas, (ret. Corporal  Military Intelligence) Administrative Specialist for headquarters of 3rd Infantry Division, Wurzburg, Germany. Publications Officer awarded Service Medal, Exceptional Service Award and Distinguished Honor. Thirty years experience as HR professional and educator. A State of Ohio certified Peer Support Recovery Specialist, Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Veteran Women’s Alliance and consultant.

Hear Venita discuss: 
1. What is the best lesson I’ve ever learned?
2. Who would I love to have a meal with and a great conversation (living or dead)?
3. Why do I do, what I do? And is it part of the first picture of my life that I have for myself?

Takeaways
1. An awakening of self.
2. An appreciation of self.
3. And acknowledgment of how to share self.

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Being Diverse

Greg Jenkins Podcast: DEI as a veteran

GregGreg Jenkins is a dedicated leader, facilitator, trainer, coach, mentor, and small-business owner, committed to helping people and teams achieve higher performance. Greg completed a successful 28+ year US Army career that included overseas duties in Germany, South Korea, and combat duty in Iraq plus several stateside assignments culminating in Washington, D.C.

Greg is a certified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Qualified Administrator (QA) and passionate volunteer who actively mentors and coaches leaders, educators, US military service members, and veterans.

Hear Greg answer these questions:

1. How did you initially get involved with DEI?

2. What was it about your US Army experience that connected you to DEI?

3. In your experience, how does DEI intersect with leadership and team building?

Takeaways

1. What experience can you recall where you felt welcomed, respected, valued, and heard? And, how could you replicate that experience?

2. With our continually evolving US demography, what’s the best way to help the country move forward inclusively?

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Authors R-Z, Social Issues, USA Culture

By All Means, Ask What You Can Do For Your Country — by Yvor Stoakley

A high school classmate of mine recently posted a notice on a Facebook webpage to which we both subscribe about the passing of her younger brother, Peter. Peter, as it turned out was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. After serving for four years he attended college as a radio broadcast major. He graduated as valedictorian of his class and became involved in the administration of his college alma mater for thirty years, many of those years spent in financial services as the bursar. His sister and his colleagues noted that he always had a special concern for those who had given service to their country in the armed forces. “Peter really felt that it was not just his job or the college’s job,” remarked one of his colleagues in her reflections on his life, “but the job of all of us really, to make sure that veterans are taken care of when they come back.”

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