Did you know that right now 63,000,000 girls are out of school? Because of this we have increasing rates of maternal death, child mortality, child marriage, gender-based violence and discrimination, gaps in access to decent employment, under-representation of women in political and economic decision-making, and more unnecessary outcomes.
Read MoreWhen I walk into a room heads turn, literally. However, this was not the core reason for deciding to spend my first summer of grad school in India. Curry, a rich culture, sages, social entrepreneurship and Jamsetji Tata are some of the real reasons I chose India.
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Yesterday I celebrated my birthday with mixed feelings. Coming up to the date, I was excited to celebrate another year but the closer I got to the 29th, a sort of fear mixed with disappointment took over.
Read MoreI had a teacher once, who when I asked for a reference for a university application, basically told me no because I would never make it. Ouch!!!
Read MoreThis statement has been a resting place and assurance during my seasons of uncertainty and doubt. Many times we are consumed with the trying to get to the end of a journey or a process that we miss the sweetest part, the "in the between part". On a tomb stone the dates lived is normally represented with the date of birth and the date on which the person past, with the a "-" to represent the life (the time) that individual has lived.
Read MoreWe know the word "disenfranchisement" to mean the following:
"to prevent a person or group of people from having the right to vote".
Today as I used this word deprivation is still at its core but not in the manner relating to the ability to vote. The disenfranchisement that I speaking of today is the loss or deprived right of enjoying childhood.
Read MoreI remember being on the playground in primary school and being confused by why I couldn’t be like the other children. All the other girls wanted to play with dolls and playhouse but I wanted to act out scenarios about how I could get rich.Read More
So, if you catch me on my good day and even on my off day and ask me, “Latoya, how are you going to change the world?” My response will be and my response is “I’m a just do it.Read More
I have been pondering on what I would like to say through this medium in this the first month of 2016. And... finally today, I read a marketing blog that I subscribed to and the writer's thoughts echoed as if they came from my own heart…
Read MoreI AM who I am becoming… This is a thought that rings loud in my spirit these days. For most of my life I have spent considerable amount of time focused on the end result of who I am becoming and have not spent enough time appreciating the person I am in this very moment. I dare say I am not the only one who has been in this predicament.
Read MoreWhere I am currently is a place of self discovery and what I am discovering is life is for the living; to fully live a life poured out we need to have healthy vessels (our bodies).
Read MoreMany times we find ourselves measuring our Faith against that of others and this shouldn't be the case. The measurement of our Faith is a direct correlation with our relationship with Christ. Faith is the bedrock of our relationship with GOD and we need to start taking an active role in its positive development.
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