Awareness

YBP Peer Spotlight: Stephon Watson

YBP Peer Spotlight is a new series that highlights the accomplishments of everyday colleagues. In the world of negativity and cynicism, sometimes the smallest inspiration can come from garnering a new perspective. Today, let’s meet Stephon Watson.

Stephon Watson

What is your occupation, full title and work week hours?
I am the Program Manager for the Windows Pre-Installation [...]

21Aug2008 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

The Smartest Advice I Ever Got

CNN Money has a great snippet-style piece profiling power players in today’s struggling economy about the best advice, whether financial or worldly, they’ve received in their lifetime. Included in the profile are well-known names like Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and limelight players like Segway inventor Dean Kamen.
Some gems from the article:
credit: rubydoomsday
The Smartest Advice [...]

13Aug2008 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

Think Pink, or at least Think Possibility

After spending the last few months considering what a good part-time gig to supplement my state salary would be, I found myself invited to and attending a co-worker’s Mary Kay party. I thought I would indulge her, buy something fairly inexpensive, and get on with life. Three days later I found myself signed up as [...]

12Aug2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

BigUps: Cullen Jones

I tried to stay awake last night, but couldn’t. I just watched it this morning, and boy, let me tell you. An amazing race indeed.

Cullen Jones

After some smack talk by the French 4×100m relay team, the U.S. seemed to pull out the impossible, beating them to win the gold by .08 seconds. BigUps to Mr. [...]

11Aug2008 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

Friday Video: Oh Really, O’Reilly?

Great video put together by the folks (Robert Greenwald) at Brave New Films.

8Aug2008 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

What Is Your Default Setting?

As you go about your day considering your accomplishments and opportunities, chores and responsibilities, successes and failures, what do they tell you about yourself? How do you feel when you are done thinking and evaluating the events of your life? Are you relieved and encouraged? Are you frustrated and confused? Do you feel proud? Do [...]

4Aug2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Jumping on the 50 Million Pound Bandwagon

So I think by now we’ve all heard about Dr. Ian Smith’s 50 Million Pound Challenge. If you haven’t, here’s a throwback post about it.

The 50 Million Pound Challenge

I’ve been hearing about it for over a year now and while I have always applauded Dr. Smith’s efforts, I never really gave the challenge much thought [...]

31Jul2008 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued

So You Say I Am Too “Upperclass” to Have HIV?

HIV/AIDs is knocking on the door of black america and too many of us have let him in. We have been so worried about AIDS in Africa that we let that joker tip toe through the foyer. I certainly hope you and yours are not directly affected by HIV/AIDS, but if you are a black [...]

30Jul2008 | Latonya | Comments | Continued

Soledad, This is What I Wanted

Oh Soledad. Afrodescendiente Soledad.
Let me preface this by saying I did not watch CNN’s Black in America part 1, 2 or any this week. I was busy being black in America.
Whatever that means.
Still, after engaging in a variety of conversations on the special and the general state of black America throughout the day, [...]

28Jul2008 | Kismet | Comments | Continued

Inauguration Roadtrip

An old friend of mine is organizing an effort that will allow Americans to witness history at Barack Obama’s Inauguration by providing transportation from several cities across the United States to Washington D.C.
An obvious unprecedented moment in U.S. history, you can reserve a spot on a chartered motor coach bus for a low price, which [...]

27Jul2008 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued