For Discussion: Being black and traveling overseas

How differently are black Americans perceived while traveling abroad?

On the 16 December 2008 edition of her News & Notes show, Farai Chideya spoke with George Davis, president of Davis Broadband Group, an international media and entertainment consultancy, and Cheryl Grills, chair of the psychology department at Loyola Marymount University about their perceptions of how African Americans are received while traveling in Mumbai and on the African continent.

For Discussion: Race perceptions in the workplace

When you go to work, do you change how you talk to people and present yourself?

Reading is fundamental (and good for the soul)

Sean Jacobs just published his top five books for 2008 on one of my favorite blogs, Africa is a Country.

Helping in Zimbabwe

Concerned Africa Scholars recently featured a post on how individuals can help the people of Zimbabwe with basic necessities like medicine, health services and food.

Small World Project: Party planner

Monday was a good day for meeting people. My roommate had a fundraiser in support of her new film and the room was a prime environment for my 365 day project.

The Small World Project: Update

It's winter so I'm not getting out much, but here are few people to add to my list in the Small World Project.

The Small World Project

I recently read somewhere that you will meet approximately 4,000 people in a lifetime. That number seemed small to me, so I decided to start documenting every new person I meet over the course of a year.

Quote #5

"Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt." — Shirley Chisholm, politician and activist

Quote #4

"I always had a fugitive relationship to political power." — Jeffrey Wright, actor

Progress involves change

If you never make any changes, then you can never make progress.