5 Ways Businesses Can Work Towards Being More Ethical
Being ethical is a significant part of running a business. This is because how ethical you are will determine how you run your business as well as how people perceive you. Ethics, beyond a set of...
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How The Movie And TV Industries Are Improving The Way Women And Minorities...
In social justice circles, it can be easy for us to keep focusing on where things are still wrong and forget how far they have actually come in terms of improving where vulnerable or marginalized...
View ArticleHow to Help Others In a Self-Serving World
It’s often said that the secret of happiness is to help others. To paraphrase the well-known Chinese proverb, “If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime,...
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Oprah learns about ACEs and trauma-informed care
“Don’t ask ‘What’s wrong with you?’ Ask, ‘What happened to you?’” I watched the Oprah segment with my mother, Dr. Louise Hart, who heard Dr. Vincent Felitti speak about the CDC-Kaiser Permanente...
View ArticleAlabama Bus Crash Raises Questions: How Can Kids Stay Protected?
Even when entrusting your children to what you think are the safe conditions at school, deadly accidents can happen. On March 13, 2018, an Alabama bus crash resulted in the death of the driver and...
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Tonier Cain Deserves an Evidence-Based Apology
Tonier Cain. Photo: Yi-Chin Lee/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Editor’s note: Over 15 years, Tonier Cain was arrested 83 times, and convicted 66 times. She was addicted to crack. She was a prostitute....
View ArticleThree Ways Healthcare Has Changed for the Better
Breakthroughs occur every day, and nowhere are those breakthroughs more important than in the health sector. Diseases are being eradicated, new, innovative treatments methods are released, and so on....
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Early childhood educators learn new ways to spot trauma triggers, build...
Julie Kurtz, co-director, trauma-informed practices in early childhood education, WestEd Center for Child & Family Studies/photo by Laurie Udesky A hug may be comforting to many children, but for...
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Middle school tackles everybody’s trauma; result is calmer, happier kids,...
Written by Laurie Udesky John Jimno During the 2014/2015 school year, things were looking grim at Park Middle School in Antioch, CA. At the time, staff couldn’t corral student disruptions. Teacher...
View ArticleEverything’s Bigger In Texas
Since accepting the offer to participate in the Austin Legislative Internship Program, we have been told over and over again that we will be working with some very important people within the state of...
View ArticleA Call for #BlackUnity
Dear Diary, This weekend I attended the Texas Legislative Black Caucus (TXLBC) Luncheon and Gala, parts of the organization’s biennial Summit. It was an amazing feeling being in a room full of people...
View ArticleWhat I’m Giving Up
As someone who knew very little about Texas politics and accepted a position as a policy analyst through the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work’s legislative internship program, I’m...
View ArticleP.F. Chang’s and Mentors
Today I am sitting in the Texas House of Representatives County Affairs Committee office eating a leftover P.F. Chang’s fortune cookie, reflecting on something my supervisor said that will stick with...
View ArticleThe Three-Triangle Tango
Researching plastic waste for a class presentation last semester at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and watching “The Devil We Know” caused my existing passion for...
View ArticleBut I’m “just a social work(er)” student
In my two and a half months as a University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work legislative intern at the Texas Capitol, I have learned a lot. Some of what I’ve learned has changed how I view...
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The Shiny Object
Part of the preparation for this University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work legislative internship consists of, what I like to think of as, Legislature Boot Camp for Social Workers. We learn...
View ArticleHow Most Successful Businesses Use Digital Marketing for Their Benefit
Digital marketing has become a part of every business in 2019. It’s not just a tool that helps you grow your business. It’s a necessity without which you can’t survive in the market. It’s an effective...
View ArticleFeelings Schmeelings, Hand Me My Majority
Have you ever done something that was expected of you, but that may not have aligned with what you really felt like doing? Welcome to how you might feel all the time if you ever choose a path in...
View ArticleThe End Looms Near
This is my second of two blogs and I figured this one would prove easier to write than the first. There have been a whole lot of meetings, even more bills, almost as much coffee, and several...
View ArticleCaucus within a Caucus
As Easter came and went, I was able to go home and see my family and friends for the last time before session ends. Even at 4 months into this University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work...
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