Archive | April, 2010
Who Am I?

Who Am I?

Our monthly department meeting was yesterday (marketing department). We played a really fun game called “Who Am I?” Each of us have to submit 3-5 diverse things about ourselves to the meeting facilitators and they put everyone’s info on a sheet of paper and all of us had to guess who the person in our [...]

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Wanna play 'Diversity Trivia'?

Wanna play 'Diversity Trivia'?

Let's test your knowledge of Diversity with the following 5 questions. Post your responses in the comment section and I'll let you know how you did. Diversity is about ______. (Exclusivity, The same as Affirmative Action, Recognizing and understanding similarities and differences) _______ consider it an invasion of privacy to look another person in the [...]

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Walk a mile in their shoes

This week at South Carolina Federal Credit Union we are celebrating diversity by holding a Cultural Awareness Fair. This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize, understand and appreciate the culture of others through fun filled, yet educational activities such as dance presentations, food samplings, storytelling, etc.“ Each day has a different theme to include Multi-cultural [...]

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Reseaching family history and traditions

Reseaching family history and traditions

This week South Carolina Federal Credit Union is celebrating Cultural Awareness with internal employee programs slated for each day of the week. On Monday I participated by sharing my family’s European heritage. My fraternal Grandfather was born in Slovakia in 1888. He emigrated to the U.S. via Ellis Island in 1904, eventually settling in Pittsburgh, [...]

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Where are you from?

Where are you from?

Somewhere in the process of growing up, we realize that when you meet someone for the first time it's common to ask, "Where are you from?"    Interesting question – most of us respond something like this:  I'm from Charleston… I'm from Tennessee…I'm from Ireland.   But when you get down to it, "where you're from" is [...]

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Last 9 weeks of school…

A friend of mine was telling me that her Spring cleaning doesn't necessarily involve cleaning out her closet, garage, file cabinet, or other typical Spring cleaning items. She stated that she looks at her daughter's report cards. Her daughter's third report card usually arrives around the third week in April and the final fourth report [...]

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