How Work Life Is Like Sister Act 2

Catchy title, right? Like many people, I love the Sister Act movies. But you're probably wondering how Sister Mary Clarence and the rest of the gang can relate to your work life. It's not a stretch, trust me. Just read along and see if you recognize these archetypes in your work environment.

50th Anniversary March on Washington: A Higher Education Perspective

Over the next few days, I'm attending the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Urban Leadership Development Conference hosted by the National Urban League. This year, the courses and keynoters reflect the theme, Project Lead: Advancing Our Future. You can enjoy the realtime tweets of my experience (@WinniPaul or @RhodeIslandYP), but I'll be posting a full blog about that experience later in the month. In the meantime, please enjoy reading about my experience at the 50th Anniversary March on Washington with these great leaders, the National Urban League Young Professionals.

~ Winni

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This past August, I had the privilege to experience the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington (#MOW50) also known as the Realize The Dream Rally. I rode down to Washington, D.C. with my local #NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) chapter to participate in this once in a lifetime experience as a member of the #NULYP (National Urban League Young Professionals). Prior to my journey I was not as well versed on how education was an important issue to the march back in 1963 and today. The 50th Anniversary March on Washington took place on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall. Fifty years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, leaders from civil rights, organized labor, housing, media, education and politics gathered in the nation’s capital to urge Congress to create more jobs, protect voting rights, equality for the LGBT community, and to address the barrage of recent attacks on immigration and workers’ rights.