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Etiquette Excursion with Mona Johnson
Is she pregnant or is she not? If you suspect someone is pregnant what do you do? Once you have been told by the source that they are pregnant do you need to ask if it is a girl or a boy? No, you do not need to know. If you do ask and they [...]
Rosario Dawson Joins Amtrak to Celebrate National Train Day
Washington, DC– Award-winning actress, writer and philanthropist Rosario Dawson will serve as spokesperson for the 5th Annual National Train Day and share her love of train travel and how it allows her to be involved in the community in a more personal way with rail fans. A celebration of train travel and the ways that [...]
Etiquette Excursions with Mona Johnson
Is she pregnant or is she not? If you suspect someone is pregnant what do you do? Once you have been told by the source that they are pregnant do you need to ask if it is a girl or a boy? No, you do not need to know. If you do ask and they [...]
Etiquette Excursion with Mona Johnson
Claremont, CA–Have you ever really though about the way in which you communicate? Have you ever listened to yourself and how you participate in conversations? Do you have to be the one to always ask the questions? Do you ask questions and really hear what the person has said to you? Do your ask a [...]
“Power-Source, When Your World is Rocked”
I greet every new day with the words, “Good Morning, God. Thank you, thank you, thank you. God is good.” I began this habit more than forty years ago, in the 7th grade, following an earthquake. Staring at the ceiling in the early morning darkness, the ground was shaking with such fierceness my bed bounced [...]
The African American Museum of Beginnings Offers the Key: Goal-Setting
By Matanah Simmons Pomona, CA– When I was a young girl I always set goals. I’d even stand on my soap-box and express to my peers the importance of thinking about the future and setting goals, both short and long-term. Reams of paper was dedicated to scribing the long lists of goals I was to [...]
Recycled Hotel Soap Saves Children’s Lives
NATIONAL- What happens to the bar of soap you barely used the last time you checked into a hotel room? Most certainly it’s gone to waste at the end of each day. This was a shocking revelation for Ugandan humanitarian and social entrepreneur Derreck Kayongo during his first stay in a U.S. hotel in Philadelphia, [...]
Etiquette Excursion with Mona Johnson
You still have time to make arrangements for Valentine’s Day but you also need to know that February 14th, should be about how much you care for yourself and how special you know you are. Even if you chose to spend the day alone you should still celebrate yourself. You are special and you don’t [...]
Harlem Photographer Creates Book That Celebrates the Beauty of Black Women
It’s hard to forget the ugly and disturbing Psychology Today article “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive than Other Women?” written by psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa — believe us, we’ve tried. But while most people who read the article got mad, Paul Phillips decided to get busy. The Harlem-based photographer has set out to create [...]
Etiquette Excursion with Mona Johnson
When friends are in the hospital it makes us feel helpless and at a great loss for words. One of the most difficult friendship responsibilities is to visit a friend who is experiencing ill-health and is in the hospital. However, the visit to a close friend is wonderful medicine. During the visit do you talk [...]
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