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An Interview with FARE’s New CEO, James R. Baker, Jr. MD
FARE recently announced the appointment of James R. Baker, Jr., MD as chief executive officer and chief medical officer. Jim has been serving as interim CEO since the…
Individual Threads No Longer, These Women Have a Greater Purpose
We usually reserve the Dress for Success Blog to tout the accomplishments, advice and stories of others, but we are so incredibly proud about our…
Alabama woman, at 94, reflects on poll taxes, literacy tests and new efforts to limit voting
by Booth Gunter Dorothy Guilford has a simple message for politicians who enact laws making it harder for minorities, the poor and the elderly to…
Adobe Corporate Responsibility Zeros in on Social Impact
By Leon Kaye Adobe recently released its most recent corporate responsibility report, which is chock full of data on where the $4.1 billion Silicon Valley software giant…
Hold a Clothing Drive to Support Dress for Success
Donation drives are coordinated campaigns to collect business-appropriate attire for Dress for Success. If your office, professional organization, child’s school, place of worship or other…
Former foster youth in the 1% as she goes for her master’s degree
Sade is a motivational speaker who talks about her foster care story and how an Aunt and a “time out” in the foster care system…
Students set to break social barriers during National Mix It Up at Lunch Day
An estimated 1 million students across the country will step out of their cliques and challenge stereotypes today as part of National Mix It Up at…
Why Google Loves Teach For America
By Aaron Taube People looking to get a job at Google might first want to spend a few years as a teacher. A company spokesperson tells…
Stories from the field: SPLC legislation helps Louisiana youth receive second chance at school
By Eden Heilman Jessica* was a 10th-grader in a small school district outside of New Orleans when she withdrew from school because she was pregnant.…
Help Create a Tobacco-Free Generation by Shopping Tobacco-Free
Tobacco use is the nation’s number one preventable cause of death, killing 480,000 Americans and costing the nation $289 billion in health care bills and…
Changing Children’s Lives by Teaching Financial Literacy
Young students from a suburban Chicago elementary school drew pictures of their morning with a special classroom visitor. On each page they commented on the…
How Goodwill Helped Cherise Get Out of the Welfare to Work Program & Become Self-sufficient
Goodwill helped me get out of the Welfare to Work program and become self-sufficient by helping me train and providing the tools needed to apply…