I am on the Board of new non-profit and we need a Grant Writer on a project basis. The organization is:ALAS: Asociación Latina de Asistencia y Prevención del Cáncer de Mama (Latina Association for Breast Cancer).
The goal of ALAS is to reach out to uninsured/underserved Latina women throughout Chicago and suburban locations to educate and create an awareness of the resources and services facilitated by ALAS. This will be accomplished through outreach programs, presentations and support groups.
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please contact that Executive Director of ALAS, Judy Guitelman at judyguitel@yahoo.com, phone (630) 440-1335.
Pattie Cagney Sheenan, CMF
Owner, Second Act
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Yesterday I attended a book signing for Mika Brzezinski’s latest opus - “Knowing Your Own Value.” The book is primarily about her struggles at MSNBC to get paid what she’s worth despite being a woman. As most of you no doubt already know, Mika is the co-host with former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough of a TV news show called “Morning Joe.” What you may not realize is the Joe has been Mika’s strongest advocate and mentor throughout their partnership. All that is well and good. And I along with all of the other attendees of the luncheon thoroughly enjoyed watching the two of them work together. But during the course of their presentation, Joe Scarborough made a comment that was rather unsettling. He said that while men will mentor other men, women don’t seem to do the same for their female colleagues. What’s more, Mika seemed to agree with him.
The implication was that women by their very nature not only undermine their own success (one of the main themes of Mika’s book) but feel no sense of obligat ...
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The social media jungle can be difficult to navigate through. You have Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In as your heavy hitters with hundreds of other options for every type of activity. These three particular social media sites are amazingly powerful, as these three portals are literally connected to every brand, group, business, celebrity, and even television network. You can reach literally the entire world with one sentence. Best of all it is free!
There are a few things to remember when you are using social media sites for your business. Once you have a rhythm down for how you advertise yourself, product, or service it is easy to keep it going.
Don’t post anything you don’t want the whole world to see.
This seems pretty basic, but with the ability to tag individuals in photos puts a face with name. You never know what a potential client or employer is going to see if you are not aware of the photographs you are in. These days, employers can search for your name on Google, and before you know it your nig ...
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