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Are you lucky?!
Ever hear the saying, “some people have all the luck”? Ever wonder yourself? How does one get lucky and have good fortune? Personally, I think we create our own luck by the daily decisions we make and if we consistently live life by governing principles, good luck will be ours! Some call it karma. I […]
Life as a Chameleon
Adapt. Change. Those are two big, hairy and scary words for most people I know. How is it that we as humans are built to adapt, yet the need to change is often met with fear and resistance? The unknown is not necessarily bad, yet many of us get all stressed just by the concept […]
Falling for Success
What is success? How do we stretch ourselves to the next level? Yes, these are age old questions. So here’s my two cents on the topic. Experience is one of the best teachers. How do we gain experience? Sit neatly in a classroom or at a desk? Hope that knowledge will be bestowed upon us […]
Making Your Health Insurance Choices
Maryland Health Connection (MHC) is Maryland’s official health insurance marketplace. Health insurance information can be overwhelming even for those with advanced health literacy skills, so community outreach and education are necessary to assist consumers in choosing the best health insurance coverage options for their families and themselves. MHC employs Navigators to provide this outreach and […]
Bernadette’s House Open House
On January 7, 2016, ICCI Project Manager, Emily Wilson, spoke about the availability of high quality after-school programs for older youth in a panel discussion at the Bernadette’s House Open House event in Laurel, Maryland. Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards, Maryland’s 4th District Representative, was the keynote speaker. The panel discussion also featured Michael Lyles, Esq., […]
Holiday Toy Drive
ICCI partnered with the Prince George’s County Department of Social Services to provide children in the county’s foster care system with toys during the 2015 holiday season. The drive was hosted at Charles Herbert Flowers High School, and thanks to the hard work of our mentoring group, Flowers Leading Ladies, we collected 96 items. Every […]
The Legacies of Leading Ladies
“The measure of a woman’s character is not what she gets from her ancestors, but what she leaves her descendants.’ – Author Unknown In June of 2015, several of the mentees in our Flowers Leading Ladies mentoring group had the pleasure of interviewing six dynamic residents of Arbor Terrace Senior Living in Lanham, Maryland. This […]
Keep it Moving!
Jean C. Drummond, was the keynote speaker at Charles Herbert Flowers High School’s annual Mentoring Day on April 2, 2015. Jean, who is no stranger to adversity, started her multimillion-dollar health management and technology consulting firm, HealthCare Dynamics International, with a $450 loan. In her dynamic presentation, “Keep It Moving,” this savvy businesswoman encouraged the […]