I was in the Santo Domingo airport in the Dominican Republic returning from a health education trip when I spoke to my mom on the phone. My grandmother had suffered a stroke as a complication of her diabetes. I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach. I could not believe it! I always [...]
How Diabetes Affected Me Personally
on 08/25/2010 06:33 pm
by Jeannette Torres-Mason
Teens Hearing Loss
on 08/25/2010 08:02 am
by Mable Yee
A newly released report has documented the rise in the loss of teens hearing to 20% or 1 out of 5 teens now suffer from hearing loss. It’s increased in the past years since the last survey. The survey also documented the number of kids who suffer from a mild hearing loss equivalent to not [...]
Multicultural Dialoguing: Listening and Speaking in a Second Language Part II
on 08/23/2010 05:52 pm
by Gabriela Melano
Listening and Speaking in a Second Language—what is it like? (Part II)
In the past blog, I described what it is to be listening in a second language. I also explained how critical it is for those who are talking to a second-language listener to understand and be sensitive to their experience (the second language [...]
Wanted: More Multicultural Women Leaders
on 08/10/2010 10:16 am
by Mable Yee
Calling all women who want to be leaders of the future. The landscape of our country is changing dramatically and in states like California the combined populations of multicultural communities (formerly known as “minorities”) have now become the dominant majority. When you add in the fact that there are more women than men in our [...]
Elena Kagan-New Supreme Court Justice
on 08/09/2010 11:24 am
by Mable Yee
Elena Kagan has become our new Supreme Court Justice. Women justices now comprise one third of our nation’s highest court. She is also the first justice in 40 years to be sworn in who has never been a judge. She is a great example of how people and women in particular can aspire [...]
National Obesity Hits Nearly 30% of Adults
on 08/03/2010 02:10 pm
by Mable Yee
Today the U.S. Government announced that our country has more than 70 million or 26.7% of population’s adults are obese. It is considered to be a major public health threat by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control. Over 400,000 people were surveyed and the results and numbers are huge. In 9 states, over [...]