Category: PDJ

By Dr. Theckedath Mathew, author of Joshua: The Odyssey of an Ordinary Man Although we have just concluded Sexual Assault Awareness month, it’s more important than ever to continue to raise awareness about the sexual violence that women and girls must endure around the world. One of the keys to educating people worldwide is providing… Read the full article

By Grace Austin The statistics are shocking yet shamefully unsurprising. One-third of children are obese. Minority and low-income children are more at risk of being overweight and obese as well—research shows one in five black children are obese and almost half of obese children live below the poverty line. Low-income and minority children are often… Read the full article

STEM is a hot topic in the nation, especially concerning young women and minorities. Organizations like Women in Technology International are making progress for females, working to create networks for women in STEM fields. This June 2-4, Women in Technology International is holding their annual Women Powering Technology Summit in Santa Clara, California. The Silicon… Read the full article

It’s that time of year again: graduation. And while many offer advice to recent grads on life, simple steps for attaining a job can sometimes be the most helpful. Here is some advice for college graduates: 1.    Inventory the skills you can sell to a potential employer Evaluate all the work—part-time, full-time, and volunteer—that you… Read the full article

Going green has become not just a saying but a movement and lifestyle to many. College campuses all over the country are jumping on the trend, looking for new ways to go green. Many higher education institutions throughout the U.S. have installed exercise equipment that helps generate electricity, and more are following. Chapman University in… Read the full article

Cathy Avgiris Comcast Corporation has promoted Cathy Avgiris to chief financial officer of Comcast Cable, effective July 1, 2013. Avgiris, a twenty-one-year Comcast veteran, will report to Neil Smit, president and chief executive officer, Comcast Cable. She succeeds Dave Scott, who is retiring after twenty years with the Company. “Cathy brings broad operational expertise, a… Read the full article

Working Mother has named the 2013 “Best Companies for Multicultural Women,” recognizing 25 U.S. corporations that create and use best practices in hiring, retaining, and promoting women of color. This year, multicultural women at the Best Companies received 15 percent of all promotions to manager and above as compared to 13 percent in 2011. However,… Read the full article

A new study from the MetLife Mature Market Institute, The MetLife Study of Generation X: The MTV Generation Moves into Mid-Life, has found new findings on the lives of the Gen X generation. According to the study, 70 percent of Gen Xers live with a spouse or partner. They have an average of 2.5 children… Read the full article

By Genilde Guerra & Robert Kravitz After months of closed-door negotiations, the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight” has offered a summary of its proposal for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Here is how the Senate bill would handle legalizing the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country, changing or establishing the programs under which future workers… Read the full article

Today’s predictive technology introduces a new risk of prejudice on a massive, automated scale. Predictive analytics predicts what each person will do so that companies and government agencies can operate more effectively. In some cases, this technology does drive life-changing decisions. Large organizations like Hewlett-Packard inform human resource decisions by predicting whether each employee is… Read the full article