Victoria D. Williams’ blog

Stay Positive, yet Proactive

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:08:13 -0700

The following are 10 Rules of Diversity Engagement that fellow students have created: You are the starting point for making inclusion work, not the other person. Conflict comes in the middle of the story--don't leave in the middle. Sometimes tr...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Balancing Pumps and Portfolios

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:15:47 -0700

In less than two weeks, I am going to embark on a new chapter in life. I will leave collegiate life that brings sleeping in, house parties, and late-night Chinese food leftovers, and enter a world of meetings, memos and men. The truth is corpo...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Bridging the Great Divide

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:11:25 -0700

Barack Obama has captured the hearts and minds of Americans. Millions of cars bear Obama '08 bumper stickers and campaign stick up in front yards. In a time when the country needs a fresh leader with a fresh outlook, Obama and many of the othe...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Laughing at Insecurities

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:54:13 -0700

I've always believed that laughter is the best medicine in life. It makes us happy when life seems to be going downhill, and it brings a new perspective to life's complexities. For the comedy assignment, we had to chose a comedian and a stand...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

FAMILY, NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:41:04 -0700

Three little children ride happily in a truck singing to the radio. Their little legs barely dangle from the seat because they are so young, so innocent. One set of feet has Transformers sneakers. The other two sets have pink polish dazzling ...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Be Black, Beautiful, but not Stupid

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:17:28 -0700

The class presentations so far have been wonderful! I've enjoyed everyone of them and was very informed and enlightened. The project about body image among women really struck a chord in though. Towards the end of their presentation, Dr. C asked ...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Soul Food in Couch Caf

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:49:32 -0800

Did anyone see an article in The Oklahoma Daily entitled "Couch Toasts Black Culture with Annual Black Heritage Meal" besides me? If you didn't, I took the liberty of posting including it here: Couch Restaurants celebrated Black History Month w...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Food Network Adds Color

nobody@vox.com(Victoria D. Williams) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:31:43 -0800

I am a huge Food Network fan!! I love to cook, and I love to learn about cooking and recipes I even TiVo Everyday Italian. Yes, I'm that bad. I always noticed that there weren't many people of color on Food Network. That is if you don't count th...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend