Posted on July 14th, 2010 by drstephaniesmith
This week is Healthy Media for Youth Week (July 12-16), a week to draw attention to the impact that sexualized media images have on all of us, and in particular, girls and women. It also promotes national legislation to increase research, youth empowerment and media literacy programs, and create a Federal Communications Commission task force to help curb this serious issue.
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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Dr. Angela Londoño-McConnell
The current unemployment rates and the financial hardships that many Americans are facing makes us all wonder when things will get better and what are viable options. Most of us know someone or of someone who is currently unemployed and not by choice. During these tough economic times, you may be considering returning to college [...]
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Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Dr. Angela Londoño-McConnell
Happy 2K10: A new year and a new decade! Often with the start of a new year, we feel compelled to make resolutions and make changes in our daily lives. Perhaps one thing that we learned from the financial crisis of the last couple of years is that most Americans do not save enough for [...]
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