Generations of culture For this month, we take an expanded look at how generations can be present in the workplace and within our communities. In this issue: Feature: Cultural Generations , Tools: For the Generations, Reel Reviews: Sabah and Spanglish, Book Nook: On...
Feature: Does Your Organization Have Class? By: Farzana Nayani & Donna Stringer "I feel motivated and empowered to raise issues of money and class in a manner I had not before.” - Andrea Walsh, Anthropologist According to the Class Matters website, class is...
Sexual Orientation in the Workplace By: Farzana Nayani Earlier this year, the FedEx Corporation made the news for changing its employee's benefits for same-sex partners allegedly as a result of shareholder activism. Although they have yet to implement them,...
Do you know the common thread? What links all but one of the following countries? In Chile, 75 percent of women in the agricultural sector are hired on temporary contracts picking fruit, and put in more than 60 hours a week during the season. But one in three still...
By: Farzana Nayani According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, “rural America” is home to about 17 percent of the US population or 50 million people. It is made up of over 2,000 counties, equaling approximately 75 percent of the...
By Farzana Nayani It’s hard not to examine the perception and role of race, following the 2008 US Presidential Election, given President Elect Barack Obama’s role in the spotlight. An American born in Hawai`i to parents from Kenya and Kansas, Barack Obama represents...
This month's feature introduces the Islamic tradition of Ramadan through an interview between Catherine England, M. Ed., a Muslim American, and Lee Mozena, M.A. Catherine and Lee co-present on seminars about Islam specifically designed to increase cross-cultural...