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Let me start this blog post by declaring that I know next to nothing about fashion. I own three pairs of earrings and only one ring – my wedding ring. My wardrobe primarily consists of black clothing and I wear nothing but sensible shoes. The only pair of heels I’ve purchased over the past decade were for my wedding and somehow I lost them at the reception. I don’t miss them.
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Creating intercultural communication to foster peace.
Building Bridges written & produced by Queen Rose & Mark A Lowe
Executive produced by Queen Rose & Marvels 'Magic' Marvelous
Royal Records, 2010
A Queen Rose, Inc. Production http://queenrose.net/
In association with Windows of Opportunity, Inc.
For more info on Building Bridges, please visit http://www.wearebuildingbridges.org/
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Hal Eisenberg, Executive Director of Windows of Opportunity, gives us a day by day journal of his experience in Nigeria, Africa. Eisenberg won half full's 2011 Bucket Dump award of strategic planning services.
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Olivia Mignone
Home: Bayside
Age: 20
Height: 5’1"
Weight: 100 lbs
Stats: 34-24-34
When she was just a freshman in High School, Olivia Mignone had known for years that she wanted to be a model. She practiced her strut, took good care of herself and was ready for the runway.
Except she was too short.
“It was just something I’ve always been interested in,” Olivia said. “I was always obsessed with fashion magazines, TV shows and fashion shows.”
As a petite model, she started participating in charity fashion shows for about a year before she “found out that I was going...
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The pilot episode for Windows of Opportunity's newest web series "The Difference". Join our host Sharlotte as she discusses important topics with our first guest, Kate Mendez.
By Gina Salamone
Daily News Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 5th 2009
Olivia Mignone Overcame Height Bias
...The 18-years-old from Queens dreamed of becoming a model since childhood. But at just 5' foot 1", she knew that wouldn't be easy. Instead of sitting around sulking, she started her own modeling agency for girls, donating money raised from shows to charity. "I've always wanted to model," Mignone shares. "I watch 'America's Next Top Model.' My freshman year of high school, when I was 14, I joined my high school charity fashion show.
"My mom was friends with Hal Eisenberg who is the executive...
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Sunday, July 11th’s “Bipolar Nation Radio” features our 19th Children with Mental Illness Defined” episode with our regular in-studio guest Angie, the grandmother of a bipolar granddaughter, Hannah and a new granddaughter, “Baby M,” born this past April.
Now she’s been on both sides of the system as a Foster Parent and as a Grandparent to her new granddaughter recently taken out of her custody, by CPS, because her 8-year-old granddaughter, Hannah, is bipolar. And now an immigration issue may also come into play because the baby girl’s father’s...
Join us and guest Hal Eisenberg, founder of Windows of Opportunity, as we discuss the changing landscape in schools for all students, and particularly LGBT youth in care. Hal has organized gay-straight alliances, HIV-prevention groups, and fashion shows to build self confidence and self-esteem in youth.
A straight ally, Hal is a musician and former teacher in the New York City public school system. He created Windows of Opportunity in 2001 as an outgrowth of his work in education. Hear his thoughts on challenges facing all youth and LGBT youth in the public school system.
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