Category: My Time Has Come Program
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Fabric Designing with Youth at LI School – My Time Has Come Program Senecon Experience
I must note that these students comported themselves quite well, and showed much interest in the task at hand. It is little wonder that I felt like going back to the classroom full-time as a result of this experience. It was nostalgia all the way!
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Long Island Teaching Artist and Students Connect the Dots of Multiculturalism and Inclusion with a Coat of Many Cultures™
“What is so exciting about designing a Coat of Many Cultures™ is my encounter with participants who have never given thought to the role art and culture play in their lives.” – Madona Cole-Lacy –
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Creatively Welcoming the Holiday Spirit at the East Meadow Public Library
“It was yet another pleasant reminder of why I have chosen to utilize my passion for the arts to creatively communicate and interact with others!” -Madona Cole-Lacy-Workshop Facilitator
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The Joy of Self-Actualization
When was the last time you did something that was work-related and felt so satisfied from that experience that you actually thanked yourself for having made the choice to follow that career path? That high level of satisfaction was all mine as I worked with a group of ladies at the Wyandanch public library who for…
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Celebrating Wyandanch Youth: High School Students Rise Up to the Occasion!
Since, I cannot in good conscience consider the workshop participants’ comportment and commitment to the task at hand a mere coincidence, I must thank the good villagers of Wyandanch and give them due credit for the effective role they collectively play in the lives of our youth. Kudos to the parents and caring community members, the Wyandanch library director…
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Bridging The Gap: 8 User-Friendly Tips
Madona Cole-Lacy on why citizens of the world should aspire to make healthy connections with one another. “If for no other reason that is remotely obvious to you, you should care because the bliss of ignorance must be superseded by the folly of wisdom if we expect to be treated with respect, empathy and even…
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Spotlight: A Friend to Youth and Parents
Congratulations to Devon Harris, motivational speaker, author and founder of the Keep On Pushing Foundation, on being honored for his community service by New York’s Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano at the Caribbean American Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Mr. Harris, also of Jamaican Bobsled fame, has for the past two years been an…
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The purpose of life
The purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all. ~Leo Rosten~ Our self-empowerment workshop for college-bound students and their parents at Molloy College on Saturday, June 9th, went well as a result of…
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The Journey Has Just Begun – There Is Time For You To Get On Board
Yesterday, I responded to news of a husband and wife murder-suicide and 4 innocent surviving child victims in a community where I have lived for over 20 years. I woke up this morning to find that the North Bellmore School District had taken the lead with a public statement on how they intend to support…