Dr. King’s Success

Today is Martin Luther King Day. A  Day of rest in America, a day or recognition to one of the most influential people of all time. The day being set aside to respect the legacy of Dr. King is essential to understanding the greatest progressions of African-Americans, the beginning of the ending of legal segregation.

Segregation was a major political topic of the 50s and 60s in America. Many southern governors were in favor of segregation of African-Americans from adequate resources. Adequate enough to allow true progress of African-American people in the America. Black people were not given sufficient school supplies or job opportunities. Black people were not allowed to eat in certain areas of restaurants or stay at certain businesses, because they were allowed to be discriminated against to allow the comfort of those in fear of black people living the violent stereotypes they’ve scripted in their minds. It was truly a shameful fallacy that was allowed to be portrayed through laws in southern states and across the united states.

Dr. King was outwardly against the oppression of black people in America. King was an excellent speaker and fought for equality in all areas where black people were not equal. King supported restaurant sit-ins, bussing segregation, housing segregation, voting rights, work placement, state college attendance, and the consistent injustice in the courtroom. What I recently come to realize is why king was successful.

King was successful because first, he had a fearless team with many different talents. King was a preacher and able to deliver a message. But with him were men who specialized in organizing, marketing, law and political strategists. King never had a large church nor was he as popular alive as he is today. But it was the mixture of minds to reach a common goal that motivated them all.

King organized through mass marketing from flyers distributed in markets to announcements in classrooms. Consistent communication through teachers and churches. They would drive down the street and make speakerphone announcements. He would demonstrate in areas that were known to have violent police forces, to allow media presence, and spread the image of what was happening int he segregated south around the world.

Dr. King succeeded through his calm demeanor and consistent belief that change could happen. He rejected the obvious wrongs of society and calmly marched across states in massive crowds to let it be known that people will not tolerate the illicit behavior of the government against any people. King brought attention to the fowl character of the government and an image to people across the world. He worked in love for the progress of black people, and that love is still being emitted today through believers of Dr. Kings dream.

Algebra Workshop Review

The algebra workshop reviewed basic concepts that often lead to lack of understanding of in depth algebra. A interesting note was the lack of elementary math that is missing from the students. Time had to be spent reviewing multiplication before reviewing fractions. Be it that the students were in a grade level to learn algebra, they had a hard time understanding 4th grade mathematical concepts.

It was evident that some students were able to move on in a subject category in spite of lack of foundational skills such as multiplication and division. The workshop identified areas of struggle which and addressed them. This is always the goal of any tutoring lesson and it served its purpose.

Below are some activities done at the workshop.

Above the curator of the African American Museum of beginnings in Pomona is giving a tour of the museum.

Here our young scholar is using skittles as visual aides to comprehend fraction word problems.

Above we have a adult who is using the free workshop as a starter point to sharpen his mathematical skills to enter into the field of education. The student is using playing cards to develop PEMDAS equations which were solved by him then taught to the group. Implying the idea that if you teach it then you know it.

 

 

New Year, New Goals

New Year, New Goals, same dreams, different tactics. 2016 is here and many of you have set new goals to reach. From weight loss, to straight A’s, to financial stability, and many endless goals of pursuing excellence. iBrand.Me lives to inspire people to follow through with your dreams with consistency and a plan.

The following link below is an old but excellent article of tools to stay on track with meeting goals. Many have to do with daily journaling of what you hope to accomplish. Journaling is excellent in that you have a written reflection on how far you have to go and how far you’ve come.  Writing down daily routines gives you a physical checklist to assure that you complete all that you can with the given 24 hours. The most difficult part is staying on track.

Please click the link below and look for ways that you can fulfil those dreams of 2016.

7 Tools to Help Keep Track of Goals

 

 

How to Get a Good College Start

How to Get a Good College Start

There are so many theories on how to be successful in college. This list I found quite useful because of the truth behind it, these are the skills that were beneficial to us as officers as well as many successful people around us. For those just entering college don’t be nervous, just follow this small guide and be ready to succeed.