17th Anniversary of 9-11...

17th Anniversary of 9-11...
On the 17th Anniversary of 9-11, we continue prayers for a path to peace. (Picture above - TishTrek and husband Harry @ the podium inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City). It was the privilege of a lifetime for us to be with leaders from around the world on a night when honoring excellence in writing and reporting was the common language uniting all of us. As one of the proud sponsors of the Annual U.N. Correspondents' Dinner, we enjoyed honoring excellence in writing and communications by helping to fund scholarships for international university students who had the courage & talent to tackle some of the difficult issues of our time. Through their magnificent words, they successfully created content that helped readers see through the lens of their research & life experiences. These students inspired all of us. I have confidence the next generation will pick up where we leave off.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Terry Keenan & John Williams: Facts for the love of America!

It's Wednesday September 4th and we can confirm that corporations across America are operating with cement shoes on. I've had the privilege to live employment as a career for most of my adult life, so listen up! Last week Financial Journalist Terry Keenan reported 10 Temporary Employees (with no benefits) are being secured by U.S. firms for every ONE Full-Time hire, so let's stop using poor Spain as THE "talking point" to explain away stock market volatility, economic chaos, & headline unemployment numbers. When we cannot predict the future of economic policy & cannot predict the behavior of political leaders & have no clue what ObamaCare will cost corporations, there isn't enough CERTAINTY for employers to project the ROI on any Corporate Strategy. Simplifying what's happening in America means we'll never solve the root causes of our anguish... Facts for the love of America just might inspire the kind of citizen action & engagement that would help our nation & make a difference. Allow me to share this important example: The Real Unemployment Numbers 7/23/12 @ 5:20 p.m. - ShadowStats.com Creator & Economist John Williams argues the unemployment rate is actually as high as 22%. Gov't Headline Employment #s stopped counting the Long-Term unemployed in 1994. Headline #s only look at people who looked for jobs in the last 4 weeks; Long-Term Discouraged Workers who are no longer looking for work (the U-6 Crowd) along with Part Timers who are praying for full time & the Under-Employed are not counted in the Gov't Headline #s either. How can we solve the issues of our time if we refuse to face facts? less Have you ever wondered why the CPI, GDP and employment numbers run... *****Check out shadowstats.com!!! Walter J. "John" Williams was born in 1949. He received an A.B. in Economics, cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1971, and was awarded a M.B.A. from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1972, where he...(Go to website to read full story). Let's face it, perhaps if we inspired citizens with honest numbers & the real facts -maybe more of us would make a difference by involving ourselves in whatever that much needed change should look like. Best regards, TishTrek