Posts From Kathy Grear

First Choice Community Health Centers

First Choice Community Health Centers was established in 1979 as a non-profit community health center and certified as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). First Choice Community Health Centers is dedicated to providing primary healthcare and dental service to the

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Marriott’s Commitment to Global Diversity

As a leader in the hospitality industry, Marriott’s commitment to global diversity encompasses every business unit worldwide. We were the first worldwide hospitality company to have established a formal supplier diversity program. In 2003 alone, Marriott spent over $150 million

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National Association of Real Estate Brokers

NAREB: We welcome your interest in becoming a REALTIST®! There are many opportunities for you to experience with the greatest and oldest minority trade organization in America.

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Progress Energy

Progress Energy provides equitable opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses to participate in the supply of goods and services. Through our Supplier Diversity & Business Development Program (SD&BD), we are striving to increase the number of opportunities and the active

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Fayetteville State University

FSU and GreaterDiversity.com are Building Bridges to Financial Success for MinoritiesRecently, Fayetteville State University, a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina and the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state, made a decision to promote GreaterDiversity.com’s

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Cape Fear Regional Community Development Corporation

The Cape Fear Regional Community Development Corporation is a community-based organization dedicated to providing information, education and counseling in Homeownership and Business Start-up to the Low to Moderate Income Community, and facilitating partnerships in Economic Development with other community organizations

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North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development

The North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development is a statewide nonprofit organization representing the interest of underdeveloped and underutilized sectors of the state’s economic base. The Institute’s working philosophy is that–information and business development are critical to wealth creation

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Economic Stimulus and MBEs

Late Friday, the U.S. Senate approved a pared back stimulus bill of approximately $827 billion, down from the over $900 billion bill passed by the House. This bill is in response to the deepest decline in gross domestic product and

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Energizing Creativity to Achieve Exponential Growth

We have arrived to the Entertainment Capital of the world! I know all of you have been waiting to see the flashing lights of Las Vegas Strip. On behalf of the entire 2009 Convention Planning Committee (CPC), I welcome you

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Opportunity Evaluation in Entrepreneurship

Ask a successful entrepreneur what question they are most often asked at a dinner party, and they’ll most likely tell you that people want to know how to decide if their business idea is one that can be successful?

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Code of Silence: Students’ Perceptions of School Climate and Willingness to Intervene in a Peer’s Dangerous Plan

Students Who Feel Connected to Peers, Teachers Are More Inclined to Warn of Dangerous Fellow StudentStudents who feel connected to their peers and teachers are more inclined to alert a teacher or principal if they hear a fellow student “wants

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‘Our Lincoln’ Goes to Washington

With his own musical tastes ranging from sentimental ballads and nonsense songs to opera, President Abraham Lincoln likely would be pleased with the legacy of music influenced by him and his service to the country. And as the 200th bicentennial

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UNCW Among the Nation’s 50 “Best Value” Universities

In a profile of UNC Wilmington on USA TODAY’s Web site, the editors at The Princeton Review said, “A big school with a smaller school feel, UNCW boasts a solid faculty that excels at the upper levels and isn’t afraid

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25th Annual YWCA Cape Fear Women of Achievement

(Wilmington, NC, December 2008) –  Nominations are now being accepted for the 25th Annual YWCA Cape Fear Women of Achievement Awards.  These awards honor women and youth who demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities, as well as excellence, accomplishments in their careers,

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Obama Shatters Racial Stereotypes as America Struggles to Become One

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The over 500,000 Americans of all colors spread from the statue of Abraham Lincoln down to the Washington Monument for the “We Are One” opening concert on Sunday was a visually striking mosaic of a nation long

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Minority groups’ share of $10 trillion U.S. consumer market is growing steadily

ATHENS, Ga. — The buying power of Hispanics — now the nation’s largest minority group — will exceed $860 billion in 2007 and is whizzing its way to more than $1.2 trillion five years from now, according to an annual

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