An ultimate transformation moment

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Sep 1 2011

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

As the summer months wind down, the transition into the academic school year begins. This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment is about building expectations.

It’s time to build academic expectations for our children, have them set some goals and then give them support as they decide how they’re going to achieve them.

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Aug 18 2011

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

In this week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment we look at our rate of metabolism.

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
May 12 2011

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

In this week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment, we get back to basics and few things are more basic than the first meal of the day—breakfast.

Studies show that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and still today, many people don’t really understand why. The literal meaning of breakfast is “breaking the fast” of the night. It is the first meal that you consume upon rising from a night’s sleep.

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Nov 25 2010

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment focuses on simple tips to help you remain mentally and physically healthy during the holiday season. There are infinite possibilities to keep a positive mind and physically strong body during the season known for overindulgent eating and spending.

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Nov 18 2010

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment places our focus on the moment. At any given time during the day, all we have is simply a moment. Right now, we have only this moment in time.
We tend to find ourselves focusing on future events like the coming holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas, or the end of the year. Other times, we find ourselves focusing on the past, or events that we cannot change.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”