10/14/2018

Discovering Language With LeDonna Jackson

I was lucky enough to meet up with LeDonna this summer while she was visiting New York City and learn more about her language story and how she got started on her blog Discovering Language. One of the things that jumped out at me was that just as she was about to give up on learning German, she found out she was awarded a scholarship to for an exchange trip to Germany! Read more to find out where else languages have taken her.

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10/08/2018

He Moved To THREE Countries To Learn Three Languages

Beginning this month, we will celebrate the accomplishments of bilingual & multilingual black men every 2^nd Monday of the month (a Man Crush Monday of sorts). While our focus is giving visibility to black bilingual and multilingual women (who usually don’t get any visibility), let’s just take a moment to admire what they’ve set out to accomplish as well.

With that said, I’d like to introduce you to Blair, a CEO of a supplement company and a VP of a real estate company who speaks French, Spanish and Mandarin in addition to his native English. He also is a member of Mensa International! Read on to find out about the opportunities he created for himself to learn those three languages.

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10/07/2018

She Prepares Black Children For The Global Economy

You hear the term “globalization” or hear people say that we live in “global economy”, but what does that really mean? It means that more and more companies and organizations are operating in a global scale (thinking globally, not locally). It means that the economies of the different sovereign states in the world are interconnected and not segmented as previously thought. It means more and more skills, including language skills, are necessary for job seekers to remain competitive in the job market. But where does that leave those who can’t speak a second language? Enter Dr. Kami whose platform is to both give visibility to the importance of a “global education” and help provide that to black children.

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