New Orleans Coffee: A Rich History

New Orleans Coffee: A Rich History

Author: Suzanne Stone with Contributions from David Feldman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1467141399

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New Orleans history is steeped in coffee. Outside the Cathedral of St. Louis in Jackson Square, early entrepreneurs like Old Rose provided eager churchgoers with the brew, and it was sold in the French Market beginning in the late 1700s. Caf du Monde and Morning Call started serving caf au lait more than a century ago. People gathered for business, socializing, politics and auctions at five hundred coffee exchanges and shops in the 1800s. Since 1978, myriad specialty coffee shops have opened to meet increasing demand for great coffee. Author Suzanne Stone presents the full story of this celebrated tradition, including how chicory became part of the city's special flavor.


Storytelling for Social Justice

Storytelling for Social Justice

Author: Lee Anne Bell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-08-28

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1351587927

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Through accessible language and candid discussions, Storytelling for Social Justice explores the stories we tell ourselves and each other about race and racism in our society. Making sense of the racial constructions expressed through the language and images we encounter every day, this book provides strategies for developing a more critical understanding of how racism operates culturally and institutionally in our society. Using the arts in general, and storytelling in particular, the book examines ways to teach and learn about race by creating counter-storytelling communities that can promote more critical and thoughtful dialogue about racism and the remedies necessary to dismantle it in our institutions and interactions. Illustrated throughout with examples drawn from contemporary movements for change, high school and college classrooms, community building and professional development programs, the book provides tools for examining racism as well as other issues of social justice. For every facilitator and educator who has struggled with how to get the conversation on race going or who has suffered through silences and antagonism, the innovative model presented in this book offers a practical and critical framework for thinking about and acting on stories about racism and other forms of injustice. This new edition includes: Social science examples, in addition to the arts, for elucidating the storytelling model; Short essays by users that illustrate some of the ways the storytelling model has been used in teaching, training, community building and activism; Updated examples, references and resources.


Island Story

Island Story

Author: J. D. Taylor

Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Published: 2016-07-12

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 1910924210

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What is life like in England? Island Story weaves history and ideas telling a story of rebellion (think Brexit) and retail parks, migration and inertia, pessimism and disappearing ways of life, and a fiery, unrealized desire for collective belonging and power. Skeptical and inquisitive, Taylor cycled all round Britain with only a rusty bike and a tent, interviewing and staying with strangers from all walks of life. Without a map and travelling with the most basic of gear, the journey revels in serendipity and schadenfreude. Think you know the island? Island Story will have you think again.


A Good African Story

A Good African Story

Author: Andrew Rugasira

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1448104726

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Since it was founded in 2003, Good African Coffee has helped thousands of farmers earn a decent living, send their children to school and escape a spiral of debt and dependence. Africa has received over $1 trillion in aid over the last fifty years and yet despite these huge inflows, the continent remains mired in poverty, disease and systemic corruption. In A Good African Story, as Andrew Rugasira recounts the very personal story of his company and the challenges that he has faced – and overcome – as an African entrepreneur, he provides a tantalising glimpse of what Africa could be, and argues that trade has achieved what years of aid have failed to deliver. This is a book about Africa taking its destiny in its own hands, and dictating the terms of its future.


Rwanda

Rwanda

Author: Margee M. Ensign

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0761849432

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Imagine a nation with the highest proportion of women legislators in the world. Imagine a country where a democratically elected president is committed to gender equality and poverty reduction, where urban and rural schools are being wired to the Internet, and where the government is committed to becoming a middle-income country by 2020. Imagine that this country is located in the heart of sub-Saharan Africa and that this progress comes in the wake of one of the 20th century's worst genocides. Fifteen years removed from a mass genocide that resulted in the deaths of nearly one million people, Rwanda today presents a model for hope, justice, innovation and human development. In fact, Rwanda is now a leader in achieving economic, political and social progress in this beleaguered continent. A new model of governance has emerged in this poor, African country. This model, which draws on century's old Rwandan customs called Ubudehe and IMIHIGO, is inclusive, transparent, empowers the poor, and holds leaders accountable for improving the well being of people in their districts. Rwanda: History and Hope focuses on the innovative path Rwanda has taken in governance and reconciliation, gender equity, education, health and economic growth. The authors spent a decade working and researching in the country to prepare this path-breaking book.


Small Business

Small Business

Author: Vishal K. Gupta

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-07-14

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1119591775

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Small Business: Creating Value Through Entrepreneurship offers a balanced approach to the core concepts of starting, managing, and working in a small business. An ideal textbook for undergraduate courses in small business management and entrepreneurship, the book offers a student-friendly pedagogical framework that blends foundational research on small business with the real-world practice of business ownership. Relevant examples are provided throughout the text, bringing key concepts to life while providing a realistic view of what it takes to create a successful and sustainable small business. Organized into five streamlined sections—a small business overview, paths to small business ownership, financial and legal issues, ways to grow a small business, and discussion of the “Entrepreneur’s Dilemma”—the text offers a diverse range of relatable examples drawn from both actual businesses and from depictions of entrepreneurship in popular media. Each clear and accessible chapter features discussion questions, mini-case studies, further reading lists, and color visual displays designed to enhance the learning experience and strengthen student engagement and comprehension.


Common-Sense Workplace Mentoring

Common-Sense Workplace Mentoring

Author: Susan DeGrandpré́

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1450207804

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Who does not learn well when given generous amounts of completely individualized attention from an accomplished veteran? Who does not love to share information and expertise? Who does not feel pleased to see someone develop on the job as a result of their encouragement? What manager does not get excited about improved productivity? Workplace mentoring is an explicit one-to-one learning relationship between a person who wants to improve job or career skills and a person who can help him or her do that. When executives, managers and employees consistently share knowledge and skills, they create a high performance organization. This book is about building competitive advantage, one person at a time. Common Sense Workplace Mentoring draws together Susan's firsthand research and experiences with organizations that use mentoring as a key strategy. Some readers have said: "After reading Susan's recipe for successful mentoring, why wouldn't you incorporate it into your workplace?" "I'll never separate 'mentor' and 'boss' again." "This book will stay on my desk and I will use it continuously."