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For Love of Money by Marilyn Tam

Posted by AC Team - on Monday, 06 February 2012

Have you heard this before? “Love or Business, you have to choose.” The message is direct - you have to decide what you value more, something/one you love or your work/business. Actually, there is a more factual statement – Love is Good Business. February is the month of love. A great deal of thought and energy will be spent on expressions of love, usually for a romantic partner. The truth in the old axiom, Love makes the World Go Round, applies to all aspects of life, not only to...

AAPI Appointments to National and California Humanities Boards: Stanford Scholar Dr. Daniel Okimoto is appointed by Pres Barack Obama to the Natl Council on the Humanities

Posted by AC Team on Monday, 09 September 2013.

President Barack Obama has appointed Stanford scholar Dr. Daniel Iwao Okimoto to the National Council on the Humanities. Dr. Okimoto and four other appointees were confirmed by the US Senate. They will advise the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The NEH is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States.

Fritz-Friedman-2013-340x510 Fritz Friedman, Cal Humanities Board Member (Photo: CAPE.org)

California Governor Jerry Brown has appointed entertainment industry executive Fritz Friedman of West Hollywood (Photo credit: CAPE.org), and reappointed AAPIP.org non-profit (Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy) executive Alice Y. Hom of Los Angeles to the Cal Humanities Board. Friedman and Hom join ten others appointed by Governor Brown.