COMPASS – Inspire Empower Connect – Achieve Life Balance…


COMPASS - Inspire Empower Connect - Achieve Life BalanceCOMPASS - Inspire Empower Connect - Achieve Life BalanceCOMPASS - Inspire Empower Connect - Achieve Life BalanceCOMPASS - Inspire Empower Connect - Achieve Life BalanceCOMPASS - Inspire Empower Connect - Achieve Life Balance

About Me

Vera Cornish is a trainer, facilitator, speaker and life coach. Vera has garnered a reputation of meeting her audience where they are and leaving them energized and excited about the future. Motivational, inspirational and thought provoking, Vera Cornish is refreshing.

In 1999 Vera launched Cornish & Associates Inc. Since that time she has facilitated presentations, provided strategic consultations and coaching services to meet the needs of corporations, government entities and non-profit organizations. Her client base has included Mellon Bank, The Hershey Company, Highmark Blue Shield and the Milton Hershey School. Vera was selected to co-design three curriculums on behalf of Penn State and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. While her work has taken her into larger entities, she is deeply committed to the empowerment of each individual.

Vera is known as a convener, creating solution based platforms that include Work, Life, Balance: Real People-Real Solutions, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, The Heritage Breakfast and The Legacy Breakfast. Recent topics have focused on “The Next Generation” and “The Tenacity of Leadership”. She is also the publisher of the Urban Connection Of The Capitol Region, a newspaper dedicated to the changing demographics of Central Pennsylvania. Her commitment to community is exemplified by past board memberships on the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg and the Harrisburg Regional Chamber. A graduate of Leadership Harrisburg, Vera is a frequent presenter and now serves on the 25 Year Anniversary Celebration Committee.

Vera’s past employment has included Penn State University and an appointment as the first Director of Institutional Diversity at Harrisburg Area Community College. She is a graduate of Penn State with a B.S. in Education of the Exceptional Child and College Misericordia with a M.S. in Education, specializing in Multi-Cultural Curriculum Development. She is now a certified Life Coach.

It is Vera’s belief that her keen understanding of cross cultural relationships was formed during her childhood. The richness of the culture of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania coupled with the mosaic experiences of the North Eastern part of the state formed the foundation of who she is today.

Contact:

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COMPASS - Inspire Empower Connect - Achieve Life Balance

Dalai Lama…


His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a playful mood with comedian Russell Brand

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a playful mood with comedian Russell Brand during the youth event “Stand Up and Be the Change” held in Manchester, England, on June 16, 2012. Photo/Chloe Crewe-Read…

Dalai Lama…


His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting students who welcomed him with song on his arrival in Leeds, England, on June 15, 2012. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting students who welcomed him with song on his arrival in Leeds, England, on June 15, 2012. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL…

FREE Seminar: Rich Dad Poor Dad… Eventful…


FREE Seminar: Rich Dad Poor Dad

June 11, 2012 
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Bonus Report: How to Find Great Investments

Financial Self-Evaluation: So you know where you are today and where you need to be tomorrow

A glossary designed to help you “talk the talk” of investing pros

Choose an Event:Tuesday 6/26, 12:30 & 6:00 PM
The Hilton Garden Inn
3950 Fair Ridge Drive
Fairfax, VA 22033
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The Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204
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The Hilton Garden Inn
7810 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
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The Hyatt Regency Hotel
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
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* Testimonial results are not typical, as each student’s success depends upon the unique skills, time commitment, and individual effort of each student. The students sharing their stories have taken various advanced trainings to achieve these results. Discounts are offered for courses purchased as a package. The students may have been reimbursed for travel and lodging expenses but not otherwise compensated. Additional products and services will be offered for sale.

FREE Seminar: Rich Dad Poor Dad…


FREE Seminar: Rich Dad Poor Dad

FREE Seminar: Rich Dad Poor Dad

FREE Seminar: Rich Dad Poor Dad at The Hilton Garden Inn

Coming To Fairfax, Arlington, Greenbelt & Bethesda
June 26 – 29 2012Rich Dad™ Stock Success WorkshopTeaching you how you can trade better – safer – smarter. Even if you’ve never bought or sold stock before!

The Stock Success Workshop is a FREE 2-hour training designed to teach you what the market pros know and use every day to make money in the stock market. These strategies have worked regardless of whether the market goes up, down or even sideways!

The Stock Success Workshop will show you step-by-step techniques to help predict the direction of a specific stock, an industry in general or even the market as a whole. Isn’t it time you got smarter with your money and traded up to a better life?

Tuesday 6/26/2012
The Hilton Garden Inn
3950 Fair Ridge Drive
Fairfax, VA 22033
12:30 PM 6:00 PM

Wednesday 6/27/2012
The Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204
12:30 PM 6:00 PM

Thursday 6/28/2012
The Hilton Garden Inn
7810 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
12:30 PM 6:00 PM

Friday 6/29/2012
The Hyatt Regency Hotel
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
9:00 AM 1:00 PM

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Three Main Commitments of His Holiness the Dalai LamaFirstly, on the level of a human being, His Holiness’ first commitment is the promotion of human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline. All human beings are the same. We all want happiness and do not want suffering. Even people who do not believe in religion recognize the importance of these human v…See More
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Alexandria Seaport Foundation…


Alexandria Seaport Foundation

Building Boats…Building Lives

Through the building and use of wooden boats, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation helps at-risk youth turn their lives around and provides families, community groups, and schools with meaningful educational, social, and recreational experiences.

Full-time apprentices earn their GED and prepare for a career in the building trades. After school apprentices learn job and life skills as they prepare for further education or to enter the workforce. We also run an after school program four days a week between 4:00 and 6:00, extending into a full time summer program.

The latest additions to our program include an educational assistance program in the middle schools, using hands-on teaching methods to develop math skills and encourage engagement in school and Building To Teach, a train-the-trainers program intended to expand ASF teaching methods to a national audience.

Alexandria Seaport Foundation

Happenings and Such —Check us out. Mark Your Calendar.

Alexandria Seaport Foundation

Donated Cars Needed
ASF is seeking donations of reliable used cars. Must be able to pass inspection with minimal repairs. Donors can deduct the full market value. Contact the ASF office at 703-549-7078 or asfoffice@alexandriaseaport.org.

Recent media about the Seaport Foundation

Mission and History

Through the building and use of wooden boats, ASF helps young people turn their lives around and provides families, community groups and schools with meaningful educational, social and recreational experiences.  Since 1992, ASF’s primary focus has been a paid, work-based apprentice program serving DC, Maryland and Virginia. Here, disadvantaged youths from the ages of 18 –22 develop the discipline, self confidence, workshop and job skills necessary to find a meaningful place in the regular workforce. If necessary, they also earn their GED using ASF’s hands-on, contextual curriculum.

Apprentice Program

The work day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. at our 2 Duke St. Shop. Hours are divided between  the academic classroom and the workshop.  Apprentices are paid a bi-weekly stipend after the completion of a three-week trial period and earn periodic bonuses for completion of set program goals.  Applicants who enter the program are given an initial unpaid three-week screening period during which they may choose to drop out without prejudice (i.e., they may apply for readmission at a later time and be considered without prejudice.) A bonus is paid tor those who successfully complete the trial period.

The hands-on, GED curriculum introduces the necessary concepts and skills through the experience of working in a wooden boat shop and training for a career in the building trades or other opportunities that present themselves. Job readiness skills are a primary focus of the program.
There are four full time employees and two part time employees at the Foundation as well as three part time contractors.

A large volunteer base contributes over 10,000 program hours annually.  Apprentices work side by side with staff and volunteers who often are the most reliable adults in their lives.  These adults are on hand to assist the apprentices in dealing with issues concerning the court system, city agencies, DMV, procurement of automobiles, and/or personal problems which they may find difficult to address.
The Alexandria Seaport Foundation provides solutions for risk factors such as criminal records, gang affiliation, anger management, refugees status, and learning disabilities. Staff and volunteers provide whatever means necessary to address these challenges.

The After School Apprentice Program

The After School Boatbuilding Apprenticeship Program is modeled after the full time apprenticeship program and operates during the summer and after-schoo for youth between 16 and 18 identified as at-risk for dropping out of school and/or with low math test scores. Summer apprentices work full-time; after-school apprentices work four times each week between 4:00 and 6:00 pm in the ASF workshop and classroom.

These students have the opportunity to remain in the program until they graduate from high school, as long as they successfully complete projects, pass classes, and learn the “soft” skills required to maintain a job.

There are currently openings available. If interested in applying, please fill out the application below, indicating interest in the after school program and fax it to 703-566-3416. For more specific questions, please call Howell Crim at 571-259-3432.

Applying for the Full Time Apprentice Program

Applications are accepted at any time. To apply for the full time program, print and fill out the application (link to a pdf copy, below).  You may submit it ahead of time or bring it the day of the mandatory pretest.

Mandatory GED pretests are held the second Thursday of the month at 8:30 am at the Wolfe St. Classroom (just beyond the 2 Duke St. Shop) and other times as arranged with Darius Ligon, the Academic Instructor. Call 703-399-1899 to schedule. Those who pass the pretest will be drug tested. Those who pass both the pretest and the drug test will come back for an interview on the third Thursday of the month, or a day of the instructors’ choosing, at 8:30 am at 2 Duke St.

Classes start roughly every two months.

Applications are accepted by mail and fax at:

Alexandria Seaport Foundation
P.O. Box 25036
Alexandria, VA  22313
Fax: 703-566-3182

Community and Family Boatbuilding is a unique opportunity to build your own Bevin’s Skiff rowboat — no experience neccesary!  The following materials will help you conduct your own community boatbuilding event, whether you plan to build one boat or many. The boat can be completed in two days.

Bevin’s Skiff Specifications:
Type: Skiff
Length: 12 ft
Width: 4.5 ft
Weight: 120 lbs.
Capacity: 3 persons or 450 lbs. and limitless fun!

Video: How To Run a Family Boat Building Event – 18 MB (WMV)

Sample Advertising/Application Documents

Items Needed at the Event

Family Boatbuilding Examples

About the Bevin’s Skiff

Alexandria Seaport Foundation

Volunteers and visitors can work on the current boat building project and swap stories. The second Tuesday of each month is a potluck dinner at the 2 Duke St. Shop, often with some live music and a presentation or liars’ bench.

Time: Tuesday evenings 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Alexandria Seaport Center, 0 Thompson Alley or 2 Duke St. Shop, Old Town Alexandria, VA

For more information, contact us at 703-549-7078.

We are currently working on a Haven 12 1/2

Alexandria Seaport Foundation

Alexandria Seaport Foundation

Alexandria Seaport Foundation

The Fulbright Program with the Philippines is the world’s oldest continuous Fulbright program…


  • Fulbright

    Fulbright

    The Fulbright Program with the Philippines is the world’s oldest continuous Fulbright program. The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) was established on March 23, 1948.

    Grants are available for Filipino students to pursue Master’s or Ph.D. degrees in the U.S. Filipino teachers of English are eligible to teach Tagalog in the U.S and take classes at a U.S. university in the non-degree Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program.

    Opportunities in the U.S. for Filipinos

    Grants to the Philippines for U.S. citizens are offered in the student and scholar categories. Ten-month awards are available for students to carry out either independent or Ph.D. dissertation research. Lecturer/research grants and Fulbright Specialists grants are availble for U.S. faculty and professionals.  read more…

    In the Philippines, Fulbright U.S. grantees are supported by the Philippine-American Educational Foundation.

  • Students

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    The Fulbright U.S. Student Program enables U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to study abroad for one academic year.

    The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

  • Scholars

    Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

    The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends American scholars and professionals abroad to lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

    Fulbright Specialist Program

    The Fulbright Specialist Program, a short-term complement to the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program, sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at overseas academic institutions for a period of 2 to 6 weeks.

    The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES).

    Fulbright

    Fulbright

    Fulbright