His cousin is a Cheyneyite
Christopher P. ReynoldsGroup Vice President and General CounselToyota Motor Sales, Inc.
Christopher Reynolds is group vice president and general counsel for the Legal Services Group of Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. He is also the corporate secretary and chief environmental officer of TMS.
Reynolds oversees the groups responsible for legal services, including product liability, advertising compliance, antitrust, business litigation, business transactions, dealer relations, environmental litigation, intellectual property and strategic initiatives. In addition, he oversees the groups responsible for corporate responsibility, including privacy, internal audit, risk management, environmental audit and environmental health and safety programs. As corporate secretary, Reynolds is responsible for the company's corporate governance.
Prior to joining Toyota in 2007, Reynolds was a partner and trial lawyer at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in New York City. While at the law firm, Reynolds also worked as manager of the office's labor and employment law litigation group. He served as a member of the firm's advisory board and as chair of the firm's diversity committee.
Earlier, Reynolds served as an assistant United States attorney in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York. Prior to that, he worked as a litigator at the firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed and as a law clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith, 6th U.S. Court of Appeals in Detroit, Mich.
Reynolds grew up amid the auto industry in Detroit as the son of a Ford River Rouge plant worker. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science with honors at Kalamazoo College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1983. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1986. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Delta Sigma Theta Empowerment Conference Saturday April 17th 2010
For Grades 5-12 and Adults Registration Deadline April 2, 2010
Registration Fee: $10.00 (Do not send cash)Lunch included
Conference Schedule
9:00 AM Registration
Continental Breakfast
Youth Entrepreneur Showcase
9:45AM Opening Session
“Tiny Choices X-treme Outcomes”
Nasser Jones, Omni Leadership
11:00 AM - Noon Session I
Workshops
Grades 5 - 7
A. Me & My Money
B. Takin’ it Back: How YOU Can Create a Financially
Responsible Culture
C. Excellent C.R.E.D.I.T. - Excellent Credit Requires
Educated Decisions In Time
Grades 8 - 9
D. Money Smart Teens
E. Takin’ it Back: How YOU Can Create a Financially
Responsible Culture
F. Excellent C.R.E.D.I.T. - Excellent Credit Requires
Educated Decisions In Time
Grades 10 - 12
G. Dollars and $ense
H. Generation Debt Free
I. Hip Hop’s Financial Plan: Money Lessons from Jay-Z,
50 Cent, Beyonce, and Diddy
J. Understanding Credit for Young Adults
K. Financial Literacy - What Do You Know About Your
Money?
Adults
L. How to Create a Successful Business Plan
M. Surviving in the New World Financial Order
N. Understanding Your Credit
12:15 PM- 1:15 PM Session II
Workshops Repeated
1:30 PM Lunch
General Session and Closing
“Unlimited Break-Through”
Nasser
YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR
SHOWCASE
Open All Day
Items available include:
Jewelry
T-shirts
Natural Skincare Products
Unique Handbags & Tote bags
and More
JKS Youth Economic Empowerment Conference
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter
P.O. Box 2356
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-6356
Phone: 215-248-3388
Email: Jksfinancialconference@yahoo.com
www.phillyalumnae-dst.org
Victoria A. Mosley Rivers,
Registration Fee: $10.00 (Do not send cash)Lunch included
Conference Schedule
9:00 AM Registration
Continental Breakfast
Youth Entrepreneur Showcase
9:45AM Opening Session
“Tiny Choices X-treme Outcomes”
Nasser Jones, Omni Leadership
11:00 AM - Noon Session I
Workshops
Grades 5 - 7
A. Me & My Money
B. Takin’ it Back: How YOU Can Create a Financially
Responsible Culture
C. Excellent C.R.E.D.I.T. - Excellent Credit Requires
Educated Decisions In Time
Grades 8 - 9
D. Money Smart Teens
E. Takin’ it Back: How YOU Can Create a Financially
Responsible Culture
F. Excellent C.R.E.D.I.T. - Excellent Credit Requires
Educated Decisions In Time
Grades 10 - 12
G. Dollars and $ense
H. Generation Debt Free
I. Hip Hop’s Financial Plan: Money Lessons from Jay-Z,
50 Cent, Beyonce, and Diddy
J. Understanding Credit for Young Adults
K. Financial Literacy - What Do You Know About Your
Money?
Adults
L. How to Create a Successful Business Plan
M. Surviving in the New World Financial Order
N. Understanding Your Credit
12:15 PM- 1:15 PM Session II
Workshops Repeated
1:30 PM Lunch
General Session and Closing
“Unlimited Break-Through”
Nasser
YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR
SHOWCASE
Open All Day
Items available include:
Jewelry
T-shirts
Natural Skincare Products
Unique Handbags & Tote bags
and More
JKS Youth Economic Empowerment Conference
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter
P.O. Box 2356
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-6356
Phone: 215-248-3388
Email: Jksfinancialconference@yahoo.com
www.phillyalumnae-dst.org
Victoria A. Mosley Rivers,
PA State Education Hearing on Science, Technology,Engineering, Mathematics(STEM)Education
Velda V. Morris, Robotics Education Specialist, Co-Chair Urban STEM Strategy Group
Chairman Roebuck, Chairman Clymer and members of the Education Committee, I am
appreciative of this event to submit testimony to the committee on an issue of great
importance to our global competitiveness, STEM Education.
The Secondary Robotics Initiative (SRI) is the School District of Philadelphia's premier
instructional STEM vehicle utilized to educate all students in the region with a specific
focus on girls and underrepresented populations. SRI is one of the largest urban
research based robotics program in the United States. It is comprised of fifty middle
and high school schools with business, industry, and higher education partners. Yearly,
over 60 teachers and 750 students are involved in STEM related activities through
robotics providing access to national competitions and STEM experts in the following
ways:
Changing Expectations Career Tour --a group of professionals from industry and
business dedicate five months of their time to visit elementary schools to
enlighten, encourage and change the expectations of students to pursue STEM
fields.
Boosting Engineering Science &Technology (BEST) www.bestinc.org for middle
and high schools
Philadelphia FIRST LEG0 League (FLL) www.firstlegoleague.org for elementary
and middle schools
Greater Philadelphia Sea Perch Challenge
www.phila.kl2.pa.us/offices/ccawareness for middle schools thru college
Preparing Tomorrow Innovative Leaders: A Technology Symposium --for middle
through high schools
Additionally, programs like SRI need to bring cutting edge "smart technology" to
life in the form of project based learning.
Than mean formal and informal lessons must involve the following: Authentic "hands
on" learning activities that engage student' interest and motivation. Reflect on types of
learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom,
communication, presentation, time management, research, inquiry, self-assessment and
reflection.
The STEM Pipeline --at Risk?
More S&P SO0 CEO's obtained their undergraduate degrees in engineering than any
other major
About 1/3 of US students intending to major in engineering switch majors before
graduating
Undergraduate Degrees in Natural Science or Engineering.
Singapore 67% China 50% France 47%
South Korea 38% United States 15%
Global markets ignite the quest for new fast-paced transformations as new technologies
and whole industries emerge quarterly. President Barack Obama and Congress has
provided states stimulus funds to strengthen the workforce to conduct mandatory
technological, structural and safety improvements to our great land. It impels us to
realize that work paradigms are changing and we must get the education equation right
or else ........ Using robotics for workforce development and college prep leads to
intriguing pathways of "education, discovery and innovation".
"The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can
afford not to."
-Marian Wright Edelman
Projections indicate over the next decade for the need of over 2 million teachers, of
which 240,000 will be middle and high school mathematics and science specialists[l]
coordinated efforts must be made to recruit pre-service teachers to enter mathematics
and science studies, and gain certification.
Also, the retiring workforce of baby boomers in science, mathematics and engineering
over the next decade must be encouraged and offered pathways to enter teaching upon
retirement.
Studies show that many teachers leave the profession after 5 years or less, so we need
to provide beginning math and science teachers with induction programs for retention
and development - and make sure that is sustained support.
To attract and retain precollege science and mathematics teachers, we must provide
quality, sustained professional development experiences for all K-12 science and
mathematics teachers that will increase and deepen content knowledge, promote a
variety of pedagogical approaches and develop questioning strategies, which will
advance higher order thinking of all their students.
Encourage higher education leaders to strengthen K-8 teacher education programs to
provide a deeper understanding of the content knowledge necessary to teach
mathematics and science.
Invest in research on teaching and learning that will better inform development of
science and mathematics curricula and pedagogical approaches.
[I] National Center for Education Statistics, National Commission on Mathematics, and
Science Teaching for the 21st Century
Chairman Roebuck, Chairman Clymer and members of the Education Committee, I am
appreciative of this event to submit testimony to the committee on an issue of great
importance to our global competitiveness, STEM Education.
The Secondary Robotics Initiative (SRI) is the School District of Philadelphia's premier
instructional STEM vehicle utilized to educate all students in the region with a specific
focus on girls and underrepresented populations. SRI is one of the largest urban
research based robotics program in the United States. It is comprised of fifty middle
and high school schools with business, industry, and higher education partners. Yearly,
over 60 teachers and 750 students are involved in STEM related activities through
robotics providing access to national competitions and STEM experts in the following
ways:
Changing Expectations Career Tour --a group of professionals from industry and
business dedicate five months of their time to visit elementary schools to
enlighten, encourage and change the expectations of students to pursue STEM
fields.
Boosting Engineering Science &Technology (BEST) www.bestinc.org for middle
and high schools
Philadelphia FIRST LEG0 League (FLL) www.firstlegoleague.org for elementary
and middle schools
Greater Philadelphia Sea Perch Challenge
www.phila.kl2.pa.us/offices/ccawareness for middle schools thru college
Preparing Tomorrow Innovative Leaders: A Technology Symposium --for middle
through high schools
Additionally, programs like SRI need to bring cutting edge "smart technology" to
life in the form of project based learning.
Than mean formal and informal lessons must involve the following: Authentic "hands
on" learning activities that engage student' interest and motivation. Reflect on types of
learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom,
communication, presentation, time management, research, inquiry, self-assessment and
reflection.
The STEM Pipeline --at Risk?
More S&P SO0 CEO's obtained their undergraduate degrees in engineering than any
other major
About 1/3 of US students intending to major in engineering switch majors before
graduating
Undergraduate Degrees in Natural Science or Engineering.
Singapore 67% China 50% France 47%
South Korea 38% United States 15%
Global markets ignite the quest for new fast-paced transformations as new technologies
and whole industries emerge quarterly. President Barack Obama and Congress has
provided states stimulus funds to strengthen the workforce to conduct mandatory
technological, structural and safety improvements to our great land. It impels us to
realize that work paradigms are changing and we must get the education equation right
or else ........ Using robotics for workforce development and college prep leads to
intriguing pathways of "education, discovery and innovation".
"The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can
afford not to."
-Marian Wright Edelman
Projections indicate over the next decade for the need of over 2 million teachers, of
which 240,000 will be middle and high school mathematics and science specialists[l]
coordinated efforts must be made to recruit pre-service teachers to enter mathematics
and science studies, and gain certification.
Also, the retiring workforce of baby boomers in science, mathematics and engineering
over the next decade must be encouraged and offered pathways to enter teaching upon
retirement.
Studies show that many teachers leave the profession after 5 years or less, so we need
to provide beginning math and science teachers with induction programs for retention
and development - and make sure that is sustained support.
To attract and retain precollege science and mathematics teachers, we must provide
quality, sustained professional development experiences for all K-12 science and
mathematics teachers that will increase and deepen content knowledge, promote a
variety of pedagogical approaches and develop questioning strategies, which will
advance higher order thinking of all their students.
Encourage higher education leaders to strengthen K-8 teacher education programs to
provide a deeper understanding of the content knowledge necessary to teach
mathematics and science.
Invest in research on teaching and learning that will better inform development of
science and mathematics curricula and pedagogical approaches.
[I] National Center for Education Statistics, National Commission on Mathematics, and
Science Teaching for the 21st Century
Important Pennsylvania Election Dates 2010
Important Pennsylvania Election Dates 2010
February 16 First day to circulate and file nomination petitions
March 9 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions
March 10 First day to circulate and file nomination papers
March 24 Last day for withdrawal by candidates who filed nomination petitions
April 19 REGISTRATION DEADLINE - last day to register to vote before the Primary Election
May 11 Last day before primary to apply for a civilian absentee ballot
May 14 Last day for a County Board of Election to receive voted civilian absentee ballots
May 18 PRIMARY ELECTION
May 19 First Day to Register after Primary Election
August 2 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions
October 4 REGISTRATION DEADLINE - Last day to register before the General Election
October 26 Last day before general election to apply for a civilian absentee ballot
October 29 Last day for a County Board of Election to receive voted civilian absentee ballots
November 2 GENERAL ELECTION
February 16 First day to circulate and file nomination petitions
March 9 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions
March 10 First day to circulate and file nomination papers
March 24 Last day for withdrawal by candidates who filed nomination petitions
April 19 REGISTRATION DEADLINE - last day to register to vote before the Primary Election
May 11 Last day before primary to apply for a civilian absentee ballot
May 14 Last day for a County Board of Election to receive voted civilian absentee ballots
May 18 PRIMARY ELECTION
May 19 First Day to Register after Primary Election
August 2 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions
October 4 REGISTRATION DEADLINE - Last day to register before the General Election
October 26 Last day before general election to apply for a civilian absentee ballot
October 29 Last day for a County Board of Election to receive voted civilian absentee ballots
November 2 GENERAL ELECTION
Celebrating Black History: The Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund
Celebrating Black History: The Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund
Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:07 AM PST
As Black History Month comes to a close, I'd like to share a wonderful story about Eartha Mary Magdalene (M.M.) White, a prominent black philanthropist and businesswoman from Jacksonville, Florida. Her life was truly remarkable and her legacy continues today through the Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund.Born in 1876, Eartha was the 13th child of two former slaves. She was adopted by Clara White, a woman who lived her life by helping others. In fact, Clara's favorite motto was,"Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, for all the people you can, while you can." Eartha embraced her mother's motto in her own life. She is pictured in the photo (standing) alongside her mother Clara.In 1893, Eartha moved to New York City to avoid a yellow fever outbreak. There, she attended the National Conservatory of Music, which led to a job with the Oriental American Opera Company, which is known as the first black opera company in the country. Eartha sang soprano under the direction of J. Rosamond Johnson (brother of James Weldon Johnson), and traveled extensively with the company throughout the U.S. and Europe.When she returned to her hometown of Jacksonville, Eartha, inspired by her mother's motto, began a life of philanthropy that continues today, well after her death in 1974.She gave back to her community in many ways, as a teacher for 16 years and as an entrepreneur. She owned a taxi cab service, a steam laundry business, an employment and housekeeping bureau, and became the first woman employed at the Afro-American Life Insurance company in Jacksonville. It is estimated that from her various entrepreneurial endeavors, she amassed a net worth in excess of $1 million dollars, most of it used to fund her philanthropic efforts.Those efforts include the establishment of an orphanage for African-American children, a home for unwed mothers, a nursery for children of working mothers, a tuberculosis rest home, the Boys' Improvement Club (1904) that worked to prevent delinquency, and helping to establish Oak Park, the first public park for African Americans in Jacksonville. Among the most notable of her efforts was the establishment of the Clara White Mission for the Indigent. Named after her mother, the mission fed the needy, and provided a variety of supportive services to Jacksonville's black community, which still exists today as the Clara White Mission.In 1902, Eartha along with her mother established a nursing home for elderly African Americans, that later became known as Eartha M.M. White Health Care, Inc. In 2005, the assets from the health care company was sold, enabling the Community Foundation of Jacksonville to establish the Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund, with a 1.4 million dollar endowment. The fund also made history, being the first fund with 1 million dollars in origin for the black community in Jacksonville.Today, the fund is managed by a twelve member African American board with a mission to advance the state of knowledge and practice of philanthropic giving within the African American community. In the past five years, the fund has granted over $100,000 to support various initiatives in their community.I learned about Eartha M.M. White and the Legacy Fund from Mr. Howard Taylor, a board member who is also a member of my blog's Linkedin group. He shared, "We want to get community involvement in what we do so that we can establish partnerships in our efforts and expand our program to teach those in need "how to fish." The fund is presently seeking partnerships with community oriented training programs that caters to teens, young adults and the working class.In 1970, Eartha received a volunteerism award and was appointed to the President's National Center for Voluntary Action by President Nixon. When asked how she would spend her award money, she answered,"I've already decided I want it to serve humanity. What would I do with it? Sit around the Plaza Hotel? I'm too busy."To learn more about Eartha M.M. White, the University of North Florida has an online exhibition with rare photos, personal stories, documents and other artifacts.
See picture at the blog www.blackgivesback.com
Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:07 AM PST
As Black History Month comes to a close, I'd like to share a wonderful story about Eartha Mary Magdalene (M.M.) White, a prominent black philanthropist and businesswoman from Jacksonville, Florida. Her life was truly remarkable and her legacy continues today through the Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund.Born in 1876, Eartha was the 13th child of two former slaves. She was adopted by Clara White, a woman who lived her life by helping others. In fact, Clara's favorite motto was,"Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, for all the people you can, while you can." Eartha embraced her mother's motto in her own life. She is pictured in the photo (standing) alongside her mother Clara.In 1893, Eartha moved to New York City to avoid a yellow fever outbreak. There, she attended the National Conservatory of Music, which led to a job with the Oriental American Opera Company, which is known as the first black opera company in the country. Eartha sang soprano under the direction of J. Rosamond Johnson (brother of James Weldon Johnson), and traveled extensively with the company throughout the U.S. and Europe.When she returned to her hometown of Jacksonville, Eartha, inspired by her mother's motto, began a life of philanthropy that continues today, well after her death in 1974.She gave back to her community in many ways, as a teacher for 16 years and as an entrepreneur. She owned a taxi cab service, a steam laundry business, an employment and housekeeping bureau, and became the first woman employed at the Afro-American Life Insurance company in Jacksonville. It is estimated that from her various entrepreneurial endeavors, she amassed a net worth in excess of $1 million dollars, most of it used to fund her philanthropic efforts.Those efforts include the establishment of an orphanage for African-American children, a home for unwed mothers, a nursery for children of working mothers, a tuberculosis rest home, the Boys' Improvement Club (1904) that worked to prevent delinquency, and helping to establish Oak Park, the first public park for African Americans in Jacksonville. Among the most notable of her efforts was the establishment of the Clara White Mission for the Indigent. Named after her mother, the mission fed the needy, and provided a variety of supportive services to Jacksonville's black community, which still exists today as the Clara White Mission.In 1902, Eartha along with her mother established a nursing home for elderly African Americans, that later became known as Eartha M.M. White Health Care, Inc. In 2005, the assets from the health care company was sold, enabling the Community Foundation of Jacksonville to establish the Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund, with a 1.4 million dollar endowment. The fund also made history, being the first fund with 1 million dollars in origin for the black community in Jacksonville.Today, the fund is managed by a twelve member African American board with a mission to advance the state of knowledge and practice of philanthropic giving within the African American community. In the past five years, the fund has granted over $100,000 to support various initiatives in their community.I learned about Eartha M.M. White and the Legacy Fund from Mr. Howard Taylor, a board member who is also a member of my blog's Linkedin group. He shared, "We want to get community involvement in what we do so that we can establish partnerships in our efforts and expand our program to teach those in need "how to fish." The fund is presently seeking partnerships with community oriented training programs that caters to teens, young adults and the working class.In 1970, Eartha received a volunteerism award and was appointed to the President's National Center for Voluntary Action by President Nixon. When asked how she would spend her award money, she answered,"I've already decided I want it to serve humanity. What would I do with it? Sit around the Plaza Hotel? I'm too busy."To learn more about Eartha M.M. White, the University of North Florida has an online exhibition with rare photos, personal stories, documents and other artifacts.
See picture at the blog www.blackgivesback.com
Black Male Development 2010 Symposium Presented by Arcadia University and Village Builder Concepts
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 9:00-5:00 at Arcadia University 450 S. Easton Rd Glenside, Pa 19038
Workshops, Health Fair, Author's Pavillion and more
Symposium topics include Educate to Elevate,Reclaiming the Black Male, Family and Relationships,Health Wellness and Spirituality
Registration Fees:Middle/high School/ College-$25.00
Adults $45.00
Register now! www.blackmaledevelopment.com
For More info: 215-572-8510
Workshops, Health Fair, Author's Pavillion and more
Symposium topics include Educate to Elevate,Reclaiming the Black Male, Family and Relationships,Health Wellness and Spirituality
Registration Fees:Middle/high School/ College-$25.00
Adults $45.00
Register now! www.blackmaledevelopment.com
For More info: 215-572-8510
PA State Senator John Rafferty's proposed bill will loosen PA beer sales law
Let your voice be heard! Contact your State Representatives. Let them know how you feel.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_region/20100217_Proposed_bill_would_loosen_Pa__beer-sales_law.html
State Senator John C. Rafferty (Montgomery-R) held a "rally" for reforming PA's beer laws, the main aim being to allow six-pack sales in grocery stores, convenience stores, and distributors.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_region/20100217_Proposed_bill_would_loosen_Pa__beer-sales_law.html
State Senator John C. Rafferty (Montgomery-R) held a "rally" for reforming PA's beer laws, the main aim being to allow six-pack sales in grocery stores, convenience stores, and distributors.
My first blogging experience
This is truly a learning experience. It will definitely take time for me to get it right!
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