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Realizing The American Dream: Barack H. Obama

February 16, 2024 Barack Obama’s rise to presidency represents the epitome of the American Dream – that hard work, strong values, dedication, and a passion for public service can lead to being a global leader and the head of government of one of... Read More

Lunar New Year Customs & Traditions – Interview with Director of HR Tiffany Fong

February 14, 2024 The Lunar New Year 2024, also referred to as Chinese New Year and Spring Festival, kicked off on February 10, with celebrations worldwide. Each year has a corresponding animal from the Chinese zodiac and 2024 marks the Year of the... Read More

Honoring Black History Month: Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer – A Trailblazer in Civil Rights

February 6, 2024 Fannie Lou Hamer (nee Townsend) was an American voting and women’s rights activist and leader in the civil rights movement. Born on October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi, she was the last of the 20 children of Lou Ella... Read More

Hispanic Heritage Month: Honoring Sylvia Mendez

October 13, 2023 Seven years before 1954’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling integrated U.S. schools, a young girl played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended segregation in California and... Read More

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with a Tribute to Rigoberta Menchú!

October 2, 2023 Rigoberta Menchú was born on January 9, 1959 to a poor Indian peasant family and raised in the Quiche branch of the Mayan culture. In her early years she helped with the family farm work, either in the northern highlands of... Read More

PB&W Pays Tribute to Alex Padilla – A Trailblazer and Role Model – In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month

September 25, 2023 On January 20, 2021, Alejandro “Alex” Padilla was sworn into the United States Senate by Vice President Kamala Harris, becoming the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate. Senator Padilla lives in the San Fernando Valley with his... Read More

PB&W Pays Tribute to Rob Bonta – The Attorney for the People – In Honor of AAPI Heritage Month

May 22, 2023 On April 23, 2021, Robert Andres Bonta was sworn in as the 34th Attorney General of the State of California, the first person of Filipino descent and the second Asian-American to occupy the position. He is married to Mia Bonta,... Read More

Kamala D. Harris: Living Out the American Dream

March 31, 2023 In culmination of Women’s History Month, PB&W honors Kamala Harris, the first woman vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first South Asian American vice president. She was elected... Read More

PB&W Recognizes Disability Awareness Month

March 27, 2023 Down syndrome remains the most common chromosomal condition diagnosed in the United States. Each year, about 6,000 babies born in the United States have Down syndrome, caused by a third copy of the 21st chromosome. Down syndrome is the largest chromosomal... Read More

Women’s History Month: PB&W Honors Madeline Albright

March 6, 2023 Madeleine Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father was a press attaché at the Chech embassy in Yugoslavia, which was communist control at the time.  As a result of her parent’s opposition... Read More