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i'm dr karen gilliam chief of the human

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capital development division

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i'm responsible for carrying out a

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comprehensive program

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of training and development

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organization development services

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coaching mentoring

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all of these initiatives designed to

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ensure that people are being their best

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doing their best

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realizing their potential and that's

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what i really love about the position

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my mother

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who was a wonderful loving woman

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i lost her when she was just 45 years

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young

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but the values she instilled in me

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centered around compassion love and

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being of service

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my father was a well-decorated army

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officer

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when he retired as a full colonel

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he became very involved in my children's

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lives

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but from him he was a no-nonsense

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individual had high expectations

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and demanded excellence

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the mantra from him is good better best

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never let it rest until your good is

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better and your better best

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i think that having a month dedicated to

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african-american history is an

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opportunity for all people

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to learn about our collective stories

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that define our great nation just last

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year i attended the ohio civil rights

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hall of fame ceremony i had an

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opportunity to hear amazing stories from

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those individuals who were being

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inducted

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three of whom were freedom riders so i

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knew the history

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but these were three individuals

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who sat down stood up and rode the buses

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so now in addition

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to knowing the history

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i've also learned from their stories

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and i think that's extremely important

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this month gives us an opportunity to

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reflect on that history and to learn

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those stories

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the advice that i would give young

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people today stems from other roles i

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have in life i'm a mother a grandmother

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and a great-grandmother and it wasn't

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until i became a great-grandmother that

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legacy became more central in my life

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there are some tenants that i want to

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instill

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in my grandchildren as well as to all

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young people

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one is to dream big and don't let anyone

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steal your dream