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— just learning about
our differences and how
to find commonalities is
our best case scenario
for how we will learn to
get along on this planet.
And the nice thing is that
young kids are the most
open to something differ-
ent. They have no innate
preconceived ideas.
KW: You have an MBA
from UCLA, and started
out as a designer/manu-
facturer in the fashion
“
KW: And then, with
three kids, how did you
make the transition to a
work-at-home-mom?
MW: I had to wait un-
til my youngest was in
preschool for half a day,
five days a week, but I
how they worked or
which blogging platform
to use. I figured, if the
most technically savvy
people in Silicon Valley
were using Wordpress,
then that was the way
to go. I started blogging
seven years ago and I
got hooked. It took me
five years of basically
working for free to fi-
nally earn income from
blogging and, while it’s
not much money, it’s sat-
isfying in the same way
as getting blood from a
stone.
KW: Tell me a little
about your plans for
We are trying to get diversity, multicultural
and inclusive books into the hands of kids who
need them
industry. What made
you decide to become a
stay-at-home mom?
MW: I actually started
a company out of col-
lege with two classmates
that has grown into an
international
creative
staffing company called
Aquent. When my oldest
was born, I was working
full-time for Aquent and
my husband and I pan-
icked about day care for
her. He decided to stay
home to take care of her,
having spent a year try-
ing his luck as a profes-
Book
was itching to start some
kind of small business.
I had thought of doing
a birthday gift registry,
so family members and
relatives could buy a
part of an expensive gift
for someone, but I didn’t
have the programming
skills. I had been recruit-
ing an Adobe Flash Evan-
gelist for a start-up that
my company owned, and
I noticed that every can-
didate I went after had
a blog in Wordpress. I
had heard of blogs, but I
didn’t really understand
this year’s Multicultural
Children’s Book Day?
MW: We are so excited
to be in the position to
give away a ton of diver-
sity books this year! We
are giving away more
than 600 books! Teachers
can sign up for our Class-
room Reading Challenge
and we will send them
a free hardcover book
through our sponsor, Ju-
nior Library Guild. We
hope to get 400 teachers
signed up and we’ve ex-
tended the deadline to
the end of their school
year. Bloggers of any
stripe, lifestyle, parent-
ing, education, etcetera,
get a free diversity book
from us and they post
their review on January
27th which is included in
a linky
KW: How would you
describe your mission?
MW: We are trying
to get diversity, multi-
cultural and inclusive
books into the hands of
kids who need them. We
do this by raising aware-
ness of the great books
out there that perhaps
are under the radar. We
create content to help
teachers and parents
find the books they need,
as well as activities to go
along with them. We are
also giving books away.
KW: How would you
define success?
MW: Success is when
the books published re-
flect the ethnic demo-
graphics of the United
States.
KW:
AALBC.com
founder Troy Johnson
asks: What was the last
book you read?
MW: I just finished Re-
becca Stead’s book Good-
bye Stranger. I can’t stop
thinking about it; it’s that
good. But what is really
cool is that the newest
book by Chris Graben-
stein, Mr. Lemoncello’s Li-
brary Olympics, uses the
same riddle about two
people pointing to two
PHOTO COURTESY OF KAM WILLIAMS
Wenjen
sional golfer on the mini
tours. When our second
was born, he said that if
he had to stay home with
two kids, he would be
forced to leave us, so we
decided to switch places.
He went back to work
full-time in finance, and
I stayed home with two
kids. And then we had a
third!
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Mia Wenjen, the creator of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, is
shown here with her daughters, Ali and Zoe vacationing in Italy.
doors. One goes to heav-
en, one to hell. One lies,
one doesn’t. Which door
do you pick? How cool is
that?
KW: What is your fa-
vorite dish to cook?
MW: I’m a soup/stew
kind of cook. Give me
anything that can bub-
ble away in a post. I just
made Saveur’s Hungari-
an Goulash that my fam-
ily liked. I used smoked
paprika which was my
twist.
KW: Ling-Ju Yen asks:
What is your earliest
childhood memory?
MW: I was the kid who
was squirreled away
with a book and an apple.
I remember deciding to
read every chapter book
in my elementary school
library because I couldn’t
find any “good” books
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cont’d from pg 10
and several cookbooks,
and open restaurants in
Manhattan, Washington,
DC and out on Sag Har-
bor.
With the help of her
husband, B. built such
a formidable business
empire that she became
widely known as “The
Black Martha Stewart.”
Unfortunately, upon
consulting a doctor a
couple of years ago be-
cause of a nagging for-
getfulness, she received
the devastating diagno-
sis of early-onset Alz-
heimer’s. Although she
and Dan have since re-
ordered their priorities,
the two have steadfastly
refused to allow the dis-
ease to either crush their
spirits or diminish their
love for each other.
As B. puts it, “I’m still
myself. I just can’t re-
member things as well as
I once did.”
In Before I Forget, she
and Dan share their in-
spirational message of
hope while issuing a ral-
lying a cry to the African
American
community
which suffers from Alz-
heimer’s at over twice
the rate of whites.
The
autobiography
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primarily focuses on the
last five years of B.’s life,
although it does devote
a few chapters to earlier
periods, including her
childhood in Pennsylva-
nia.
However, the thrust of
the book is to kickstart
a frank conversation
about Alzheimer’s from
recognizing the warning
signs, to identifying its
stages, to reciting les-
son’s learned thus far.
Above all, the memoir
is a reaffirmation of a
couple’s undying love,
as evidenced by Dan’s
waxing romantic with,
“I am so grateful for the
honor and pleasure of
your company, and for
the privilege of sharing
your life.”
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DENTAL CARE
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Edward E. Ward , D.M.D., MAGD, MBA
Master Academy of General Dentistry
Interstate Dental Clinic
The project consists of new construction of aca-
demic spaces, residential units (500+ beds), admin-
istrative offices, and support spaces. The building
has (4) levels of wood frame construction over (2)
levels of concrete frame. Total building area is ap-
proximately 145,000 sf.
Walsh Construction is requesting
proposals for the following scopes:
Demolition
Survey
Earthwork
Elevators
Geopiers
Project documents:
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2905 SW First Ave
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 222-4375
FAX (503) 274-7676
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Portland, Oregon 97217
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Request an appointment online:
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