October 2024 Issue

President’s Message 

Happy October!

We hope you have had a good start to this beautiful season. It is always a spectacular season with the bright colors and time outdoors. We hope you can enjoy it with family and friends.

We start this newsletter with some sad news. Rachel Schichtl, President of IFHE-US, resigned her position in September due to health issues. Rachel has served as Director, Communications and, in her role as President-Elect, played a critical role in facilitating the Development Grants. We wish Rachel and her family well. We know she will continue to be a member of IFHE and IFHE-US and support the work of our organization.

The IFHE-US Board of Directors is working to appoint a President. According to the IFHE-US Bylaws, the Board of Directors will appoint a replacement of an officer if a position becomes vacant. Until that position is appointed, I will serve as Interim President. We hope to have a new President in place in the next few months.

We hope you will join us on Saturday, October 19 at noon for the next IFHE-US webinar. Kim Kamin, Director of Programs and Professional Development, has organized a thoughtful program focusing on one of our colleagues, Dr. Jane Opiri, an Associate Professor of Merchandising, Textiles and Design at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, who will share her journey and experiences as a Kenyan who had the desire to become a Family and Consumer Sciences professional. More information about this webinar is in this newsletter.

Copies of the IFHE-US History are available for sale and for shipping. Later in the newsletter is the process for ordering your copy! 

We hope you will be able to participate in many, if not all, of the activities we are planning for this year.

Thank you for your continued support of IFHE and IFHE-US. If you have any questions about our organization or have suggestions to make your membership more meaningful, please let me know.

Enjoy the rest of 2024!

Sue Buck

Past President, IFHE-US

IFHE-US invites you to attend the Fall Professional Development Event via ZOOM on Saturday, October 19 at Noon CDT. There is still time to register!

Topic:

Unveiling the Professional Journey of African Immigrant Women in the United States

Presenter:

Dr. Jane Opiri

Assistant Professor of Merchandising, Textiles and Design

University of Arkansas Pine Bluff

PDUs Available: 1 CFCS

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from this presenter's qualitative research study that was designed to explore the experiences of African immigrant women and how they negotiate these experiences to develop their careers.

There is no cost for the webinar, and all are welcome to attend (professionals, students, and retirees). The webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be made available for those who register. To sign up for the event and to receive the Zoom link (sent about a week before the webinar), please register using the link below. 

Questions? Contact Kim Kamin, CFCS (kimkamin2018@gmail.com)

Submitted by: Susan Shockey, CFCS

As the newly elected IFHE-US United Nations (UN) Chair, I want to thank Anita Ferron for her United Nations leadership and guidance. This past month, we had the opportunity to speak. The knowledge gained will help me transition into this new leadership role. I am honored to serve in this capacity as IFHE United Nations Chair for the next four years. Let’s start this journey together by becoming aware of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

“The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more

sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030." (United Nations website)

My suggestion is to click on any of the 17 specific Goals on the website provided and watch the video to learn more about each issue and take action. These goals will help you create a plan with colleagues, and share information with people with whom you interact within your community, schools, and civic roles. I encourage us to work together to educate others.

25th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists Inc.

13th -16th April, 2025

“Come leh we go to TrinBago,” the most southerly of the Caribbean islands and

considered the “Best” of the West Indies. Home of Carnival, the greatest show on Earth, we invented Steelpan, Calypso, and Soca. Home of Queens Janelle Penny Commissiong, Giselle LaRonde, and Wendy Fitzwilliam, King of Cricket, Brian Lara, Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose and Machel Montano, industrious Trinidad will captivate your senses with visits to the Caroni Bird Sanctuary, The Temple in the Sea, The Pitch Lake, Mud Volcanoes, Fort George, the Pan Yards Port of Spain, capital city at night. Serene Tobago will have you awe-struck with its beautiful flora and fauna, rain forest, white sandy beaches, world-famous Buccoo Reef and Nylon Pool. Cosmopolitan in nature, every creed and race find an equal space. So, if you are looking for sweetness to put inside your basket of life, take a little runaway, so we can inject you with some ‘Freedom in yuh DNA.’

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