Graduating with the brilliant Syracuse University class’s of 2016, I am so grateful to so many for Believing in me and assisting me along the way. Achieving a BS in IM&T, a MS in IDD&E and a CAS in Ed. Tech in 5 years certainly took some patience, encouragement, scolding, help, Prayer and Belief, and there was a village at my back, propping me up, in and around the Syracuse University community.
Earlier this year I was invited to join the Board of Visitors for Dean Joanna Masingila and the School of Education and I was truly honored. I accepted and participated in my first meeting this past October. I left feeling excited about the opportunities being created at SU and looking forward to the progress as we continue to learn, grow and expand. I Believe we have a bright future and will be offering programs and partnerships that were not available before. My SU education has thrust me into a much larger network of problem solving as a result of the increased knowledge, awareness and skills academically acquired.
During the months of October and November 2016, I partnered with McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center offering a B.E.L.I.E.V.E. Series I designed and presented to three community service organizations across the Syracuse community. McMahon/Ryan provides a variety of preventative services to youth ages 18 and younger who are victims of child abuse in its many ugly forms. They contracted Touchdown Presentations, my consulting firm, to teach the B.E.L.I.E.V.E. Series I designed which consists of a series of interactive sessions that shift the way people are thinking so they will BELIEVE in Themselves, BELIEVE in Their Dreams, and BELIEVE They Can Achieve Them.
The three partnering agencies, Southwest Community Center, Southside Innovation Center, and Elmcrest Children’s Center, have all been locations where audiences from 9 years of age to 78 years learned about how important it is to BELIEVE in Themselves, BELIEVE in Their Dreams, and BELIEVE They Can Achieve Them. It has been an amazingly rewarding two months of applying what I’ve learned in IDD&E and celebrating the growth witnessed in my audiences… young and older.
My husband and I head home to Henderson, NV for a few months, and I BELIEVE I will be returning in the spring of 2017 to continue this work I have been so Blessed to do. I don’t have the gigs yet, but I’m working on it and BELIEVING in the value of the message I am delivering. Syracuse is my hometown and there is a lot of work that needs to be done to create a more vibrant and progressive city. I look forward to being an integral part of that growth both as a member of the Orange Nation, and as a member of the community.
Keep BELIEVING Everyone.
Love and Blessings.
DeBorah A. Little, MS, CAS
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