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Scared To Faith
scared to faith highlights some of valerie opher's key life experiences as an african-american woman who has worked in not-for-profit as well as for-profit organizations in corporate america. to be the only and sometimes first african-american woman in several leadership and management positions presented valerie opher with many racial and political challenges that included the following: a racial attack by caucasians that was mentioned on fox 45 ten o'clock news in baltimore, maryland; being called a refugee by an african-american woman who happened to be her boss in charlotte, north carolina; being asked: who do you think you are, the rosa parks of wilmington, nc by a vice-president of a local hospital; and having her life threatened while employed as ceo of a community health center in north carolina. while employed by a fortune 500 company, valerie opher was asked to tell the other four black members of a team of 100+ persons not to sit together, because "it makes the rest of the t...
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