Open The Door Full Video
Carmelina Olden
ODHC has been opening doors to health care and wellness for over 45 years, serving the Fox Valley region and beyond, from our health centers in Elgin and Aurora. ODHC specializes in providing health care to the LGBTQIA+ plus community and specializes in providing quality culturally competence health care to all people, with the goal of reducing and eliminating disparities in health care.
All people deserve the right to affordable, accessible quality health carefree from discrimination and barriers. At Open Door Health Center (ODHC), we work to advance patient access to affirming health care and address social determinants of health.
People may have a difficult time seeking or accessing the information they need to make informed decisions about their health. We provide comprehensive Outreach Services delivered by trained and certified staff and volunteers. Services provided in both Spanish and English.
Who Should get Tested? The CDC recommends anyone between the ages of 12-65 who is sexually active should be tested for HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) at least once in their lifetime or more depending on their behavior.
We specialize in providing services for people who identify as LGBTQI, people living with HIV/AIDS and their families and friends. We are culturally aware
and sensitive to the unique needs and concerns of individuals that are part of our community.
We maintain a very strong commitment to providing care for medically vulnerable patients such as the LGBTQI communities and those living with HIV/AIDS. Thankfully, now that HIV is a treatable chronic disease, we no longer need to manage it in a vacuum as an isolated illness.
Discover the profiles of our remaining students who are eager to join a loving host family and experience life in the U.S.! Each profile highlights their interests, what they hope to gain, and what contributions they can bring, helping you find the perfect match for your family. We invite you to explore their profiles and welcome one into your home!
NOD is seeking outgoing, self-motivated individuals who enjoy making their own schedules and building relationships that last a lifetime. As a Local Representative, your primary responsibility is to match international exchange students with American host families and high schools in your community.
Enjoy the classic foreign exchange experience with the Academic Year Program. Requiring a J-1 visa and focusing on cultural exchange, this program offers the opportunity to live with a host family, attend an American high school, and explore American culture for an academic semester or year.
Academically focused students with F-1 visas can study at a private American high school for multiple years, earn a U.S. high school diploma, and will live with a supportive host family throughout the length of their program.
The Nacel International School System (NISS) supports schools and students globally with exceptional international educational opportunities via administrative counsel and support and access to culturally immersive experiences through the network of Nacel Open Door programs and partners.
Since 1957, Nacel Open Door, Inc. has promoted programs and opportunities aimed at students who want to broaden their perspective of the world and gain practical experience living, working, and learning in another culture.
By opening your home to a Nacel Open Door student, you will provide a life-changing experience for a talented and bright young person, while also broadening your horizons and enhancing your own worldview.
I hate hate hate this excuse. Let costumers opt into opening functions with a disclaimer and waiver. Let us decide for ourselves what security we need or want. So in their eyes its perfectly ok for somone to open my front door lock somehow using the triggers, but not the garage door? Its a senseless omission and is half the reason a lot of people buy wifi garage door openers.
Why are the two secured spaces treated differently? Why is my car and the garage (that most likely are separate from the house either physically or by an access door to the house (attached garage) more important than the contents of my home (myself and family)?
The Open Door Bird Sanctuary raises avian awareness and inspires coexistence with the rich natural world of Door County, of Wisconsin and wherever you call home. Please let us share a bit more detail about our vision for the sanctuary.
We are a private non-profit 501(c) 3 organization and the only facility of its kind in the area. With 34 acres of pristine land with hiking trails, wildlife viewing and our birds of prey, we offer a unique combination of environmental and wildlife education as well as being a destination for both Door County residents and tourists alike. Our visitors are all ages offering just as much awe and inspiration to adults as to children.
The OPEN DOOR BIRD SANCTUARY will raise avian awareness and inspire coexistence with the rich natural world of Door County, of Wisconsin and wherever you call home. Please let us share a bit more detail about our vision for the sanctuary.
We are a private non-profit 501(c) 3 organization and is the only facility of its kind in the area. We offer a unique combination of environmental and wildlife education as well as being a destination for both Door County residents and tourists alike.
Open Door Bird Sanctuary is a primarily volunteer run private non-profit organization, and we are always looking for new volunteers to join our team! Please contact Amy Hults at volun...@opendoorbirdsanctuary.org.
A lot of times when it comes to hosting, we need to ask ourselves why we are hosting. Maybe your purpose is to have a flawless six course meal with guests in cocktail attire. And that is fine (invite me, pleeeeaaase). But if you are inviting people over simply to foster community, and you want an open door policy, those purposes are very different and they will guide your actions. The fears that are limiting you from hosting will begin to melt away the more you practice opening your door. Fear and pride can keep us back from welcoming people into our homes. But if you let go of them and remind yourself why you want to have an open-door policy, you can create really wonderful community.
Ronnie, thank you so much for your kind words! So true, and I want to welcome friends/strangers/family without apprehension or feeling the need for perfection. Especially since perfection will never be achieved on earth ?
My parents had an open door policy the whole time we kids were growing up. We felt incredibly stressed. All kinds of people came and stayed for hours. They had plenty of negative things to say as well. There was never any privacy. Even when we were sick we were constantly entertaining company. I would be careful about who you let into your house and for how long.
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After speaking to the junior employees in my new company, the vast majority did not feel safe to speak up in the organization because of the climate that was set before I go there. They told me that they struggled with direct communication.
I went back and spoke to my colleagues and explained what took place. After our conversation, they ended up doing away with the open-door policy. They started holding weekly meetings with managers, held more guided discussions, and conducted one on one counseling with them in a more appropriate setting rather than their office. These changes afforded them more quality time to speak up whenever serious concerns arose and encouraged them to use the suggestion box.
My challenge to you is when you go back to your organization, look at your channels of communication, and ask yourself a few questions: Are there enough? Does your open-door policy work? When was the last time an employee walked into your office and voiced their concerns? In doing so you will increase efficiency, morale, and productivity across the organization.
The term "Open Door" also describes the economic policy initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978 to open China to foreign businesses that wanted to invest in the country. The policy set into motion the economic transformation of China.[2] In the 20th and 21st centuries, scholars such as Christopher Layne in the neorealist school have generalized the use of the term to applications in 'political' open door policies and 'economic' open door policies of nations in general, which interact on a global or international basis.[3]
In reply, each country tried to evade Hay's request by taking the position that it could not commit itself until the other nations had complied. However, by July 1900, Hay announced that each of the powers had granted its consent in principle. Although treaties after 1900 referred to the Open Door Policy, competition continued abated among the various powers for special concessions within China for railroad rights, mining rights, loans, foreign trade ports, and so forth.[6]
On October 6, 1900, Britain and Germany signed the Yangtze Agreement to oppose the partition of China into spheres of influence. The agreement, signed by Lord Salisbury and Ambassador Paul von Hatzfeldt, was an endorsement of the Open Door Policy. The Germans supported it because a partition of China would limit Germany to a small trading market, instead of all of China.[8][9]
The policy built popular sympathy for China and raised hopes for a vast "China market" and American influence in China's development. The effect of the policy was partly diplomatic, but it also reflected what the historian Michael Hunt calls a "paternalistic vision" of "defending and reforming China." This vision defined China in terms of two struggles, first, a Chinese domestic struggle between progressive reform and feudal inertia, and the second an international struggle which pitted the "selfish imperialism" of Britain, Russia, and Japan against the supposedly benevolent policies of the United States.[10] Over the next decades, American diplomats, missionaries, and businessmen took a special interest in China, many of them envisioning that China would follow the American example.[11]
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