COMMENTS ABOUT COLORFUL FLAGS
Colorful Flags is
a practical concept. I would be impressed and thrilled if someone engaged
me in my native tongue.
Colorful Flags breaks the ice and bridges gaps. San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune (March, 1998).
Interactions fostered by the Colorful Flags program can go a long way toward breaking down the mistrust that separates different communities in the U.S. Multicultural Review (June, 1997)
The Colorful Flags concept is recommendation #7 in the landmark Los Angeles Human Relations Commission Report: Understanding Anti-immigrant Sentiment in Los Angeles and What We Can Do About It (July, 1996).
Dr. Reese has created a practical social invention that has national, perhaps international implications. --Warren G. Bennis, Ph.D. (February, 1996).
You have found a universal and practical way of showing people you care about them and their culture--United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland (July, 1995).
We are pleased to know that the problems of ethnicity and multiculturalism in the U.S., especially California, has been given attention by your program--Royal Thai Consulate General (June, 1995).
We feel that if we can get people to use the "Colorful Flags" phonetic cards and communicate in the different languages, this will be a better work place--Good Samaritan Hospital (June, 1995).
"It is so fun! Students don't even know they're learning."--Bell High School (May, 1995).
"The Colorful Flags phonetic guides were of great assistance to the Los Angeles Police Department personnel who visited Russia."--Los Angeles Police Department (April, 1995).
"As the Colorful Flags program suggests...speaking a little to someone in his native tongue establishes a connection like no other."--Lee May, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (May 1994)
"This concept is brilliantly simple."--James O'Toole Ph.D. (August, 1994).
"The ability to communicate is the beginning of understanding. I think Reese has the answer."--Harvey Mackay, The Denver Post (June, 1994).
Your Colorful Flags program is impressive. The content is excellent and your commitment is self-evident--Advanta Corp. (May, 1994).