Question

Current Event on Leadership during the coronavirus crisis

The "true colors" of leaders and of organizations tend to come out on display during crisis. • Find an article about the leader or company in your field of interest that’s been in the news relating to CORONAVIRUS that’s doing GREAT and AMAZING things for people and communities (i.e. search in online papers such as Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times) detailing the personal, ethical, local, national or international issue. • Summarize it in 1 page • In the summary, please make sure to note it’s importance in the field of leadership, how does it/they help or hurt others? What’s the relationship to this coursework? • Articles must not be more than 3 months old • Articles can be from mass media or professional sources. Attach your article or link and your summary • You must also comment on 2 other students’ posts with your welcome remarks and feedback about their videos. Comments must be informative and substantive, don’t write “nice job, blah blah blah…” • If you post too close to the due date/time, you’re not giving other students ample time to provide feedback and will be docked points.

Answer 1

Oprah Winfrey announced she was contributing $10 million to coronavirus recovery efforts on Thursday, including a recent campaign to help poor Americans get food amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Winfrey, one of the wealthiest and most prominent women in America, made the announcement on its social media sites.

Overall, she's pledging $10 million to support Americans in communities around the country and in places where she grew up she said during this pandemic. Winfrey, 66, was born into Mississippi poverty and resided in Milwaukee and Tennessee.

A portion of the money will go to the new American Food Fund campaign launched in partnership with Apple Inc, the Ford Foundation, Laurene Powell Jobs, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

It would also feed those most affected by America's coronavirus outbreak, including children who depend on school lunch services, low-income households, the disabled and job-disrupting people.

She also remembers growing up in Milwaukee with my parents when we were all out of poverty and occasionally we needed support for our families just to survive. So so many more people feel insecure at moments like these, Winfrey added.

Oprah Winfrey showed an important gesture towards the leadership approach which she has taken and also encouraged others to make such donations. This donation will not only help the poor but will also help the govt in tackling this situation better.