2021 GlobalMindED
The Future of Work is Diverse, Inclusive, Just and Equitable
GlobalMindED closes the equity gap by creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline through connections to role models, mentors, internships for low-income students, returning adults, First Gen to college and inclusive leaders who teach them, work with them and hire them.
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As we celebrate International Women this month, we feature outstanding women every day. Today, we introduce Dr. Fay Cobb Payton, Full-Time Tenure Professor of Information Technology/Analytics at North Carolina State University. Dr. Payton is a diligent, determined leader, on rotation as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the Division of Computer and Network Systems, and was named a University Faculty Scholar for her leadership in turning research into solutions to society’s most pressing issues. Join her STEM session tomorrow, our Wonder Women of Healthcare today and Female Funders on Wednesday.
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Upcoming March Equity Events Celebrating Inclusive Women- 2:00 MST/4:00 EST click link to register, details below:
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You are a professor at NC State, an ACE (American Council on Education) Fellow, and on rotation with the National Science Foundation. What is your personal story? (If you are first-gen, please add that as well)
I am the daughter of parents who remain a source of support for me. I am a first-generation college student. Education was a constant theme growing up, and there was always an expectation of college completion and academic success from my parents and a community of family and close friends. Mathematics was my favorite subject in primary school and college for which I attribute to my Father. I am a lover of the arts (and former dancer) which comes from my Mother who is an avid reader and writer. I come from humble beginnings, and though there were struggles along my path with many times hearing…”no” or flat out being discouraged by naysayers. Currently, I am a full professor of Information Technology/Analytics. My areas of study include AI fairness/bias, healthcare, data curation analytics, tech inclusion, leadership, and innovation.
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What drew you to the STEM disciplines?
I have always enjoyed problem-solving and mathematics. In high school, I had plans to become a medical doctor until I experienced clinical rotations that were required for my high school coursework. The clinical settings were unsettling, and I did not stomach what I witnessed in surgery, physical therapy or obstetrics-gynecology clinicals. My choice of engineering resulted from the mathematics focus, a chance conversation during a car ride home with my Dad and computing assignments from a teacher who was in tuned to my interests. I also had an internship at a national laboratory that helped to shape my STEM interests.
What drew me to STEM is not what helped me to persist, however. My STEM persistence was shaped by campus advocates, a pre-college program, peer and faculty mentors and many other factors.
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How can uncovering intersectional challenges-- with your many perspectives from health care, AI, social/digital inclusion and industry collaborations--provide equity action and outcomes?
In part, this involves centering intersectionality and equity in the content. This is not limited to health care, AI, social/digital inclusion and industry collaborations. An equity lens should start with a recognition that “all” do not begin at the same start point, resources or privilege. Action should be met with transformative, bold leadership, particularly with data is not the only problem when seeking equitable outcomes.
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Tell us about working in industry, government, and higher education as a professor, often collaborating across disciplines. What insight can you share as a Black woman in STEM from participating from these various vantage points?
I have worked in these different sectors, and each now embraces interdisciplinary collaborations. To address grand challenges, more of these collaborations are needed. This is particularly the case for the areas that I study.
As a Black woman in STEM, there are workplace challenges in each of these sectors. Different sectors…same challenges. Underrepresentation continues to be an issue along with the many structural barriers. Parity in the leadership ranks for Black women is woefully missing in industry, government and higher education along with investments in entrepreneurship.
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What would you like to tell the next generation of Black STEMers and all aspiring STEM students about the challenges you faced in your career and the opportunities that your persistence and determination has created?
To the next generation of Black STEMers, go for it and do not shortchange your academic preparation. Failure is not the end of the journey. Learn from the failure, and only be discouraged for a moment. Lastly, being a STEMer does not mean removing yourself from your creativity side. It only serves to make you a better scientist, technologist, engineer and/or mathematician.
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Click below to watch the Inclusive Leader Award Ceremony featuring inspirational messages from the diverse Award Winners
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GlobalMindED and the SDG Impact Fund are delighted to announce GlobalMindED's Donor Advised Fund. 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Women's Declaration and Action Platform. Many from around the world are thinking of 2020 as the gateway to our most vital decade for delivering equity, the Sustainable Development Goals, and a world where all can thrive. Our key time for these outcomes is 2020-2030.
GlobalMindED DAF and the SDG Impact Fund are a powerful combined force for good as the 2019 year comes to a close and we reflect on the gratitude and the commitments we make to the causes we care most about. The DAF offers immense power and flexibility for giving prior to the year's end as you plant seeds of generous intention for 2020 and the decade ahead.
When you contribute to GlobalMindED, you support First Gen students. We have served more than 400 students by connecting them to role models, mentors, internships and jobs. Your generous support will allow us to take our work 10x and reach these talented students at scale who lack the resources and support we provide. Your support also helps teachers who can't afford the conference fees, faculty at colleges which are under resourced and students who persist at those universities despite food insecurity and/or housing insecurity.
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Links to read about Inclusive Leaders, many of whom are African American and people of color:
Curated sessions from GlobalMindED 2020 YouTube channel:
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From the Center for Positive Organizations:
From the Economist:
From Forbes:
From Harvard Business Review:
From the World Academy of Art & Science and UN; Geneva Global Leadership in the 21st Century econference:
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Listen here for an interview with Pam Newkirk, GlobalMindED speaker and author of Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion- Dollar Business.
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Meet GlobalMindED Founder, Carol Carter as interviewed by Tim Moore on his podcast Success Made to Last: From Success to Significance
Listen to Part 1 of Carol's interview
Listen to Part 2 of Carol's interview
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Recent GlobalMindED Newsletter Profiles:
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Since 2006 when the flagship TGR Learning Lab opened its doors in Anaheim, CA, TGR Foundation has had a lot to celebrate, including its most recent milestone of one million students impacted by TGR EDU: Explore, alone.
Developed in partnership with Discovery Education, TGR EDU: Explore is a free digital resource library that offers interactive web experiences, lesson plans, training videos and tools for educators, students and families to explore new disciplines and gain skills for a modern and expanding workforce.
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As you start the New Year, are you looking for ways to re-engineer your classroom culture? Check out Designing the Future: How Engineering Builds Creative Critical Thinking in the Classroom. The associated website has lots of activities, projects, and resources you can implement immediately. Our fall workshops using the book as a roadmap for change have been highly successful. Start designing the future today - try using the customized Study Guide for a book study in your PLC. Or contact ProjectEngin or Solution Tree to learn how you can bring professional development based on Ann's book to your school, district, or conference.
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THE FLYOVER NATION
Energy's Role in a Troubled Heartland
By J.C. Whorton
A unique and timely discussion of the challenging issues facing the country’s troubled Heartland.
Since the beginning of westward expansion into the Heartland’s vast regions, natural resource development has played a historic role in shaping its communities. Today, domestic oil and gas development offers one of the strongest prospects for the Heartland’s present and future prosperity as well as the nation’s re-emergence as a dominant player in the global energy economy.
The U.S. is now the world’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas, two circumstances that are universally disrupting international geopolitical order. The earth has a finite supply of natural resources and a rapidly growing and over consuming population.
As America positions itself for a very uncertain and constantly evolving global marketplace, will the Heartland become America’s “great connector” or “great divide”?
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J.C. Whorton is a senior level energy and financial professional with over forty years of essential experience. Having a ranching and Native American heritage, Mr. Whorton is a strong advocate for rural education and economic development initiatives.
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