2020 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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This week and next, readers will meet our outstanding GlobalMindED Ambassadors like Emanuel Walker, thanks to our partnership with Every Learner Everywhere. You will learn first hand what these strong students have been through and how their determination defines their destiny. You will see why working with these students in your own diverse talent pipeline will enrich your company and your mission. Emanuel is part of our cohort of students who produced two reports, Student Speak: Student Voices Informing Educational Strategies and Peer to Peer Students Speak, and for whom our 2020 Inclusive Leader Awards and mentors are some among many role models. Students like Emanuel are our guides to a better future- one of respect, unity, collaboration, judgment, service and resiliency are some among many role models.
Sign up below for our January Equity Team events:
- 1/19 Higher Ed - Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: This Time is Now - How Do We Stop Deferring the Dream?
- 1/26 STEM - Downstream Impact of Unconscious Bias and Subconscious Discouragement
- 1/28 K-12 - Recognizing Our Collective Cultural Identity: Teaching and Leading with Truth and Tolerance
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I came to this country as a refugee in 2004 with a single mother who raised me in the Denver/Aurora area. I struggled with social anxiety in high school. It became hard for me to focus on and establish relationships in high school. I ended up graduating high school with a 1.6 GPA, where I felt like my life was over and that I'd never been successful. I took some time after high school to work and get my mind in the right place. Later, I attended the Community College of Denver (CCD), where I heard about GlobalMindED. After our first day of workshops, I connected with Adrian Rosado, Rocio Perez, and Dr. Melinda Cain. During our Intercultural competence training, Melinda saw my scores from the personality tests we took and said that she saw something special in me. She recognized a devoted leader and revolutionary within me, which is something I never acknowledged myself. Then, Rocio helped me realize that energy is essential, and my thoughts are powerful. She helped me own my story and fill the room with confidence and charisma. Adrian helped me learn how to network and be a connector.
The exposure and training from the GlobalMindED First Gen leadership program in 2018 was life-changing for me. The leadership program was healing and revealing; in a sense, it liberated me. It freed me from the misconceptions of my identity and broke down stereotypes and false mental barriers I created for myself. It allowed me to discover myself for who I was, a student who was first in his family to go to college, a student with a compelling story, and a student who was born to lead. The connections I made at the conference continue to pay off and amplify my memory of attending. This exposure allowed me to dive deep into my identity and own it and helped me develop skills that continue to change my life. It helped me see being first gen as a superpower and not a disadvantage.
Before this event, I held no titles or awards, or positions. After the conference, I was elected President of the National Society of Leadership and Success serving 1000+ members at CCD. I was awarded the New Outstanding Student Award and was the only black male to receive the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) Rising Star Award that same year. Currently, I sit on the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education. I chaired the State Student Advisory Council representing over 137,000 students on the state and national level. I still talk to my friends from all over the world whom I met during the GlobalMindED conference. Those experiences gave me a different perspective on life and helped me tap into a version of myself I never knew existed. Everyone I met at the event aided me on my journey to success in a way unimaginable and unforgettable." I graduated from the Community College of Denver with a 3.72 GPA and my Associates in Computer Information Systems. I graduated with a multitude of awards and full-ride offers, proving to my high school self that anything you put your mind to is possible. I also recently got selected by the Obama Foundation and The City and County of Denver to receive the My Brother’s Keeper – Emerging Leader Award.
I believe that I would be the strongest candidate for any position because I have exceptional experience in leadership and team building, with excellent communication, emotional intelligence skills. I’ve planned my time at school and extracurriculars around what I believe will make me a leader in any industry. I’ve also interned at a top tech company where I learned valuable skills such as data analysis and critical thinking, I’m currently studying Computer Information Systems, gaining the technical knowledge I need to know while building the soft skills that will lead me to excel in any role.
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JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 13, 2021
The Female Quotient is proud to return as the official Equality Partner at CES. The FQ's Equality Lounge® @ CES 2021 will take place on January 11, 12 and 13. We will host a series of discussions covering intersectionality, our new frontier of work, and how to design more equitable tech.
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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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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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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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