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 Zoher Darugar 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. Zoher 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 Zoher 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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What is your personal story?
My story began halfway across the world, in a country called Tanzania. I was born and raised in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania for 12 years until my family had the chance to move to the United States in the summer of 2012. Education and opportunity are essential values in my family, and it is the primary driver in most of my decision making. Education was the reason why I went to boarding school in Kenya when I was 11. Opportunity was the reason why my parents decided to leave their home and move halfway across the world. Lastly, education and opportunity are why I am committed to achieving my goals as a proud first-generation college student.
What struggles have made you strong?
Growing up in Tanzania and moving to an unknown country was not easy for my family. Being a first-gen college student means that I have had to navigate the American school system on my own without additional assistance. Being the first in my family to go to college also means that I have carried a lot of expectations on my shoulders to gain success and become a good role model for my siblings. Throughout all of this, I have learned to embrace my background, instead of shying away from it. I have also learned to use my resources and ask for help when I need it. Despite its unique challenges, my background has not been a hindrance, but rather a motivating factor in pursuing my dreams.
How has the Ambassador Program and the GlobalMindED Leadership Program influenced your professional path?
I joined the Ambassador and GlobalMindED Leadership program recently as a senior, but look forward to experiencing the benefits that these programs offer. It has, however, helped me become a better professional. I have realized that every single individual has had different circumstances despite having the same “titles”. Two individuals that are first-generation students or minorities or low-income will have vastly different experiences due to many other socioeconomic factors. I have been more cognizant of learning about different experiences and perspectives. I have also been more careful not to generalize about different populations.
Why would you be the strongest candidate for any job? What is special about you that an employer can’t live without? How will you set a new standard for the job, once hired?
One of the aspects about me that would make me a strong candidate for a job and that employers could not live without is work ethic. I am determined to work hard and be successful because of my background. I feel like I owe it to my family to be successful as to ensure that all their sacrifices are not taken for granted. Another primary strong suit of mine is my strong ability to integrate into a team environment. When working with a new team, I always make sure to learn about my team members on a personal level. This enables me to establish a level of trust while learning about their strengths and weaknesses, both in business and in life. I believe that this is imperative to the culture within any business, and the level of success which results is reliant upon the feeling of being valued and included in the team. Another strong suit of mine that would prove beneficial to my employer is mentorship, whether it be as a mentee or a mentor. I have had many of these relationships while in college and experienced first-hand how mentorship can change the trajectory of someone’s life. As an employee, I would seek out and take advantage of mentorship to help my own career and eventually, be able to help others. I would not be where I am today without mentorship.
What are your biggest passions in life?
One of my biggest passions in life is soccer. I have been playing soccer since I was around 5 years old and it is my primary stress relief. I have not played competitive soccer since high school, but I continue to play whenever I have a chance.
What do you look forward to most in your life after school?
As an Honors Business Marketing major at Texas A & M, I look forward to being able to apply my skill set in an industry that I am passionate about. I have prepared and worked hard throughout my college career in order to reach this point and am excited to see what the next step in my journey is. In the coming years, I would also like to deploy my knowledge and skills to help students who are walking a similar path as I have. I am fortunate enough to have attained mentors who are willing to help guide me towards my goals in life and business. Those mentors have been fundamental throughout my college career, and I look forward to providing the same support for students in the future.
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IT'S IGIANT TIME FOR PRECISION INNOVATION IN SPACE
an EXPLORE MARS Web Event
Join us at 1:00 pm EST on Thursday, January 14th for our first webinar of 2021, which is entitled, "It's iGiant Time for Precision Innovation in Space." This session will feature Dr. Saralyn Mark, President and Founder of iGiant. The discussion will be facilitated by Explore Mars President, Janet Ivey.
As we prepare to send both women and men to the Moon and on to Mars, mission planners must take into consideration that men and women adapt to space differently, where even small differences significantly impact the quality and safety of life, including astronaut work performance. It is imperative that NASA and its commercial space partners address these differences in how they plan and conduct missions, how they develop products such as spacesuits, high performance clothing including liquid cooling and ventilation garments, tools, hardware and machine-human interfaces, and how they establish extravehicular activity (EVA) training protocols and medical guidelines for countermeasures and precision medicine.
Panelists will include:
Facilitator: Janet Ivey (President, Explore Mars, Inc.)
Dr. Saralyn Mark (President and Founder of iGiant)
When: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 1:00 pm EST
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Join a special panel of educational leaders in the second webinar of our two-part series in partnership the School Superintendents Association (AASA) to discuss building equity in schools in difficult times.
The Resilient Schools Project: Sharing Strategies with Superintendents – PART 2
Thursday, Jan 14 @ 4pm ET
We will cover such questions as:
- What are leaders learning by coming together as a cohort of leaders committed to reimagining school for their students?
- How has equity played a role in the decision-making process to reopen schools?
- What types of strategies are being employed to leverage the parent, and local community, voice in supporting what schools need?
- Where does technology fit in driving an increase in access and equity to level the playing field for ALL learners?
The Resilient Schools Project (RSP) is a collective of 12 districts across the country that have been at the forefront of near, short and long-term school transformation. Schools that plan for today, tomorrow, and an unknown year to follow are proving to be in an incredible position to serve their students, teachers and local communities in powerful way
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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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