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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Meet Emanuel Walker, a Liberian refugee who came to America as a child with his mother, found his voice, leadership skills, and confidence to represent over 127,000 Community College students as the State Student Advisory Council Chair of the Colorado Community College System. Now inspiring others as a student at MSU, teaching them about the 3 E's.
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Emanuel, you were a community college student who was a GlobalMindED First Gen delegate to the leadership class in 2018. How did this exposure and training impact your life as a student and your future?
The exposure and training from the GlobalMindED First Gen leadership program in 2018 was life-changing for me. Before the program, I had no idea what a first generation student was; I didn’t know that other students were facing the same obstacles and had similar stories as me. I had little confidence in myself as a student and never saw myself as a leader or someone who was able to impact and influence people. 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. We all come from unique backgrounds, with amazing experiences and stories, our trials and tribulations have developed us, and with the guidance that GlobalMindED provided, they enable us to use our voice to inspire others for generations to come.
You are an African American male at an inflection point in our country. What do you most want to say to others - blacks and those from all backgrounds- as we begin the fall and this school year for so many of your colleagues around the country?
It’s important to understand that two essential things change the course of history; the first one is a moment, and the second is a movement. We as the people, as students get to decide which is which. Amid the tragic death of George Floyd, the reemergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and this global call for diversity, equity and inclusion now is not the time to “seize the moment” but instead be a part of this movement. Now is the time that we, as young leaders of color, use our voices, platforms, influences, and audiences to enact change in our communities and be the change we want to see in the world. We must hold our universities, companies, and other organizations that made commitments to equity accountable. It’s time we make sure that people understand that this is a movement and that we are here to create change actively. Whether we act or not, the future is diverse, and it’s our job to determine whether it will be a diverse future of equity or a diverse future of inequity and social injustice. The world is at a point where they want to listen, and we must take advantage of that. We must take charge of our student organizations, classroom discussions, and other extracurricular moments to have difficult conversations. Like labor pains during childbirth, the robust discussions, decisions, and commitments we make today are going to give birth to a new and equitable future tomorrow.
Another thing I would say is to own your identity, know who you are, and use your unique voice to inspire your family, community, and those around you. Do not be afraid to hold your school accountable, do not be frightened to challenge false commitments to the equity that have no proof of actual change, and do not be scared to call out what is wrong. It’s time to stand and fight for equity. As students we have more power than we can imagine, our collective voices can change our schools, communities, and the world. Use your superpower, which is your voice, story, and experience to shed light on inequity. Beyond challenging the status quo, now is the time to brainstorm solutions, use your student organizations to host hot topics on inequality, use your research and connections to bring solutions, or bring more light to already existing ones. Some of you may be the only students of color in your classrooms or maybe even school, do not be afraid to speak up, encourage tough conversations, and fight to challenge what you must. My mentor always told me that equity happens in the 3 Es.
- Education – Teach others about your culture and history. Learn about other races, learn about their culture, history, and reasons. Learning about different cultures and the impact colonialism has had. Educate yourself on the hardships, biases, and battles your peers face. Dedicate yourself to learning effective allyship. Host conversations about it and keep engaging in learning more to be more interculturally aware and competent.
- Empathy – Show empathy towards one another and be there for people.
- Economic Empowerment – Learn about wealth building, becoming financially independent, and entrepreneurship. Support Black and Minority-owned Businesses. The more economically advanced we are as minorities, the more resources we’ll have to enact change in our communities. Host and teach others to be financially free and aware as-well.
As a successful First Gen immigrant, role model, and GlobalMindED Scholar, what do you most want to achieve in your personal and professional life?
I want to achieve generational wealth, self-actualization, financial independence, and academic excellence. I come from one of the poorest countries in the world. Establishing generational wealth will allow me to give back to my community both at home and abroad while solidifying a strong foundation for my future kin. I hope to achieve academic excellence by one day obtaining my Ph.D., hopefully, when I retire and teach in my free time. Both generational wealth and financial independence ties into my goal to reach self-actualization, where I feel like I’ve gone above and beyond my full potential. Professionally, I want to make it to a managerial or executive level role in my career while pursuing my passion for politics and community affairs. Being a leader in my industry while serving as a leader in a community is a significant goal of mine; eventually, I plan on returning to my country to serve in a government role and enact change back home. I hope to change the political atmosphere, modernize my country, and to empower students through my future philanthropy.
What job do you most want to have someday and why should an employer hire you for that opportunity?
IT Project Manager. I have exceptional experience in leadership, coaching, and team-building with excellent communication, emotional intelligence, and negotiation skills. I’ve planned my time at school and extracurriculars around what I believe will make me an exceptional IT Project manager. 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.
What do you want to say to middle and high school kids who would like to be as successful as you someday? What are your secrets that can guide their path?
Start now. Do not let your age discourage you from doing anything you want to do. Create that app or idea, start that side project, organize that even in the community. I would also say take personality and career assessments, they will give you a greater understanding of yourself, the better you know yourself early on, the more time you will have to hone in and leverage your strengths while working on your weaknesses. Find a mentor, find someone in your future desired field, someone you would like to be like when you grow up or someone you admire, find a mentor that can help give you clarity, and also teach you some things along your journey. I will even say, own who you are! Own your voice, own your story, and use it, you never know if your life will impact or inspire someone. The last thing I will say is that it is okay to be alone, and it’s okay to change your influences. What I mean by that is there will be times where you might want to learn and grow alone, and times where you feel like the people or things that are around you aren’t positively influencing you. It is okay, and it’s vital to surround yourself with people who will challenge you to grow and people who make you better!
Bio:
Emanuel is a student studying Management and Computer Information Systems at MSU Denver. He came to the United States as a refugee with his mother in 2004. Emanuel is an extraordinary student leader and is recognized by the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education as an "Inclusive Excellence Champion" for his dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Emanuel Walker served as the former Colorado Community College System - State Student Advisory Council Chair, representing over 127,000 Community College students in Colorado. As SSAC Chair, Emanuel was focused on OER, mental health resources, elevating the student's voice, and creating diverse and equitable campuses. He is a leader in his community, engaging with the youth, hosting workshops, mentoring, and spreading knowledge in his free time. Emanuel is a highly respected aspiring civic leader with a dream to return to his home country Liberia to establish political stability while modernizing the country.
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In case you missed the Back to School in Times Like No Other sessions, here are links to our YouTube channel:
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: A Conversation on Race, Isms, Justice, Moving Forward and the Role White People Need to Play: Ryan Ross; Associate Vice Chancellor: Student Affairs, Equity, and Inclusion, Colorado Community College System leads the conversation with Clifton Taulbert; President and CEO, Freemount Corporation and Roots Java Coffee, Javon Brame; Dean of Students, Arapahoe Community College, Chelsea Williams; Founder & CEO, College Code LLC, and Representative Leslie Herod; Legislator, Colorado General Assembly
Equity in Engineering Programs: Priming the STEM Pipeline During and After COVID-19: Dr. Dora Renaud, Sr. Director of Academic Programs & Professional Development, SHPE: Leading Hispanics in STEM, Melanie Suarez, Student, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Mechanical Engineering, Nicolas Valencia Diaz, Student, Florida International University, Biomedical Engineering, Sophia Plata, PhD Student, University of Southern California, Environmental Engineering
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To view the recent Rural sessions, please see our YouTube channel:
Native American Business Opportunities, Tribal Economic Development and Post-secondary Education/Workforce Participation: J.C. Whorton, Jr.; Consultant, Lecturer, Author and Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder, Don Kelin; President, Fox Professional Services, Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce, Matt Rantanen; Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association, Tribal Digital Village Network Initiative, and Melvin Monette; CEO, Indigenous Education, Inc.
Fortifying Native Students, Faculty and Communities During and After COVID-19: Ron Lessard (Mohawk); Acting Exec. Director, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education leads panel including Diana Cournoyer; Oglala Sioux Tribe, Executive Director, National Indian Education Association, Michael Chamberlain; Special Assistant for Rural Outreach, US Department of Education, Carrie L. Billy; President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, and features a performance by Ava Rose Johnson; Student and Musician, Native American Music Awards Winner
Rural Innovations in Education During COVID-19: Anne Trujillo; Anchor 7News, Denver moderates the panel which includes Tina Goar; Executive Director, San Luis Valley BOCES, Dr. Robert Mitchell; Asst. Professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations, UCCS, Luis Murillo; Principal, Skoglund Middle School, and Samantha Yocam; Superintendent and Principal, Kim School District
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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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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:
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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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Responding to Crisis
The 30-Day Justice Plan
As the reset of America is underway, understanding the role you can play in a system of change can be difficult, but we encourage you to listen, learn and be active. To start, instead of, say, a juice cleanse, feed your brain and move yourself with this practical plan over the next month. Here's our guide of what to read, watch, listen to and do in order to be part of the solution.
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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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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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