This month of May we celebrate outstanding teachers and our inclusive leaders from the Asia/South Asia/Pacific Islander heritage. VInay Singh is a generous GlobalMindED Leader fearlessly and generously giving back to improve the world. We are honored to share his story is below. His “stretch goal” philosophy can help all of us, not just students!
Join us today as we launch our Higher Education with the President of Little Big Horn College, Dr. David Yarlott and his esteemed Native American panelists including one of our GlobalMindED/Every Learner Everywhere Ambassadors, Dominik MorningDove from Fort Lewis College. Also joining are Dr. Twyla Baker President Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Dr. Carma Claw Assistant Professor of Management Fort Lewis College, Dr. Billie Jo Kipp Assoc. Director Research and Evaluation Aspen Institute Center for Native American Youth, and Dr. Joseph Gladstone Professor of Business Management University of New Haven.
You can participate with these inclusive leaders every day this week at 4:00 EST. We will “see” you there!
Please see the links below to view each event so far in GlobalMindED 2021.
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Tell me, Vinay, what does it mean to be a First-Gen South Asian American?
It means a lot to me. Being 1st generation meant that I got to back to my ethnic homeland many times as a child, because my parents wanted to see their families. Because of that, I got to experience another culture, but I also got to see firsthand how hard life is for people in another part of the world. That kind of cultural exposure can’t be read about experienced on the internet. The actual “living experience” of being part of another culture for a few weeks or month really builds social, emotional and cultural intelligence, and, as a first gen south Asian American, I got to experience that many times before I was a teenager.
Also, it gives me the ability to understand global world issues and complexities that many of my colleagues rely on me for advisory too. Thus, being able to educate others on these global complexities means the gift of being an educator and advisor. Now, I can inspire and motivate the young generation Z, who are looking for leaders that have stories of overcoming odds and finding success as a micro-minority.
Having a master's degree in education and more than 20 years of experience in business development and academic knowledge, can you share with us your journey and how you got to where you are today?
Yes. For much of my career I worked as a corporate HR/Talent Acquisition business partner. Having this experience was eye opening because you get to see how each companies culture is operating but you also gain tremendous knowledge of what works well and what doesn’t, how the best companies succeed and which one’s struggle. Being a strategic partner to organizational culture policies and processes over the past 20 years has allowed me to see an incredible amount of cultural struggle for change, as you can imagine! I spent my career make cases for women and black and brown professionals, often against “push-back” from hiring and decision executives. I became known for making strong cases for the placement women and minority professionals into executive corporate roles and creating organizational human capital strategy in the field that today is known as Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, or DEI. I developed a website for understanding modern challenges to DEI called https://www.inclusionix.com/. I describe being a first gen minority American as having the ability to “wear two sets of glasses and hear through two sets of ears at all times”.
From an education standpoint, the reason why I thirst for knowledge and stay a student of learning, having now gained another master’s degree, is because of my father. He came from 3rd world country poverty and it was told to me, that we were lucky to be living in America for one reason only – my father was number one in school. He studied so hard he skipped several grades and got a full ride to M.I.T. in Boston. So, I understood as a very young child, no matter how poor you are or where you live, the power of what education can give anyone anywhere in the world the gift of The American Dream.
You have also created a human capital meta trend theory and presented a 75-minute keynote lecture on the theory. Can you share your experience with us during Covid of returning to school and completing your education degree?
Sure. I had just written and published a book about inequality & inequity in the workplace in 2019 a top ten Amazon best seller. I started doing conference appearances, radio, TV. Then the pandemic hit and everything just froze! I had applied and just got into Columbia University at the same time. I knew this was a golden opportunity to do something really positive. I calculated if I studied 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, I might complete the degree in 4 semesters, and graduate when the economy opened again. I knew if could graduate from Columbia, I might inspire struggling students not to give up, because hope, making goals and belief-in-self are some of the most powerful weapons against doubt and depression. I graduated last month from Columbia with a 3.95 GPA.
Also, an interesting thing happened while I was at Columbia. My fellow student colleagues found my book’s premise fascinating and were reading it. Then in conversations with tenured professors, they did too. In fact, I recall a professor giving me 5 minutes before he had to go, but 30 minutes into hearing my theories, he told me I’d constructed a meta trend. I spoke to other professors about my inequality and inequity meta trend, which led me to be selected to do a 75-minute presentation at an annual state conference of Gerontology and Education last month. My hope is to present my new modern inequality and inequity theory at the world economic forum or the united nations because it is aligned with the both global SDG # 8 and # 10 goals. I put my PowerPoint presentation cover here https://www.inclusionix.com/meta-trend/ in case people who are advocates of diversity want to learn about this meta trend. I feel quite blessed to have achieved both accomplishments during COVID.
What does it mean to you to help define and develop development opportunities for marginalized Gen Z boys and girls through leadership?
It means being a voice for young folks today who have not been given the same tools and technologies as others. But it really means substantially more than technology. I just don’t think we as a society realize the depth of developmental support people need today outside of tech. The whole social media and vast digital array of communications now has four generations all trying to communicate but in different ways and on different platforms. Because of this, for the first-time in history, younger people have been denied mentoring beyond current calculations. The global society has been subjected to a hyper speed world-of-work, where we all feel like we can’t get enough done, this has heavily eroded mentoring. Thus, we have not taken time to recognize that global youth are left to find self-motivation and engagement. That is why I’ve spent 4 years developing a new positive psychology self-motivated engagement learning suite for young people here https://www.leadershipenvy.com/learning/
What advice would you give to students who have similar goals and interests?
I love this question! I would say you don’t need to gifted or privileged to succeed. What you do need it is to understand who you are and who you want to become. I always tell young people, stop looking at people on social media and start looking at yourself, learn to become envious of yourself! Dream and develop YOU!
Start with a “stretch goal” of who you want to become that is within your possibilities. It may take a while to get there but if you really think you can do it, then set it up as a goal and absolutely write it down. You must write it down.
Contemplate the steps it will take you to get there. Take time and reflection and start to “map” out the steps. It may be 6 or 7 steps. It may be more, many more. Tell yourself, “so what, you have an exciting life and all the time in the world, and you will get there.” But – start with step 1 and get going. Do not put your dreams and goals off – do something toward step 1 of your goal, at least something, every time you can. Otherwise step 2 never materializes and even worse you can soon forget about it. I used to really hate this, but my father used to say “get going now son, tomorrow never comes.” The point of that is if you keep pushing things off, you lessen your chances of starting – and if you push it off too much, it never happens. Start with self-motivation engagement and to get you started, here are some great ideas to get young minds thinking: https://www.leadershipenvy.com/learning/
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Dr. Tania Hogan; Director of Undergraduate Student Success, University of Colorado Denver leads the discussion with Richard Maez; IB Diploma Program Manager - Denver Public Schools, Dr. Maria A. Castro Barajas; Assistant Director, Pre-Collegiate Development, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Dr. Robin Brandehoff; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver, and Joselyne Garcia-Moreno; student, University of Colorado Denver
Jonathan Cooper; Superintendent - Mason City Schools leads panel discussion with Soroya Smith; DEI Learning Experience Designer - Mason City Schools, Kori Harris; Online Content Designer - Second Grade Teacher, Mason Early Childhood Center, Amie Switzer; 4th-grade teacher - Mason City Schools, Mariah Norman; Senior, Mason High School, and Bena Kallick; Co-Founder, Institute for Habits of Mind
Waukecha Wilkerson; Director of Coaching, Cell-Ed leads the panel discussion with Vickie Hay; CalWORKs Coordinator, Student Success, Orange Coast College, David A. Croom; Asst. Director, Postsecondary Achievement, Aspen Institute, Portia Polk; Director of Learning and Advocacy, Generation Hope, and Rachel Mercott, Student, Cell-Ed STEPS
Dwana Franklin-Davis; CEO, Reboot Representation leads discussion with Carina Weyer; Program Manager, F5 Global Good & F5 Foundation, Taliah Givens; Sr. Director, Student Professional Development, UNCF, Jamie Schwartz; Director of Major Gifts, American Indian College Fund, and Debbie Marcus; Senior Director, Break Through Tech, Cornell Tech
Dr. Jessica Rowland Williams; Director, Every Learner Everywhere leads the discussion with GlobalMindED Every Learner Student Ambassadors Jair Flores; Student, Colorado State University Pueblo, Serita Liles; Student, North Carolina A&T State University, Hector Ramos Diaz; Student, University of Portland, and Kyra Welch; Student, Bethune-Cookman University
Advancing Equity in Highly Selective HS and College Admissions-Ed Equity Lab, Partners, and Students Alexandra Slack; Chief of Staff, National Education Equity Lab, leads this panel discussion with Asheley Siewnarine; Student Success Director - National Education Equity Lab, Di’Zhon Chase; Student, Columbia University, Michaell Santos; Student, The Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice, and Favi Olmedo; Student, Bronx Career & College Prep. High School
Dr. Michael Torrance; President, Motlow State Community College leads panel discussion with Elise Shea; Founder & President, Conversations Unbound, Robert Joseph; President, Team MindShift, Rishi Kanjani; Analyst, Data Insights, Salesforce, and Cala Estes; Director of Education, Blind Institute of Technology
Adrian Rosado; President, Zion Leadership Group leads panel with Mara Luna; Director, TRIO Upward Bound. Univ of Puerto Rico, Mitzi Damazo-Sabando; CEO, TinkerHouse Inc., Manila, Philippines, Tree Xu; Community Manager, Education First, Wuxi, China, Erika Aquino; Executive Director, Infinit-O Group Foundation, Raymond Cabrera; Director, TRIO Upward Bound, Univ. of S. Florida, Ayessa Weems; Student, TRIO Student Support, Purdue Univ. NW
Earth Week sessions:
Ash Pachauri; Co-Founder and Senior Mentor, Protect Our Planet Movement and Drishya Pathak; POP Movement, India lead this panel of international students including Summer Benjamin; POP Movement Peter Gruber International Academy, US Virgin Islands, Caroline Sandberg; Tahoe Expedition Academy, USA, Tsague Dongfack/Willy Endelson; POP Movement, Cameroon, Ricardo Delgado; POP Youth Mentor, Arturo Michelena Univ, Venezuela, and Zoe Ricardo Rivera; CEI Univ, México
Courtney Knight; Founder and Managing Member, Capstone Capital Advisors and Susan Kidd; Executive Director, Center for Sustainability, Agnes Scott College lead discussion with Anamarie Shreeves; Environmental Education Programs Manager, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Eriqah Vincent; Network Engagement Director, Power Shift Network, Dr. Dana Williamson; EPA Environmental Health Fellow, Assoc of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and Gwendylon P. Smith; Exec Director, Collier Heights Association for Revitalization, Resilience, and Sustainability.
Dr. Kyle Whyte; Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, leads panel discussion with Ka’illjuus / Lisa Lang; Executive Director, Xaadas Kil Kuyaas Foundation, Dr. Kelsey Leonard; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Brittany Judson; Just Growth Consultant Partnership for Southern Equity, and AJ (Andrea) Grant; President, Environmental Communications Associates.
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OZY GENIUS FINALISTS We're pleased to congratulate the top 25 finalists out of nearly 100,000 submissions! Now, we invite you to meet the OZY Genius Finalists, get to know about their projects, and vote for your favorite OZY Genius Finalist now until Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 6 p.m. EST.
To find out who will be chosen as winners, join us for OZY Fest on May 15 and May 16. Hang out with Dr. Anthony Fauci, H.E.R, Tig Notaro, Condoleezza Rice, Mark Cuban, Malcolm Gladwell and more. Register now (free options available). Proceeds serve as a fundraiser for HBCUs! And if you have a question for Dr. Fauci, a pitch for Mark Cuban or a joke for Tig Notaro, record it here!
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We focus on short-term projects, 5-20 hours to complete.
Students have completed projects like:
- Designing PowerPoint decks
- Website Development
- Creating Infographics
- Social Media Creation, Management, Campaigns
- Online Research
- Virtual Assistant
- Writing Blogs
- Logo Design
- Lead Generation
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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:
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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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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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