Explore! To emerge strong from the challenges of the last year, explore your options.
This week, you can do that through:
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Attending the Virtual Career Fair with partners at Diverse Talent, including national companies in Health, Tech and Engineering, Legal, and Business as well as Career Prep and Coaching and a Diversity Theatrical Performance by the Pillsbury House Theater, details below
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Join us for The Benefits of Global Internships Friday at 8:00MT/10:00ET with Adrian Rosado; President, Zion Leadership Group, 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
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Living vicariously through our world traveler feature story on Dr. Praful Shah, a global innovator, investor, a modern day explorer! Praful is GlobalMindED's Director of Foundations & Funders.
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Praful, you are a successful First Gen role model. What is your personal story and how did you get to where you are today?
I grew up in a small town in India without electricity and running water. The town had a one-room library with newspapers, which was my window to the world. Although my parents had little formal education, they were committed to their children’s education. I was fortunate to have dedicated teachers that inspired me to succeed especially in science and mathematics. We had to study four languages as part of high school graduation requirements. It was easy for me to decide to major in chemistry when I came to New York City for college. It was a dream come true to get a ‘technician’ position in the prestigious medicinal chemistry department of Pfizer Central Research. The company had a free education program where I obtained a MBA degree by attending night school, mainly to quench my thirst to learn. Thanks to the encouragement from my friends and my desire to set an example for next generation, I went back to school and obtained a PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Kansas. I was fortunate to be hired by Marion Laboratories (now part of Sanofi-Aventis) and worked there in formulation and regulatory departments for several years. To challenge myself, I moved to work for start-up biotech companies. I retired when the company I was working for was acquired by a large pharmaceutical company. Since then I have been helping out impact oriented start-up companies as an angel investor.
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You have a degree in chemistry, an MBA, and a PhD in Pharmaceutics. What drew you to the field of Pharmaceutical Products and led you to work at Marion Labs?
Having lost my parents at a young age, and having an interest in science, I was keen on working in the healthcare field. I enjoyed working in the exploratory research program where we focused on discovery of new drug molecules. It takes over fifteen years for the drug to be on the market after discovery because of toxicological studies, product development, clinical trials and regulatory approval. I went to graduate school to study all aspects of pharmaceutical product development at University of Kansas. Fortunately, Marion Laboratories (founded by Ewing Marion Kauffman) was hiring and the company was close to the graduate school and family. Marion Laboratories was one of the best companies to work for in those days because of very caring founder who started the Kauffman foundation.
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You are devoted to mentorship and assisting startups, and part of GlobalMindED’s leadership. Where did your strong sense of service and leadership come from?
The sense of service and obligation to help others was instilled in me as a kid with simple acts such as making sure that there is some food to feed beggars and stray animals at every meal; I never cleaned my dinner plate completely! This good karma worked as I have been surrounded by helpful friends, family, teachers and mentors. Empathy and humility was taught early. Over the decades hundreds of people, most of them quietly, have contributed to my success. I had amazing teachers and professors who shaped my career. I am fortunate to have worked for wonderful bosses at several companies who set examples as great leaders.
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How did you first connect with GlobalMindED?
GlobalMindED conference has great speakers from all over the country, and one of them was Jessica Matthews in 2016. I am one of the early investor in her company Uncharted Power which converts wasted kinetic energy into useful electricity. I went to see the conference specifically to see Jessica and of course, ran into Carol Carter who convinced me that I should be a part of GlobalMindED.
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What would you most like to say to our First Gen college students?
Luck seems to follow me when I work harder and smarter! Life is especially difficult for First Gen college students as they may not have many role models and mentors for help. On other hand you have lived through tough times and that grit, determination and burning desire to succeed is a recipe for success, so you can do it. Find smart, successful people for advice. Listen and learn. Remain curious. Improve communication skills. When you are successful, be a role model, be the example and help others.
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Watch our Earth Week sessions:
International Youth: Strategies for Inclusive, Just, and Equitable Climate Leadership 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 University, Venezuela, and Zoe Ricardo Rivera; CEI University, México
How Environmental Justice and Equity Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis Part 1 Courtney Knight; Founder and Managing Member, Capstone Capital Advisors and Susan Kidd; Executive Director, Center for Sustainability , Agnes Scott College lead this panel 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; Executive Director, Collier Heights Association for Revitalization, Resilience, and Sustainability.
How Environmental Justice and Equity Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis Part 2 Dr. Kyle Whyte; Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan 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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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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