2021 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 month, to celebrate Black lol History, we appreciate the intimate journey in to the lives of many in our African American community. We have been “at the table” at the FQ/GlobalMindED/GirlUp/Ozy Regional Dinner in Africa. We held Equity sessions this month largely focusing on Black issues, led by Black leaders with majority Black panelists. We worked with our partners at FQ on a wellness event for women interested in attending or attending HBCU’s.
Our daily news shared the stories of remarkable overcoming by citizens who “exceeded their ancestors wildest expectations.” We have learned from the struggles, the healing, the hope, the spirit of Black leaders among us who, by their strength, can show us our own, regardless of skin color or economic status. In the next year, as we all go out COVID-strong, there are no better role models of what is possible than the leaders in the Black community: strong, generous, undeterred, successful, committed, forgiving, forward-forging and generous. Our hope for the nation and the world is that we can all live up to these qualities of excellence and be the leaders who can make our Black community proud. This month and every day, we appreciate, celebrate and honor you as we work, hand in hand, to create a more just and equitable world. All our news and feature stories from this month are chronicled below.
Join us for key DEI sessions from GlobalMindED’s Equity Teams. Details and sign up below:
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3/1 Health: Mobilizing Successful, Timely Vaccines in Communities of Color
The GlobalMindED YouTube channel has over 90 DEI webinars primarily led by leaders of color with panelists from a variety of backgrounds. Share with your colleagues in your company, your university or learning institution and your children, friends and family.
Recent Equity events:
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH NEWSLETTER PROFILES OF INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS:
- Motivated By Setbacks, Math Student Turned Industrious Teen Mini-Accountant Becomes CPA, PhD and Unstoppable Inspiration for Students She Teaches: Meet Dr. Porschia Nksana
- Singer/Songwriter Heals Herself and Others Through the Power of Art: Meet Teneia Sanders
- Blind Grandmother was Inspiration for this First Gen Black Leader to Graduate from U of MI, Work for Deloitte and then Earn PhD: Meet Baruch College Professor, Dr. Paquita Davis-Friday
- From Chicago Hood to Track Star to 25 Countries and 6 Continents, Meet Global Educator and PhD, Dr. Ian Williamson
- From Son of Sharecroppers to South Carolina State to Stanford MBA, Fortune 100 Tech Exec and Entrepreneur Achieved All Through Sacrifices Others Made for Him: Meet Kenneth Epps
- First Gen From South Side of Chicago Changes Young Lives To Lead Locally, Nationally and Globally Through Career Education: Meet Bernard McCune
- Rx for Resilience: Black Girl Magic!
- First Gen Rural Mississippi Grad Earns Degree in Engineering, MBA, and Becomes PhD in Business Finance: Meet Dr. Phyllis Keys, Morgan State University
- Hearing Impaired NASA Leader Shows Not Even The Sky is the Limit for Black Girls and all Girls and Boys: Meet Dr. Renee Horton
- Black Owned Business Owner, Veteran and Business Roundtable Leader Focuses on What Can Be Done: Meet Danny Moore
- First Gen Immigrant Math Whiz Drops Out, Rebounds to Become Applied Math PhD: Meet STEM Advocate, Dr. Richard Charles
- First Gen Grad/PhD is Stubbornly Determined to Achieve Her Dreams and Leave a Legacy, Meet Dr. Belinda Shipps
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Brother With Sickle Cell Anemia Led to Career in Medicine Through Army/Navy ROTC, Emergency/Disaster Medicine, Walter Reed and APHA: Meet Dr. Georges Benjamin, Servant Equity Leader
- Complicated Upbringing for Army Officer Turned Teacher Becomes Success Impact Maker at Scale: Meet Dedrick Sims
- From Stone Mountain, GA to Global Servant Leader, Phil Olaleye Transforms Black and Brown Students’ Lives Through NextGen Education and Mentorship
- First Gen From Harlem to USC, Intel Exec, China Expat and Government Leader: Meet Anthony Neal-Graves
- From Food Stamps to PhD to Equity Leader to CEO/Urban Educator, Meet Dr. Paul Miller
- From the South Side of Chicago to Silicon Valley, Meet Tech Star Brandon Middleton
- African American PhD in Accounting/MIS Reveals Millions Stolen in Her Courageous Corporate Whistle-Blowing Documentary: Meet Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope from DePaul University
- Rx for Resilience: Game Changer
- Meet Dr. Donna Auguste, PhD: Pioneer in Data Science, AI expert, and Successful Entrepreneur
- Black NSF Funded STEM Leader Creates Magic Outside the Box: Meet Dr. Adriane Randolph, Executive Director of the BrainLab and IS Faculty at Kennesaw State University
- Daughter of High School Dropout Becomes Business Success, PhD and Unlikely AchieveHER to Opens Doors for Others: Meet Dr. Lakisha Simmons, Belmont University
- Abuse Survivor with 1.4 GPA Earns Two Masters and a PhD with Love as His Motto: Meet Educational Leader Dr. Marck Abraham
- From Dad in Prison to PhD, This STEM Leader Thrives on Challenges Where Few Blacks Have Gone Before: Dr. Antoinette Smith, Professor of Accounting, Florida International University
- Celebrate Black History Month with Those Making Black History: Meet Dr. Nicole Thorne Jenkins, Dean of the McIntire School of Commerce at University of Virginia
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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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