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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Where Are They Now? This series features the stories of students/grads who were in our Leadership class from 2015 forward, so that you can see their path over time and the impact the GlobalMindED Community has had on them, personally and professionally. Ola Alsaadi is an inspiring leader from the 2019 leadership class and we pleased to feature her as our line-up of STEM Stars this month of April.
Please share our high impact DEI content with your networks and spread the inclusive movement to create worldwide habits of respect, acceptance and appreciation of differences. Ramadan Mubarak to our friends celebrating this sacred holy time in the Muslim community.
Sign up for the next Higher Ed Equity Event with Dr. Ryan Ross below: Navigating Student Success, Advising, and Advocacy During and After the Pandemic
All GlobalMindED DEI events are on our YouTube channel. International Month of Women events:
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You are a First Gen Success who participated in the GlobalMindED Leadership Class. What is your personal story and what motivates you to be your best?
I was born and raised in Iraq, the cradle of civilization. My husband and I moved to the United State of America in 2012 due to the security issue, leaving everything behind; our jobs, families, and friends to start a new life and have a better future in the U.S.A from zero. I moved here with very limited English, I started to learn the language by watching YouTube videos, reading books for kids from the Denver library and attending Emily Griffith technical school for ESL classes. After a very short time I was able to find a job in a coffee shop to force myself to get over the language barrier and start speaking English. After a year and a half, in 2015 I enrolled into CCD and started my education journey. I graduated from CCD in 2018 receiving an associate of science with honors and being the distinguished student for the class of 2018.
In 2019, I transferred to DU and started to purse a degree in mechanical engineering, and am now in my junior year. I hope that I can finish it and start a master’s in biomedical engineering to be able to work with prosthetic limbs and help wars’ victims.
Being a first generation, immigrant, and nontraditional student who always strives for education to make my life and my family's life better, I am trying to show my little sisters and brother "if I can do it you can do it". This is what motivates me to be my best. I believe that there is no time or age for education, also education is the main weapon we can use to bring peace to, and fight poverty, in this world.
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What is your current job and what are your goals for it?
I work as a Peer Mentor with a program called TRIO SSS at CCD, and my goal is to finish my mechanical and bio medical degrees to be able to work with prosthetic limbs. I grew up in a war country, so I know a lot of innocent people who lost their limbs due to the war and one of them unfortunately was my dad. My goal is to help those innocent people around the world to have a better life.
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How has GlobalMindED helped you and the development of your leadership skills?
By attending GlobeMindED I was so inspired by the guest speakers and by the people who presented different workshops. I saw that there are lots of opportunities for first generation students as long as they work hard, and do not give up.
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What did you most get from GlobalMindED and how would you like to give back now to pay it forward?
I benefitted from the workshops and I learned that women in STEM have a great chance to be successful and have a bright future. I will be more than happy to volunteer with future events and spread the word around about this amazing opportunity.
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What advice would you give to the next group of GlobalMindED Leaders?
Thank you so much for helping and supporting first generation students. Keep up the hard work on behalf of first generation students. I would like to say we are really grateful and appreciate this great event and we are lucky to attend it.
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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:
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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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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