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Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. currently serves as Director of Diversity at The Bush School in Seattle, Washington. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Cornell College, his M.A. in Education Administration from Loras College, and his Ph.D. in Education: Social Foundations from the University of Iowa. An ex-student-athlete, Eddie remains committed to the influence of athletics and academics in the lives of all students. He is the founder of America & MOORE, LLC, which offers comprehensive diversity and cultural competency training for schools, community groups and businesses. He is a dynamic and personable diversity consultant and public speaker with interactive, fun, challenging, informative and practical presentations.
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Alberder Gillespie is an entrepreneur, strategy consultant and speaker/facilitator who has developed a reputation as a truth-teller, change agent, and strategic problem solver. Ms. Gillespie's many clients in multiple industries have benefited from her action- and result-oriented approach. Her ability to design and implement strategic action plans that deliver results led to the successful launch of her consulting firm, Collaborative Connections, which includes a client list of Minnesota's top corporations and organizations such as Target Corporation, Data Recognition Corporation, INROADS, Apple Valley-Rosemount-Eagan Independent School District, and St. Paul Public Schools. Through her unique perspective and diverse professional history, Ms. Gillespie excels in assisting organizations with moving beyond the symptoms to diagnosing the problem to developing a treatment to cure what ails their organization. A champion in diversity and inclusion matters, Ms. Gillespie's cultural sensitivity is an important component of her many accomplishments. Having worked extensively with other cultures, her ability to perform outreach and strategically connect with diverse individuals and organizations has been invaluable for her clients. Ms. Gillespie's innate talent to overcome cultural barriers has earned her the trust and respect from colleagues and clients alike.
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Professor Joe Martin is a nationally known, award-winning speaker, respected university professor, author, and educational consultant. At the age of 24, Joe became the youngest faculty member ever hired to teach at a state university in Florida. He also has the distinct honor of being the youngest professor at his institution to ever be nominated twice for the "Distinguished Teacher's Award." Professionally, Joe has worked as a top sales trainer for a Fortune 500 company and as a public relations professional for both the state and federal government, including a position as Communications Director with the Florida Governor's Office. He is also the founder and president of "RealWorld University" (www.RWuniversity.com), an award-winning college success web site designed to help students meet the personal and professional challenges of college and life as well as the creator of NewTeacherUniversity.com ,a web site designed to motivate, inform, and retain new and beginning teachers. Joe has successfully hosted regional television and radio talk shows, and has made several guest appearances on both television and radio. The author of nine books, he also serves as a guest columnist for three national educational publications. Currently, Joe serves as an educational consultant in the Tallahassee area.
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Noura Erakat is a Palestinian human rights attorney and activist. She is currently an adjunct professor of international human rights law in the Middle East at Georgetown University and is the US-based Legal Advocacy Coordinator for Badil Center for Palestinian Refugee and Residency Rights. Most recently she served as Legal Counsel for a Congressional Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich. She has helped to initiate and organize several national formations including Arab Women Arising for Justice (AMWAJ) and the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). Noura has appeared on Fox's "The O' Reilly Factor," NBC's "Politically Incorrect," MSNBC, and Al-Jazeera Arabic and English. Her publications include: Litigating the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Politicization of U.S. Federal Courts" in the Berkeley Law Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, Arabiya Made Invisible: Between the Marginalization of Agency and the Silencing of Dissent in a Syracuse Press anthology, and BDS in the USA: 2001-2010, in the Middle East Report.
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Ngô Thanh Nhàn, Ph.D is a linguist, musician and expert on Vietnamese and Vietnamese American culture, history and contemporary issues and is also known for playing and teaching the dàn tranh- a traditional Vietnamese 16-string zither. He has performed nationwide at dozens of colleges and universities as well as museums like the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and the Lincoln Center in New York. Dr. Nhàn has lectured and written extensively about Vietnamese and Vietnamese American culture, history and contemporary issues. A visiting scholar at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (CIMS), Dr. Nhàn specializes in preserving and making accessible through computer technology the endangered ancient Vietnamese script of Nom and is currently one of 100 scholars in the world who can read the script. He has served as Director of the Vietnam Heritage Institute and was Assistant Editor for Vietnam Culture Journal.
Jennifer Godinez is the associate director of the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc. (MMEP) and the executive director of Minnesota College Access Network, an initiative of MMEP. Prior to joining MMEP, she served as executive director of La Escuelita, a non-profit after school and summer program which focused on academic enrichment and leadership devel-opment for Latino youth. This fall, Ms. Godinez received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Community Service from the National Hispanic Institute for her work. She has also been named one of 25 on the Rise by the Minnesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Leaders of the Year by La Prensa de Minnesota, a com-munity newspaper, for her advocacy work on access to college for immigrant youth. Ms. Godinez has a masters in Public Administration in Public Policy.
C. Willi Myles takes everyday life challenges and applies humor to them. With extremely funny, non-offensive stories and jokes, Willi makes everybody laugh. What happens when you take a guy from Alabama and you move him up to Minnesota and let him experience his first winter including ice fishing? One thing for sure is a lot of laughs and a unique look at living in the Mid-west.
C. Willi Myles was born and grew up in Mobile, Alabama. He attended St. Cloud University, majoring in Theater and has been performing professionally for 10 years. Willi has performed in 49 states and 3 countries; a couple of per-formances that he considers to be his career highlights are performing at the Legendary Apollo in New York and the Surf Ballroom in Iowa.
He has been featured locally and nationally on the Fox Network, Comedy Central, and Showtime at the Apollo, and he has released a DVD, "My House, My Time", and a CD, "Respect".
Together, Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh are a dynamic duo of Philly-based Asian American spoken word poets. Through their voices and poetry, Catzie and Mi-chelle hope to provide an awareness that is not often heard. Exploring topics from fet-ishes to cultural appropriation to ethnic pride, Yellow Rage challenges mainstream mis-conceptions of Asianness. They have been featured on HBO’s Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam and have performed around the country.
Jonathan Sprinkles keeps it real when he steps to the mic. He's funny, his energy keeps the audi-ence on the edge of their seats, and he pulls no punches. His style is interactive, not “act like you’re interested.” In record time, Jonathan has been celebrated as one of the most sought-after and well-respected speakers in the country. These are just a few of the reasons why he was nominated as the 2006 College Speaker of the Year by the members of the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities. He uses humor and his unforgettable stories to show young people how to be authentic, live with strong character and avoid dream-robbers both in and out of the classroom. After just a few minutes with Jonathan, his quick wit and down-home style of "teaching beautiful people to act like it" will make you feel like you've known him your entire life.
Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) who lives and works on the White Earth Reserva-tion in Northern Minnesota. She is founding director for the White Earth Land Recovery Pro-ject, which works to facilitate recovery of the community’s original land base, while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community de-velopment and spiritual and cultural heritage. She is a human rights activist, environmentalist, economist and writer. She has twice been the vice presidential candidate for the United States Green Party on a ticket headed by Ralph Nadar. The Harvard-educated activist is the recipient of numerous honors and awards such as the Reebok Human Rights Award, the Thomas Merton Award, the Ann Bancroft Award for Women’s Leadership and Fellowship, the Global Green Award and the International Slow Food Award for working to protect wild rice and local biodiversity. She has been featured in Time and Ms. magazines for her work on environmental, political and women’s issues. Ms. LaDuke has authored several books including Last Standing Woman, All Our Relations, In the Sugarbush, and Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming, as well a collection of essays, The Winona LaDuke Reader: A collection of essential writings.
Dr. Tony Byers joined Cargill in 2007 as a Diversity Consultant. His role is to support Cargill business units in the development of diversity organizational management including strategy development, diversity consultation and coaching for leaders, diversity development programs, external diversity vendor relationships and serves as the relationship manager for Learning and Development and Global Diversity and Inclusion. Prior to joining Cargill, Dr. Byers taught at Metropolitan State Uni-versity in organization development, diversity management, and management and leadership. He has served as the Director of Development for the National Leadership Council, the Director of Diversity Marketing with Augeo Inc., and was a senior management consultant with Vaughn-Lee and Associates in Minneapolis and J. Howard and Associ-ates in Boston.
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