Meet 4 of the Student Ambassadors at today's event, along with Dr. Jessica Rowland Williams, Director of Every Learner Everywhere, details below. We are pleased to share our final of three student reports produced with Every Learner Everywhere and The Equity Project Student Leaders Speak to College Presidents, CEOs and Policy Makers. This project listened to First Gen students across the country about the impacts of COVID mandated online learning, including access to technology, their social and emotional health, and the effects of racial inequity and police brutality, and includes student needs and reflections of their education experience this past year. This report highlights insights from in-depth interviews of our 25 Student Ambassadors and follows:
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Educational opportunities have been long unjustly denied to Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students, low-income students, and first-generation students. Higher education must do better for these students moving forward, and I believe that digital learning can be a catalyst for that change. My vision for Every learner Everywhere, a network of 12 organizations that work collaboratively, is that our network will contribute to the development of equity-centered digital learning solutions and services, provide faculty and institutions with implementation best practices, and surface evidence of high quality, scaled digital learning experiences that allow students of color, low-income students and first generation students perform to their fullest potential. Read more about her here.
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My name is Jair Flores and I recently obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. I am currently in the process of applying to Dental School in efforts to become a dentist. I am a proud alumni of a university located in my hometown known as Colorado State University Pueblo. During my time at CSUP I have always made it a personal goal of mine to help others in any way possible. I have served as CSUP’s Associated Student Government Vice President where together as a team, we created programs such as Pack Pals to mentor elementary students within the community of Pueblo. Our team has also put together different care packages to be distributed throughout the semesters to CSUP students with the intention to help students stay positive in these unprecedented times.
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When going for a job interview, I always get asked the same question: What is your biggest strength? My answer is always the same. My Grit is my biggest strength. According to Merriam-Webster, Grit is “firmness of mind or spirit: unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger.”
My name is Serita Liles. I am a currently senior at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University majoring in Sport Science and Fitness Management. In my life, I have seen my fair share of hardship. But for the purpose of this newsletter, I want to speak on the recent events that have brought challenge to my life as a young African American woman.
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One of the biggest things I have been determined to do in my life is to spread love and help other people, anyway that I can. My name is Hector Ramos Diaz, and I grew up in San Francisco, California. One of the defining moments in my life which helped spark the fire inside of me to help and serve others, was when I was diagnosed with depression and ADHD in my teenage years. In those days, I experienced what it was like to suffer alone, not be motivated to leave my bed and have no ambition to even go to class. The personal struggles and experiences that I have had with mental health have really taught me the invaluable lesson of how to empathize and support others who are experiencing similar challenges.
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My name is Kyra Welch, hailing from the wonderful city of Louisville, Kentucky. I am a second year psychology sophomore at the illustrious Bethune- Cookman University.
“Strong” is a word that has been used to describe me my entire life. When I was called strong at the age of eight, it was because I could lift up my mother using all of the power in my body. However, at the age of ten, the word strong had lost all of its physical connotations. In the span of two years I had gone from lifting my mother to show her my strength, to having to lift her name in the light of injustice. The kind of strength some people never have to channel within their entire lifetime.
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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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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 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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