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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Dr. Vanessa Gail Perry, Professor and Associate Dean For Faculty and Research, George Washington University is a tireless advocate advancing research and policies to create opportunity in black communities whose home ownership statistics haven’t advanced since 1968. Another sister in the sisterhood of The PhD Project sensational women, her story is below:
UPCOMING EVENT: 3/8 International Women Wave Makers in Tech What’s Broken and How Can We (Women) Fix it? Lisa Neal-Graves, Esq Chief Change Maker, GlobalMindED, Dr. Rita Sanzgiri, Esq. Partner, Sheridan Ross, Julia Rock Financial Project Lead, ExxonMobil, Dr. Olena (Jianfang) Zhu Principal Engineer, Client Computing Group, Intel Corp, Suraya Yahaya Founder & CEO, Khazana, Inc.Sign up and details below.
The GlobalMindED YouTube channel has over 90 DEI webinars primarily led by leaders of color with panelists from a variety of backgrounds.
Recent Equity events:
Dr. Monique Butler Chief Medical Officer, HCA Healthcare leads discussion with Georges Benjamin Executive Director, American Public Health Association, Kris Sanders Vice President of Operations, Envision Healthcare, Dr. Sheila Davis, Vaccine Equity Champion and Health Chair, NAACP Colorado Conference. and Mia Keeys Director, Health Equity Policy & Advocacy, American Medical Association.
Lisa Neal-Graves, Esq Chief Change Maker, GlobalMindED leads discussion with Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, CPA Associate Professor, School of Accounting and MIS, DePaul University, Dr. Antoinette Smith, CPA Professor and Researcher, School of Accounting, Florida International University, Dr. Adriane Randolph Executive Director of BrainLab, Kennesaw State University, and Dr. Belinda Shipps Assoc. Director, Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research, Education and Outreach, North Carolina A&T State University
Oscar Sweeten-Lopez; President & Founder, GradSnapp leads this panel discussion with Frank Fernandez; President & CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Chantelle George; Founder, CG Consulting, Richard A. Brown; Vice President of Philanthropy, American Express, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker; President and CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and Jamie Van Leeuwen; Director of Public-Private Partnerships, Emerson Collective
Reagan Flowers; Trustee, Houston Community College System, CEO, C-STEM Teacher and Student Support Services leads the panel discussion with Danny Moore; President & Founder, DeNOVO Solutions, Dr. Steve Efe; Assistant Professor of Engineering, Morgan State University, Dr. Kamal Ali; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jackson State University, Zania Bell; MBA candidate, Cyber Security, University of West Alabama, and Steven Butler; CEO, BC Development
Dr. Paul Miller; Principal and CEO, Green Tech High Charter School leads the conversation with Dr. Lakisha Simmons; Associate Professor, Belmont University, Dr. Jeannine E. Dingus-Eason; Dean, Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, Rhode Island College, Kelisa Wing; Professional Development Specialist, Department of Defense Education Activity, Dr. Queinnise Miller; Principal, Houston ISD, Dr. Dorcey L. Applyrs; Chief City Auditor, City of Albany, New York, and Dr. Lesli C. Myers-Small; Superintendent, Rochester City School District
Dr. Ryan Ross; Assoc. V. Chancellor Student Affairs, Equity, & Inclusion, Colorado Community College System leads conversation with Jenelle Nangah, Dahni Austin, Alana Mitchell, Kaliah Yizar (student activists from Martin Luther Junior Early College in Denver, members of Know Justice, Know Peace)
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What is your personal story?
I was born in upstate NY, but grew up and went to high school and college in Washington, DC. One of my first projects in kindergarten involved a new house in my neighborhood. Additionally, we moved quite a bit when I was young and my Mom and I would go to open houses-- sometimes just for fun. Looking back, these experiences may have sparked my interest in housing access, although it was years later when I would find myself working in this industry.
You’ve served as Senior Economist at Freddie Mac, Senior Advisor on Housing Finance at HUD, expert advisor to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as well as numerous academic leadership and teaching roles at George Washington University, where you’re currently both a Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research -- How has your experience in each domain informed and lent itself to the other?
My experiences at Freddie Mac were focused on affordable housing and fair lending, and in the process of examining public policy issues in these areas, I realized how little economists actually knew about how actual people make financial decisions. These questions formed the foundation of my work ever since-- as an academic researcher as well as in my public policy and consulting roles. In terms of academic leadership, after worrying about issues like intergenerational wealth building, and challenges faced by families and communities due to financial crises, racism in markets, and other issues of profound social and societal significance, the day-to-day struggles of university faculty members seem miniscule by comparison.
You recently lead authored a report for the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, entitled “2020 State of Home Ownership in Black America,” which outlines in great detail the generational disparities that bear on America’s Black population, who at 13% of U.S. households, represent only 6.2% of home owning households. As the repercussions of COVID are felt, as well as continuing harm wrought by the 2008 crisis, what are you encouraging your students and policy makers to focus in on and how does this country begin to rectify these disparities?
The homeownership rate for Black households is approximately the same as it was when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968, despite all of the work that has been done over these decades by many scholars, policy makers, industry leaders and consumer advocates. It is time for some bold, radical policy steps that are aimed specifically at correcting for the manifestations of systemic racism that have resulted in these disparities. The term 'reparations' makes people nervous, so maybe we should call it something else-- but we need policy interventions at multiple stages of the life cycle of Black and Brown people that account for the effects of cumulative disadvantage.
What has it been like to serve in corporate America and the government compared to academic realms?
I have loved my time in academia. The pace is slower, so one has the opportunity to take time to think carefully and examine issues in detail, and if after 2 or 3 years working on a project, some finding is used to shape the public policy debate, that's a great outcome. It's even better if the paper gets cited by others, but that could take another couple of years. In corporate and government settings, on the other hand, there is much more at stake and things have to move a lot faster. For example, I was involved with a single policy change that affected millions (in housing markets, more like billions) of dollars of additional investment-quality mortgage loans, and also provided access to lower-cost home ownership to an additional million or so homebuyers per year. In an environment of corporate bureaucracy, intense regulatory oversight, and under various political influences, there is often a short time horizon for making decisions because once a strategy is set, implementation is even more complicated.
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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 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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