About Kwame Sarfo-Mensah

Kwame Sarfo-Mensah is a 15-year veteran urban educator and the founder of Identity Talk Consulting, an educational consulting firm that provides professional development and consulting services to K-12 school districts, educators, colleges, universities, and educational non-profit organizations.  He is also the author of two books: "Shaping the Teacher Identity: 8 Lessons That Will Help Define the Teacher in You" and "From Inaction to 'In Action': Creating a New Normal for Urban Educators".    

A proud graduate of Temple University, Kwame holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and a Master's Degree in Elementary Education.  He was honored as the 2019 National Member of the Year by Black Educators Rock, Inc. for his unwavering commitment to the advancement of the teacher profession.  Kwame's work has also been featured on the Tavis Smiley Radio Show, Teaching Channel, Edutopia, Education Post, Citizen Ed, WGBH News, The Educators' Room, and Medium.

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• Looking at your next five years
• Considering starting a side hustle
• Other options to consulting
  • Blogging
  • Podcasting
  • YouTube channel
• Getting started with sharing your knowledge

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About Bro. Henry McDavid

Henry McDavid, is the co-founder of KIKIFER’S Entrepreneurial Academy, the largest national entrepreneurial academy producing 6 figure earning students K-12. Henry is a well known author, professional speaker, and business coach and serial entrepreneur.

Henry's entrepreneurial spirit started young. While in high school Henry started a youth organization at Dekalb High School which garnered national attention bring him into the spotlight for his unique ability to take young black high school students with D’s and F’s and turn them into A's by establishing a passion for reading books.

Based in Chicago, Henry's goal is to provide an opportunity for future generations to be financially stable early, so that they can enjoy what financial freedom truly brings to life. Entrepreneurship fosters and thrives off of innovation. Innovation impacts not one person but all of humanity.

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• Kikifers Academy
• Entrepreneurship as a student
• Teaching kids about business strategies
• Mentoring students
• Stories of successful entrepreneurship
• Teaching financial literacy

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Email: [email protected]

www.kikifersacademy.org

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About Geneva Gay, Ph.D.

Geneva Gay is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Washington-Seattle where she taught multicultural education and general curriculum theory. She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural education and culturally responsive teaching related to curriculum design, staff development, classroom instruction, and intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching, and learning. Her writings include numerous articles and book chapters; the co-editorship of Expressively Black: The Cultural Basis of Ethnic Identity; author of At the Essence of Learning: Multicultural Education, and Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Practice, & Research; and editor of Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency.

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• Gay shares her teaching background
• The origins of Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Defining Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Learning about your students and their needs
• Going beyond academics
• Kids on the battlefront psychologically
• Critical Race Theory and Culturally Responsive Teaching

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Email: [email protected]

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About Darlene Reyes

Darlene Reyes is a first-generation Salvadoran-American and alumna from Northwestern University. After graduation, Darlene became an AmeriCorps member for City Year, Washington, D.C. (CYDC), which motivated her to pursue a career in education. She is a 2019 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellowship Aluma who was selected to conduct research on the Imposter Syndrome in Brazil within Higher Education. Her first language is Spanish and she has a high proficiency in Portuguese. Darlene is an advocate for educational equity passionate about holistic solutions for students of all backgrounds especially students with layered identities such as students of color, first-generation, and low socioeconomic backgrounds.

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• The Advocacy Room
• Students working through gender bias at school
• Bias in classroom norms
• What happens when we place the burden on our students
• Student empowerment

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Email: [email protected]

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About Emily Alicia Affolter, Ph.D.

Dr. Emily Alicia Affolter is the director of and faculty for Prescott College's Sustainability Education Ph.D. Program.Prior to serving in this role, she worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Emily earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Multicultural Education from the UW working alongside Dr. Geneva Gay, founder of culturally responsive teaching. Emily's current scholarship, dissemination, and facilitation revolve around culturally responsive pedagogy for teachers and leaders in K-12 settings and STEM higher education, and harnessing equity literacy in teaching methods, content, policy, and leadership. 

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• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
• Creating spaces for vulnerability
• Systemic change
• DWGs
• Investigating your current practices

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Email: [email protected]

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About Plashan McCune, Ed.D.

Dr. Plashan McCune, brings over 30 years of experience in operationalizing mental health practices into educational settings. Her accomplishments are combining mental health and education for better life outcomes for professionals and students.

Her experiences include: Serving as an administrator for elementary thru high school in Chicago, Denver and Oakland. Adjunct Professor at Univ. of San Francisco, Leading Criminal Justice Reform and Mediation as a trainer with Northwestern Law School. Founder of a global leadership program for African American Young Ladies (AAYLS.)  She is also the author of Trauma and Postsecondary Success A Framework for Systemic Change and presents and trains on this topic globally. Her career has been informed by her passion for social justice and systems reform to ensure opportunity and success for underserved populations. Dr. McCune specializes in infusing Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Practices focused on Culturally Responsiveness within organizations and educational institutions.

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• African American Young Ladies Summit
• Trauma and postsecondary success
• Supporting students with trauma
• Creating rules, consequences, and expectations
• MTSS
• Investigating your current practices

Connect with Plashan

Email: [email protected]

Website: Higher Learning U

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About Johnnie Jackson, MBA

Johnnie Jackson (he/him/his) is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Supervisor for Marion City Schools. He is the author of Meditating Gunrunner Speaking, Part I: A Black Male Journey Teaching in South Korea. His dream is to diversify study abroad, international education, and teacher education! 

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• Teaching abroad in South Korea
• Connecting with other Black residents
• Skills developed overseas
• Study abroad demographics
• Heritage programs
• Equity challenges abroad

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Email: [email protected]

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About Naima Duncan, Ed.D.

Dr. Naima Duncan is an Assistant Principal in Camden City, New Jersey. For over 25 years, she has provided mentorship to new teachers and professional development training throughout the United States and abroad. Her philosophy is rooted in providing quality instruction, rigor and high expectations to all students, no matter the background or challenges they may face. Dr. Duncan’s research entitled, "Kindergarten Readiness Expectations and Challenging Behaviors in Preschool Children: Is There a Connection?" examined state and federal policies that require preschool programs to meet new academic expectations and how they affect the primacy of social-emotional skill development in preschool classrooms.

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• School readiness
• School readiness during the Pandemic
• The link between school readiness and behavior
• Barriers to school readiness
• Strategies to support students and families

Connect with Naima

LinkedIn: @naimaduncan

Twitter: @NaimaDuncan

Instagram: @NaimaLDuncan

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• Prevention is essential
• Prejudice Reduction

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Twitter: @sheldonleakins

Instagram: @sheldoneakins

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