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Mallory Dwinal-Palisch has dedicated her career to innovative educational models. She began as a Spanish teacher with Teach for America and, later, co-founded and led the Oxford Day Academy (ODA), a public charter school in East Palo Alto. ODA has adapted and codified the Oxford tutorial pedagogy for K12 students from all learning backgrounds. From there, she co-founded the Oxford Teachers Academy (OTA), a Bachelor's Degree program that scales the learnings of ODA by training the next generation of classroom teachers-- particularly from remote rural areas-- in ODA's modified tutorial pedagogy. OTA is now Oxford Teachers Ccllege at Reach University, and has expanded to develop the next generation of teachers in urban and rural communities alike. Mallory graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Economics, Spanish, and International Studies; additionally, she holds a Ph.D. in Education from Oxford University (dissertation focus: rural teacher shortages), which she attended as a U.S. Rhodes Scholar, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Empowering Sexual Assault Survivors to Speak Their Truth | Victim Advocate and Keynote Speaker | Resiliency Coach | Veteran | Suicide Prevention | DEI/Outreach 

For years, she was ashamed. I introduce to you Lakeydra Houston

She is a 20 year retired veteran who is advocate for child and military, sexual assault, suicide awareness, and injustice.

She is not here to play games. She is here to make sure victims voices are being heard, victims turn into survivors; warriors. Be the voice for the voiceless and give others a platform to share their story. She knows It’s bigger than HER!

Don’t be afraid to share your story! This was a snippet, but there is so much that I will one day be ready to talk about.

Thank you all for everything, I am forever grateful!

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I have the pleasure of interviewing Sarina DiBianca, Silioam Wellness and Isaac Redman, former NFL player with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Legends Football Camp. Together them are teammates for the Legends Football Camp being held at Paulsboro High School NJ.  " Together They Build A Community"

On June 24th and 25th, Siloam Wellness will be hosting our annual Legends Football Camp for Philadelphia and New Jersey students ages 8-18. We are excitedly joined by Isaac Redman, former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Kevin Ross, cornerback coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs.

The camp will run from 10am - 12pm and Saturday and Sunday, with a barbecue to follow on Sunday.

Sarina DiBianca, Executive Director at Siloam Wellness Center, 

Isaac Redman, Redman, a running back for the Pittburgh Steelers and a Paulsboro High School graduate, started the football camp last year at the high school. The event brought out a number of other football players, including former Eagles players and other Paulsboro High School graduates like Alex Silvestro and Gerald Hodges, to help coach the up-and-coming athletes in a number of drills.

While the football hopefuls might not run the same 4.7 second 40 yard dash that Redman ran, they all look up to the Paulsboro native as an example of what they can accomplish in their future.

Redman said he never had an opportunity to participate in a football camp that involved professionals when he was growing up in Paulsboro. He said he runs the camp not only to benefit the Redzone Redman Foundation, a group striving to help “youth affected by physical, emotional, and socio-economic challenges,” but also to cultivate the rising culture of athletics in Paulsboro.

 

In 2012, Steelers-centric SB Nation blog Behind the Steel Curtain created what is known as the "Redman Award." The award, inspired by Isaac Redman's impressive preseason play throughout his career, was to be awarded to a Steelers player, a sixth-round draft pick or lower, who had convinced the fan base throughout the preseason that they were a "diamond in the rough."[11] Other stipulations include that the player must have spent two training camps or less with the Steelers and have had endeared themselves to the fan base regardless of their chances of making the team's final roster.

The first official appearance of the award on Behind the Steel Curtain's website was in 2014, when an article was published detailing the top candidates for the honor.[12]

The award tradition is still carried out by the writers at Behind the Steel curtain to this day, with the winner being voted on in a poll open to all readers sometime around Labor Day weekend. The winners of the award include Adrian Robinson (2012), Alan Baxter (2013), Daniel McCullers (2014), Roosevelt Nix (2015), Tyler Matakevich (2016), 

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Our amazing guest is Troy Blyden who is a Professional Athlete, content creator, and a clothing designer. Let’s learn about the beauty of imperfect confidence. Troy talks about his childhood, college years and his career as a Washington General and a Harlem GlobeTrotter. Troy believes in taking care of himself mentally and physically, eating right and provides nutrition /training advice.

“If you focus on everybody’s perception of you, you’re not going to get anything done.’” - Troy Blyden

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Kim is proud mom to three awesome girls, happy wife to one hunky and amazing man, and a passion-fuelled business mentor and entrepreneur! You’ll catch her chasing her dreams, skipping through the days in total gratitude for the life she has created (cause it wasn’t always sunshine and roses) and working to help others create their most amazing and abundant life too. She knows her mission is to share her personal experiences (the good, the bad and the ugly) to help people get from where they are, to where they want to be. She specialize in LARGE-sized dreams, having realized many of her own, including; national best-selling author of three books, secured endorsement by Celine Dion, viral video and grassroots movement “I Believe She’s Amazing,” and a global-digital business owner.  Feeling her healthiest at 53, 6 years post menopause and helping hundreds of women to reclaim their BEST HEALTH as they confidently age. 

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The son of a Japanese foreign exchange student and a African American soldier. The trials and tribulations didn't stop him from getting an education and living out his purpose.

Leonard is committed to being a beacon of support for those who are voiceless in order to demonstrate that regardless of your circumstances, you can overcome anything. 

• Speaker at TEDxTempleU
• Speaker at the 35th Annual Winter Roundtable Ceremony at Columbia University
• Commencement Speaker at Argosy University
• 'Man with the Vision' Award Recipient
• Nominated as a Mover and Shaker from Temple University’s Young Alumni Association
• Nominated as a Giving Back to the Future Recipient from Central Penn College
• Nominated for Mayor Kennedy’s Community Award 

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Melissa is a mindfulness expert, licensed master social worker, volleyball player, world traveler, and a person you can’t catch imposter syndrome from because she doesn't have it. 

She learned keeping busy isn’t enough.  We need to learn and practice mindfulness to achieve success. 

She has a passion for ingenuity and attract people and companies who share this value. Her specific expertise advances wellness in the workplace, increases focus and resilience and drives personal and professional growth. 

As founder and CEO of MYRetreat,  She works as a catalyst to create the environment for genuine team building through chocolate rather than “trust falls.”  She is on a mission to impact 1 million professionals with Chocolate Mindfulness.

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Victor Armstrong is the Chief Diversity Officer at RI International. He formerly served as North Carolina DHHS Chief Health Equity Officer, with responsibility for leading the overarching strategy and operational goals to promote health equity, diversity, and inclusion across all the agency’s health and human services. His responsibility included developing, implementing, facilitating, and embedding health equity strategic initiatives into every aspect of DHHS’ programs, services, actions, outcomes, and internal employee culture; as well as overseeing the Office of Health Equity, Office of Rural Health, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. 
 
Victor joined NC DHHS as ‪Director of the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse Services in March of 2020, with responsibility and oversight of the public community-based mental health, intellectual and other developmental disabilities, substance use, and traumatic brain injury system in North Carolina. 
 
Victor is the son of a pastor and a firm believer that the Black church is the gateway to the Black community, and the key to creating “soul safe” communities. He is a nationally recognized speaker on issues regarding health equity and access to healthcare, particularly as it relates to individuals living with mental health challenges, and the role of the faith community in addressing our nation’s mental health crisis. 

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I met Charles " Tank " in church and later became friends. He introduced me to Black Men Heal where I served as the Director of Partnership. He influenced me into becoming an entrepreneur.

Charles M. Harris Jr. is a native of Philadelphia, PA and a product of John Bartram High School.
Despite having very few positive influences and role models, Charles would go on to attend
college at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. After two years as an Accounting major at
Kutztown, Charles transferred to Temple University to pursue his dream of playing Division I
collegiate football.
After suffering a serious knee injury Charles turned his full attention to his education and
changed his course of study to Actuarial Science and Finance. He would go on to graduate from
Temple University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance. Upon
graduation Charles took a position with Ford Motor Credit Corporation and began furthering his
education by enrolling in a Master’s Degree program at Temple University.
In November of 1997 Charles was called upon by his former college teammate to oversee his
investment portfolio. Charles discontinued his studies and took a position with then Smith
Barney as a Financial Consultant. After achieving immediate success and recognition councils,
Charles was recruited away to join then Paine Webber in early 2000. By the time Charles joined
his new firm he had built a well-recognized and sizable clientele in the sports and entertainment
realm.
In 2001, in an effort to better serve the needs of his client base, Charles left the corporate wire
house structure to form his own financial services firm Athletic Business Management, Inc.
(ABM). In 2005 ABM merged with Gee Financial Group to form The Sports and Entertainment
Financial Group, LLC (SEFG). SEFG remains one of the most recognizable business
management firms in the world today. Charles sold his interest in 2011 and returned to his
financial roots when he joined New York Life Insurance Company in 2013.
Today, Charles oversees the Financial Planning firm, Wealth Our Way (WOW). WOW provides
financial planning services to those previously shut out from top tier financial advice. WOW has
as its core, the motto: Wealth is not only for the wealthy....
Charles is a member of the Temple University General Alumni and Black Alumni Associations,
as well as the Temple Owl Club. Charles has served as an advisor to the Andre Iguodala Youth
Foundation and the Channing Frye Foundation. In addition, he is a much sought after guest
speaker at schools and universities throughout the country as well as at NFL & NBA
symposiums and programs.
In his spare time, Charles is an avid golfer and top flight Scrabble and Spades player. Charles
and his lovely wife Regina are the proud parents of ten wonderful children. Charles has offices in
both the Greater New York and Philadelphia areas as well as the Greater Atlanta region.

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Amir A. Rashidian was born in Iran in 1974. He was 5-years old when the rioting began, and the government was overthrown. Iran became the Islamic Republic of Iran and the world as he knew it changed. He still remembers the gruesome violence of that time and although several decades have passed, he can recall the scenes like they occurred yesterday.

He was 6-years old when Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Iran and thus began the air-raids and bombings. Amir lived in a quiet and peaceful area of northern Iran near the Caspian Sea. Prior to the revolution this area was a trendy and luxurious vacation area with lots of recreational facilities and picturesque beaches. However, a couple of years after the war began, the beautiful scenic park across from his house was converted into a POW camp to contain the many Iraqi prisoners. Every couple of months an Iraqi soldier would escape and attempt to hide in Amir’s neighborhood. Shooting would ensue in the streets and Amir’s family would hide in their home.

Amir’s father wanted to bring the family to America. Every summer Amir’s father would take their family to a different European country with the hopes of obtaining a visa to the United States. Each time they met with rejection and had to return home.

Finally, at age 11, Amir’s family was given permission to enter the United States of America. In August of 1985, Amir and his mother landed in Los Angeles with nothing but two suitcases. They were homeless for a few months until they moved into a small 2-bedroom apartment which they shared with another woman and her two young children. His experiences during this time led to his passion for helping the homeless and those in need of proper housing. This is also why he serves as a member of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity in his hometown.

Amir’s father was a highly respected and successful businessman in Iran. He owned a large construction company and had built hospitals, government buildings, and apartment buildings in Iran. However, after the revolution, their money was practically worthless in America. Amir’s mother worked as a nanny during the week and Amir and his mother cleaned houses on weekends to earn extra money. One day, a wealthy man approached Amir’s father who was still in Iran and offered him the opportunity of a lifetime. The wealthy man offered to purchase a house on the east coast and sell it to him at no interest and low monthly payments. Thus, Amir with his mother and father moved to Maryland in 1987.

Before leaving Iran, Amir’s dad wanted to teach him about poverty and life in the underprivileged regions of Iran, the villages in the foothills of the Elburz mountain range. In one of those villages, Amir was witness to a young woman who had gone into labor. The midwife told her and her husband that the baby was not alive, and the young woman would likely not survive. That woman died in her husband’s arms because there were no doctors in that village. Amir decided at that moment to commit his life to become a doctor, to saving lives and preventing unnecessary death.

In America, driven by his dream to become a doctor, Amir was a good student and a very hard worker. Unfortunately, Amir had a type of dyslexia that affected his ability to read. His eyes would jumble the words on the page and he had to rearrange them in his mind to try and make sense of the text. At the time, he didn’t know he had dyslexia and believed he was slow and dumb. It didn’t mean he couldn’t do well in school; it just meant that he would have to work harder and longer than anyone else. That’s how he managed to get the grades, finish near to the top of his high school class and get accepted into the George Washington University’s premedical program.

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