The Perkins Platform

Join us on Wednesday, May 10 @ 6pm EST for an important conversation on the adultification of black children with Anissa Durham, a multi-skilled journalist who uses a mix of social media, investigative reporting and photography to report on communities of color and neglected populations. Anissa is currently the health data reporter at Word In Black where she reports on healthcare inequities in the Black community. She is a 2022 - 2023 reporting Health Fellow at the University of Southern California, where she produced the Lost Innocence: The Adultification of Black Children series. She earned her bachelor's degree in marketing from National University. As a former general assignment reporter for inewsource, Anissa reported on historically neglected communities and systemic racism. She has also written about infrastructure, the criminal justice system, education and community reported stories.

Join us on Wednesday, May 3 @ 6pm EST for an informative conversation with Award-winning Professor and Writer and Black History Educator, Dr. LaGarrett King to hear his thoughts on the Florida ban of AP African American History. Dr. King is an Associate Professor of Social Studies Education and the Founding Director of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education. He is an award-winning professor who has won three early career awards for research from the Critical Issues in Education group from the American Educational Research Association, the College and University Faculty Association from the National Council for the Social Studies, and Emerging Scholar of the African Diaspora through the Comparative and International Education Society. He has held an endowed professorship and recently received the spirit of American award from the National Council for the Social Studies, whose previous award winners included Rosa Parks and John Lewis. Dr. King has published the award-winning, We be Lovin Black Children, Teaching Enslavement in American History: Lesson Plans and Primary Sources, Perspectives on the Teaching of Black Histories in Schools, and Social Studies and Racial Literacies. He has also authored over 50 publications in scholarly journals such as the Journal of Negro Education, Negro Educational Review, Theory and Research in Social Education, Race, Ethnicity, and Education, and Urban Education. Dr. King holds a Teaching Black History Conference each summer. In its 6th rendition this summer, the conference has reached over 3,500 teachers who have attended and learned from the best Black history educators worldwide.

Join us on Wednesday, April 26 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation with Scientist, Researcher, International Speaker and Author, Dr. Marc Milstein to discuss his new book The Age-Proof Brain, which has been nominated for "The Next Big Idea Award" for best non-fiction work and has been a #1 best seller on Amazon in several categories, including, Aging, Longevity, and Neuroscience. Dr. Milstein specializes in taking the leading scientific research on health and happiness and presents it in a way that entertains, educates, and empowers his audience to live better. His presentations provide science-based solutions to keep the brain healthy, lower the risk of dementia, boost productivity and maximize longevity. He earned both his Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry and his Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from UCLA. Dr. Milstein has researched topics including cancer biology and neuroscience, and his work has been published in multiple scientific journals. He has been quoted breaking down and analyzing the latest research in popular press such as USA Today, New York Post, and Oprah Daily. Dr. Milstein has also been featured on television, explaining the latest scientific breakthroughs that improve our lives.

Educator, Lecturer and Senior Policy Adviser, Dr. Phelton Cortez Moss joins us on Wednesday, April 19 @ 6pm EST to discuss his recent article,  “Why Black Boys' Sneakers Should Matter to Educators.” Dr. Moss is a Senior Professorial Lecturer of Education Policy & Leadership at American University and is a Senior Policy Adviser to Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) who serves as Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee. Prior he served as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Tougaloo College and Senior Leader at the Mississippi Department of Education. He has ten years of experience working in education and education policy from English teacher, policy maker, and principal. Phelton began his career in education as a high school English teacher in Greenwood, Mississippi, where he was Teacher of the Year for two consecutive years, and corps member of Teach for America. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Mississippi and a BA in Public Policy Leadership and English from the University of Mississippi. He holds a certificate in Education Finance from Georgetown University. Phelton is a member of The Reading League National Board of Directors. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Join us on Wednesday, April 12 (6pmEST) for an exciting conversation with award-winning author Mick Spiers, discussing his bestselling book, You're A Leader Now What?: The proven path to high performance leadership. Mick is the CEO and Founder of The Leadership Project, host of The Leadership Project podcast and bestselling author. After a successful 30 year career leading global and regional businesses, he now focuses his efforts in addressing what he sees as a leadership crisis in the world. His mission is to empower leaders with all of the knowledge and skills they need to create amazing teams and amazing workspaces where people fall back in love with their jobs again.

Founding partner of Dynamic Transitions Psychological Consulting LLP, a career and executive coaching consultancy, Dr. Richard Orbé-Austin joins for an important conversation discussing his article, How to End Toxic Workplaces: A Ten Point Plan. Dr. Orbé-Austin has worked in the field of career & executive coaching for over fifteen years, and has helped thousands of clients find their true career direction and achieve success and satisfaction in their career paths. He was the Founding Director of NYU’s Graduate Student Career Development Center, developing the strategic vision and leading a team responsible for managing the career needs of over 14,000 master’s and doctoral students in over 100 different disciplines. Prior to his tenure at NYU, Dr. Orbé-Austin served in a variety of leadership roles, including as the Chief Diversity Officer at Baruch College-City University of New York and as President of the NY Association of Black Psychologists. He earned his PhD in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education and his BA in Psychology from NYU. He is a TEDx speaker and the author of the book Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life (Ulysses Press, 2020), co-authored with his partner, Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin. The goal of the book is to provide a systematic formula to eliminate impostor syndrome and to assist readers to own their talents and power, in order to fully realize their goals, and to lead a more balanced life. The book is a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book Award.

Join us on Wednesday, March 29th @ 6pm EST/1pm UK for an informative conversation with Chartered Psychologists, Jess Baker and Rod Vincent discussing their newest book, The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People. 

 

Jess Baker is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She started her career in healthcare before specializing in business psychology. She has delivered webinars from her loft in Shropshire to global audiences. She is an award-winning coach. Over a thousand women have been through her online Tame Your Inner Critic programme. She speaks at conferences and festivals and is a regular commissioned writer on the subject of wellbeing. She comments on leadership, psychology at work and mental health for magazines, newspapers and national radio. As an expert on the wellbeing of helpers she offers her services on a voluntary basis to charities. @jessbakerpsych

 

Rod Vincent is an Anglo-Irish Chartered Psychologist, a writer and a musician. He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and during his previous career as a business psychologist he helped to develop leaders in forty-one countries. He is now doing his best to rebalance that carbon footprint by confining himself to walking the Shropshire hills. His poems and stories have won prizes in competitions and been published in a number of literary journals including Poetry Ireland Review, Stand and The Rialto. His poems are also in the Iron Book of New Humorous Verse (Iron Press). He writes the lyrics and plays bass as one half of O’Reilly & Vincent. @rodericvincent

 #superhelper #superhelpersyndrome

Psychologist, professor, researcher and author, Gloria Mark joins us for an exciting conversation discussing her latest book, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity. Gloria is Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She received her PhD from Columbia University in psychology and studies the impact of digital media on people’s lives. She takes a deep dive in examining multitasking, interruptions, and mood with the use of digital devices. She has published over 200 articles, and in 2017 was inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy which recognizes leaders in the field of human-computer interaction. She has presented her work at SXSW and the Aspen Ideas Festival, and her research has appeared in the popular media, e.g. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Atlantic, the BBC, and many others. Tune in on Tuesday, March 21 @ 6pm EST!

Join us on Wednesday, March 15 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation with founder of Giant Leap Consulting and author, Bill Treasurer to discuss his new book Leadership Two Words at a Time: Simple Truths for Leading Complicated People. Bill is the founder of Giant Leap Consulting, a courage-building company that is on a mission to help people and organizations be more courageous. He is also the author of the international bestseller, Courage Goes to Work, and his courage-building workshops have been taught to thousands of executives in twelve countries on five continents. For over two decades, Bill has worked with leaders from such renowned organizations as NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Home Depot, UBS Bank, Spanx, Southern Nuclear, Lenovo, eBay, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to founding Giant Leap Consulting, Bill served as an executive in Accenture’s change management and human performance practice, eventually becoming the $45 billion company’s first full-time internal executive coach. Bill attended West Virginia University on a full athletic scholarship and earned his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Bill is also an ex-captain of the U.S. High Diving Team and performed over 1500 high dives from heights that scaled to over 100 feet. Bill’s most important role is as husband to his wife Shannon, and their three teenagers, Bina, Alex, and Ian.

Join us on Wednesday, March 7 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation with coach and a consultant, Lauren St. George as she shares her work on training your brain and emotional anchors. Lauren helps companies and individuals navigate change, overcome big hairy challenges and imagine truly creative solutions. She is the founder of What's Next, a one of a kind, highly engaging program that helps people figure out their best next chapter. Often this need for change is triggered by a major life event (divorce, grief, empty nester, retirement) or feeling stuck and unsure on what to do next (career, purpose, happiness). At the heart of it we are all looking to live a more fulfilling life and Lauren has helped hundreds of people find theirs.