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Coach Harold Johnson
Coach Harold Johnson
Harold Johnson affectionately known by all as “Coach J”, has been a fixture on the campus of Cheyney University for over thirty-five years. During his tenure at Cheyney he has served in many roles.
He started his journey at Cheyney University as in the area of athletics where he was the Head Wrestling coach and had the success of coaching 7 NCAA Division II All-Americans and finishing once Top Ten in Division II.
Coach J has held of Director of Financial Aid along with working in the areas of Admissions, Director of Student Activities, New Student Orientation, just to name a few at Cheyney University. He has also held the position of Assist. Director of Financial Aid at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
He currently serves as the Manager of Vendor Service and Events.
Coach J holds a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and Masters in Public Administration.
He is member of various organization which include of National Education Association (NEA), and is an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., just to name a few.
Dr. Dionne V. McLaughlin
Dr. Dionne V. McLaughlin
Dr. Dionne V. McLaughlin is the Executive Director of Critical Reflections on Race and Equity Initiative (CRREI) and an Associate Professor at North Carolina Central University. She is a British-born Black Jamaican educator who is an experienced bilingual high school and elementary school principal. Recent publications include: Emerald Book: Personalized Principal Leadership Practices: Eight Strategies for Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools, Corwin Book Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions, Book Chapter: New South Realities: Demographics, Diversity and Cultural Capital in The Sage Guide to Educational Leadership and Management (Fenwick English), and a Book Chapter: Exemplary Leadership in Diverse Cultural Contexts in The Springer Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education (Rosemary Papa).
Dr. McLaughlin has led workshops on culturally responsive teaching, leading equitable schools and making effective leadership decisions for teachers, principals and assistant principals.
Recent Presentations: Indiana Principals Association, Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) Fall Professionals Conference, ASCD Empower19, NASSP, ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership, ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence, the International Conference on Urban Education, Illinois Principals Association Conference, Charter School Leadership Institute, and NAESP.
Dr. McLaughlin has also taught Anti-racism and Effective School Practices for All Students for K-12 administrators and teachers, Critical Reflections on Racial Issues in America – A Contemporary and Historical Study for high school students, and at NCCU she developed an Equity Certificate and new Graduate course- Leading High Achieving, Equitable Schools for African American and Latino Students.
Dr. Iyailu M. Moses
Dr. Iyailu M. Moses
Dr. M. Iyailu Moses is the president and C.E.O. of Educational Visions, a community-based educational services and consulting organization. Educational Visions offers educational programs and activities to increase the cultural competence of individuals and groups in the history and culture of people of African descent.
Dr. Moses’ background as an educator includes teaching middle school, high school and college students as well as teacher training and curriculum development. She served as the first director of North Carolina State University’s African American Cultural Center. She has served as dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Education at Saint Augustine’s University and as director of the Academic Advising and Student Success Center at SAU.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Education from the City College of New York. She earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from North Carolina State University.
Dr. Moses is often referred to by her students as Mama Ilu. She is married to artist, Ras Jahaziel Tafari, and is a proud mother of two, grandmother of four, and great-grandmother of four.
Dr. Patricia Walker
Dr. Patricia Walker
Professor Patricia A. Bartley-Walker currently serves as the long time Lead Faculty of the Recreation and Leisure Management Program at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (The 1st HBCU). Also at CU, served as Intramurals Director and NCAA Coach of several sports. She has served in several community administrative capacities in YMCA’s, Boys & Girls Club and Community Centers. Volunteering in the church in several capacities, Alumni Chapter and the community is very important to her. These contributions have led to honors like 2019 Omega Psi Phi-Outstanding Educator of the Year; YWCA Outstanding Community Service, 2015; CUNNA Outstanding Alumnus, 2007.
Prof. Bartley-Walker lives by this thought coined by Dr. Martin Luther King, written in 1945 by Alma Androzzo, “If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he’s traveling wrong, Then my living shall not be in vain!”
Let's Talk About Privilege Speakers
Dana Harvey
Dana Harvey
National Account Manager with MSC Industrial Supply. Serves as the Chairperson for the Black Inclusion Group with MSC . Received Sid’s Club – Winner’s Circle Award. Received MSC’s Outstanding Performer Award. Served as volunteer chair for Habitat for Humanity and Literacy for Adults through Gwinnett County. Mother of 2, Chucky and Ash and blessed to be surrounded by amazing “Family and Friends”
Love to golf and travel
Dr. Thomas Tobin
Dr. Thomas Tobin
Thomas J. Tobin is a founding member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring (CTLM), as well as an internationally recognized scholar, author, and speaker on quality in technology-mediated education, especially copyright, teaching evaluation, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.
He holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees in English literature, a master’s degree in information science, and certifications in project management (PMP), online teaching (MOT), Quality Matters (QM), and accessibility (CPACC) He recently completed the Penn State Academic Leadership Academy.
Named to Ed Tech Magazine’s 2020 “Dean’s List” of Educational Technology Influencers, Tom serves on the editorial boards of InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching and the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.
His books include
Evaluating Online Teaching: Implementing Best Practices (2015) with Jean Mandernach and Ann H. Taylor.
The Copyright Ninja (2017).
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (2018) with Kirsten Behling.
Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (2020) with Katie Linder and Kevin Kelly.
UDL for FET Practitioners: Guidance for Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Irish Further Education and Training (2021) with Ann Heelan and Dara Ryder.
Find him on Twitter @ThomasJTobin, and at thomasjtobin.com.
Dr. Rosie Rey
Dr. Rosie Rey
Rosie Rey started her education with a BA and MA in cultures through storytelling. Her background is a fun mixture of academics and entrepreneurship. She created, designed and implemented the Freshman Studies program at Independence University and has been a part of several successful startups. Mama Rosie's Dream is a community organization which hosts several community-based programs. Currently she is CEO of World Community Exchange, an instructor of College Success at Eastern Gateway Community College and an Associate Registrar at Nightingale College.
Dr. Michael Stewart
Dr. Michael Stewart
An established professional who works as a strategic partner and trusted adviser dedicated to strengthening people, teams, and cultures, while improving systems and processes. A diverse experience that comprises education, law enforcement, human resources, recruitment and retention, culturally responsive leadership development, and facilities management
Dr. Poppy Fitch is an equity focused community college educator, system reform advocate, feminist, and former foster youth.
A higher education counselor and administrator for 30 years, Poppy serves as Director for Disability Support Programs and Services at the San Diego Community College District. There she leads districtwide services to students with disabilities and is partner to a dynamic team of dedicated student equity champions who run campus and vocational programs that change lives through education. Throughout her career, Poppy has served as a disability counselor, program director, Title IX Coordinator, Student Affairs leader, and adjunct faculty, always prioritizing the importance of the access to higher education systems that have the power to change lives, families, and communities.
Poppy’s personal story is evidence of the transformative power of education. After aging out of the foster care system in San Diego, she attended Grossmont College and found a path to a brighter future. With a commitment to lift while climbing, Poppy was intentional to select advanced study programs that situate social justice at the center of their missions, earning a doctorate in Post-Secondary/Community College Educational Leadership, and a master in Education with a specialization in Multicultural Counseling, both from San Diego State University. Prioritizing the lived experience of students and focusing her research on the success factors for foster youth who have persisted to college degree completion helped Poppy learn the importance of constructing (and sometimes de-constructing) systems for student success.
Active in the San Diego community, Poppy believes in a collective responsibility to one another. At San Diego State University, Poppy serves her alumni groups to make crucial connections between current students, alumni, and the community at large to advance the program goals to make education and mental health a priority for minoritized people. As a Women’s March San Diego founder, Poppy has served since the organization’s 2016 founding, and was the 2020 San Diego Women’s March Director. She remains in awe of the demonstrated impact of our collective voices for resistance and social change, and continues to take lessons from organizers, past and present. As a Board member of the Community Review Board, and an Interim-Commissioner on the Commission on Police Practices, public oversight and evaluation of community lodged complaints, and all officer involved shootings and in custody deaths within the San Diego Police Department is the service work that is most urgent to Poppy because Black lives matter.
Poppy is a deeply proud mom to children, Hannah and Kane, and enjoys life with her husband, Mike. On Sunday you’ll find Poppy tending her garden, playing with her Beagle Ruby, and reading stories to little ones. Her all-time favorite title is “Auntie Poppy.”
Is There Still Significance in Black History Month Speakers
Clovis Gallon
Clovis M. Gallon is a Special Education Teacher at William Penn Senior High School (York High) in York, PA. He has been in public education for 20 years. He is in his 6th year as the Head Coach for the Varsity Boys’ Basketball team and before that was an assistant 15 years. He was born in York and is a graduate of William Penn. He earned his B.A. in History from Lincoln University and his M.Ed. from Eastern University. He played his college basketball at Lincoln University.
Clovis has been a Board member for the York Boys Club, Vice President of the York Boys Club, Union Representative for the York City Education Association, a member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association Educational Social Justice Committee, and serves on the Pennsylvania Department of Education School Improvement Team. Clovis has also served on various committees throughout the school district to assist with the enhancement of the school district and the York community as a whole.
Clovis is a member of Pahagaco Lake Association (Fishing club) and Vice President of the York County Black Golfers Association (YCBGA). He is also a proud member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated. He and his wife Cynthia have four children, Ashley, Clovis Jr., Cameron, and Chaz.
Tara Jaketic
Tara Elise Jaketic, is mother to Jordan and daughter of Shirley. Relator leader, that fosters trust and confidence by building lasting connections with Sr. Sales Leaders that get things done with energy and enthusiasm. Tara turns ideas into action that align with business needs and goals to maximize performance. Tara is a sales performance consultant at MSC Industrial Supply Company, a Co-Chair of the 1st Black Inclusion Group @ MSC.
Jayanni Miller
Jayanni Miller is a sixth-grade student at the York Academy regional school. She’s a member of the stage band where she plays the snare and bass drums. She is a member of the softball team that represented the city of York, Pennsylvania. She serves as a part of the “Knightly” news team at her school where she produces a daily broadcast to provide connectivity to school events for the student body. More importantly, her team provides activities to engage the students in the lower grades, keeping them excited about school.
Jayanni is excited about participating in this panel discussion because being bi-racial she believes that it is important to know as much as she can about her Black and Latina culture. More importantly, she believes that her generation’s perspective should be shared in any conversation on this topic because their tomorrow is impacted by the decisions that adults make today.
Tara Nicole Owens
Tara Owens is a writer, linguist, academic administrator whose research interests include media discourse analysis of immigration, US culture, class, race, and gender. Her recent publication in The Financial Diet, "Why I 'Called In Black' At Work & How I Used That Time To Heal."
She earned her master's degree from the University of Roehampton London in international relations and human rights. Tara's dissertation research on the human rights implications of deporting DACA recipients has inspired her to pursue a Ph.D.
When Tara's not working or reading articles about current events, Tara is kickboxing at a local gym, exploring a new city, practicing calligraphy, or spending time with her family and friends.
Shannea Williams
Shannea Williams is a 10th grade student studying in the college preparatory track at Dallastown Area High School. She has participated in several extracurricular activities to include color guard, basketball, and tennis. She also enjoys being a member of the Black Student Union. The group meets weekly and consistently and has approximately 20 attendees. This student led effort educates and supports one another concerning issues that pertain to the black community both within the four walls of the school building as well as those in the surrounding community.
Shannea has dual citizenship between the U.S. and Germany. She plans to attend Howard University to study Business Administration and Nursing. Shannea has already activated her entrepreneurial aspirations. She has created her own line of lip gloss and established a company, “Shining Diamond,” to produce and sell her inventory.
Shannea believes that it’s important for her and other peers from her generation to participate in discussions around diversity, equity, and inclusion because relations between ethnicities is changing. She states, “It is important that we all learn as much as we can about our own culture and everyone else’s too. This is the best way to make sure that we all get along .”
Post George Floyd Accountability Speakers
Dr. Raymond Adams
Dr. Raymond is a tenured Associate Professor of Social Work within the College of Education, Humanities, Behavioral Sciences at Alabama A&M University in the Department of Social Work, Psychology, and Counseling. Raised in Monroe, Louisiana, he has earned a Bachelor of Psychology degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in Spring
2006 and a Master of Social Work degree from Baylor University in the Spring of 2011, and a
Doctorate of Philosophy in Social Work and Public Health from Jackson State University in Fall
2019. His research centers on addressing issues of prostate cancer survivorship specifically as it relates to investigating the nexus between mental health, social networks, and spirituality among
older, rural African-American PrCA survivors. He was awarded the CRECD (Council Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Diversity) Award for Ph.D. Candidates at the 65th CSWE APM in Denver, Colorado, for his publication entitled, Louisiana Black Men at risk for prostate cancer: An Untold Autoethnography in the Journal of Social Work and Christianity. Moreover, he was awarded the Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar Fellowship at West Chester University’s Graduate Social Work Program this past July 2019, where he became the inaugural Frederick Douglass Teaching Fellow teaching a 3-credit hour graduate course for the Graduate Social
Work Department. Presently, he is an MPH graduate student in Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University while simultaneously serving on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Social Work and Public Health. He provides consultation to community
organizations, religious institutions, and educational institutions on the impact of their health care policies on older African-American men and their families. He is most proud of his role as uncle to Kharion, AJ, and the newest addition, Cairo Ifechi Nmeka, and godfather to Abdoulaye N’diaye.
Jamiel Alexander
Mr. Jamiel L. Alexander was written off as a negative statistic due to the “street life” in Philadelphia. He was court appointed to do community service in York, PA in 2001. There he was introduced and completed the Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School AmeriCorps Program. In his position as Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Crispus Attucks Association, for 12 years he managed afterschool & summer programs, professional & leadership development, youth & family workshops and various community service projects. He serves as a committee member for the York City General Authority Commission, NAACP, Ancestors Dream Organization and Helping Offer Options & Directions LLC. Mr. Alexander was appointed to and serves as the president of the National Council of Young Leaders as an advisor to our policy makers. Mr. Alexander was also appointed to the Aspen Institute Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund to bring stakeholders together from all sectors of the community to improve education and employment outcomes for opportunity youth. In August of 2013 Jamiel was chosen to speak at the 50th Anniversary March on Washington at our nation’s capital with over 150,000 people in attendance. Currently, Mr. Alexander is the Senior Fellow for Aspen Institute’s Forum for Community Solutions. In this role he coordinates AFCS national youth engagement strategy.
Dr. Donovan Blake
Donovan Griffin-Blake is a leader, educator, author, researcher, and grant writer with over 20 years of experience in public education. She holds degrees from Howard University (B.S.), George Washington University (M.Ed.), and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Bowie State University.
Donovan has worked with the White House Initiative on HBCU’s, the Congressional Black Caucus, and several HBCU’s. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her leadership and service. Donovan serves as an educational content expert for school districts and universities, and she has facilitated numerous conference presentations.
Donovan is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporation She most recently was a Visting Professor of Social Foundations in Education at a University in the Mid-West. Donovan serves as a board member for the Maryland Association of Teacher Educators (MATE) and the Council of Exceptional Children in Maryland (CEC-MD). .
Tina Gilbert
Tina Gilbert (she / her) is the Managing Director of Advisory Services responsible for delivery of client services and development of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion leading practices and insights. Tina brings 10 years of DEI Leadership (4 years global), 15 years of Strategic Consulting, and 25 years of corporate experiences across six industries to this role. Throughout her career, she has led efforts to transform organizations' operating models, business processes, and employee culture to create measurable impact. As an I&D Leader over the last ten years, she has partnered with Business and HR leaders in designing strategies and metrics that align with talent strategies and desired business outcomes.
Prior to joining MLT, Tina was the Inclusion and Diversity Leader for Teva Pharmaceuticals and Accolade (Healthcare Navigation and Data). As the first I&D leader at both organizations, she guided each organizations’ evolution from diversity compliance management to recognizing its value as a business imperative. Her work at Teva was recognized in 2017 by Diversity Inc. Magazine as one of their Noteworthy Companies. More recently she was named as one of Hive Learning’s Most Influential D&I Leaders and by FindSpark as one of the 30 Must-Follow Diversity & Inclusion Thought Leaders Transforming the Workplace.
Before working as a full-time Diversity Practitioner, Tina was a Partner/Managing Director with Accenture’s Strategy Practice leading large transformation projects, business strategic planning programs, and operations/organizational design. At Accenture, she sponsored a variety of DEI programming, recruiting and training initiatives. She holds a BS from Spelman College, an Industrial Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is based out of the Philadelphia, PA area.
Dr. Toni Woodlon
Dr. Toni Woodlon is the Founder and CEO of EdAlly Consulting, where she leads trainings and workshops that build capacity for sustainable positive change in schools, government agencies, and organizations all over the world.
A trained facilitator and champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Dr. Woodlon facilitates learning around a range of education and DEI topics such as Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Culturally Responsive Teaching, Implicit Bias and Microaggressions, and others.
A dynamic and empowering leader, Dr. Woodlon has co-facilitated affinity spaces for youth and adults, creating spaces where others feel seen, known, and loved. In her transformational work, Dr. Woodlon utilizes a framework that involves high levels of engagement, collaboration, and storytelling.
A Word From Our Elders Speakers
Bishop Graham
Bishop J. Graham, Jr., M.S., a native of Winston – Salem, NC and see is a retired Speech – Language Pathologists (SLP) living in San Francisco, CA. After receiving his degree in Communicative Disorders from San Francisco State University (1988), Bishop served as a SLP with the Baltimore MD) City Public Schools and San Francisco (CA) United School District, respectively.
In 1990, Bishop returned to his alma mater as an academic/clinical instructor. In 2010 he retired from SFSU as coordinator of clinical services, responsible for arranging clinical training for students preparing for careers in speech, language and hearing sciences.
In retirement, Bishop enjoys playing tennis, visiting family and friends around the country, and traveling the globe.
Starla Lewis
Starla Lewis is a woman on a mission. She is a Professor Emeritus, transformational speaker and life coach who has developed lectures and facilitated seminars in the areas of Diversity, Life Mastery and Women’s Empowerment, both nationally and internationally. She is the founder and CEO of C.E.L.L. (Celebration of Everlasting Life & Love) consulting.
Starla Lewis’ 40+ years of research and experience in African American Studies, Oral Communication and Women’s Studies, have enhanced her ability to engage diverse communities. She is the author and illustrator of Sunkisses, a multicultural/multilingual coloring book for children and adults. She is the Co-Creator and Facilitator of "Woman’s Worth: Reclaiming Our Divinity & Our Destiny", and Co-Author of “I Am: My Own Self-Validation”.
Starla Lewis is a seven-time recipient of the Mesa College Teacher of the Year Award, a 2015 Women’s Hall of Fame honoree, and was recognized by KPBS as a local hero. She has dedicated her life to teaching people love and life skills. Through her work she affirms that all people are: “Brilliant, Powerful, Limitless, Love!”
Jacqueline Martino-Miller
Jacqueline Martino-Miller believes that all youth deserve to be safe, loved, valued, and educated. It is this belief, coupled with her very strong faith in God, which Jacqueline has used as a guiding light throughout her 42-year career to make a positive impact in the lives of children and families
Growing up in a family of eight children, Jacqueline’s early years included traveling throughout the United States and abroad as her father served in the Air Force. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from South Carolina State University where she majored in Psychology and minored in Education and French in 1979.
For the past 42 years she has dedicated her talents to the Crispus Attucks Association, beginning as an educator, moving into supervisor and program director positions, and now, for the past fourteen years, functioning in the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Crispus Attucks Charter School.
While working at Crispus Attucks, Jacqueline consulted for 18 years as a Multicultural Affairs Advisor for York College to coordinate and advise the York College Community Opportunity Scholarship Program. She also served as an advisor for Unity, a multicultural student organization on campus. She has maintained her connection with York College by continuing to volunteer for the scholarship program.
During that time Jacqueline also worked 15 years for the York City School District, serving as a Site Coordinator at the Freedom School Program and as a Early Childhood Teacher in the York Even Start Program.
Jacqueline has received numerous awards recognizing her leadership and her work with young people and families in the community, including being named as the YWCA of York’s Extraordinary Women of York County and just recently the Paul Harris Award from the Rotary Club of York-North
Jacqueline is married to the love of her life, Theodore D. Miller, Jr. She is a mother, a grandmother, great-grandmother, and a mentor.
Bryan Wade
Bryan Wade is a minister, award-winning television producer race and racism, radio broadcaster, K –12 educator, two-branch military veteran, and award-winning documentary producer.
Wade is the executive producer of his newly released oral history documentary titled Keystones: The African American Veterans Experience. This documentary is the first of a 15 part documentary series which chronicles the lives of African-American servicemen and women who served from World War II to Vietnam. Additionally, Wade created a school curriculum in conjunction with his documentary, which he believes is the first of its kind in the country to teach African-American oral history.
Wade served four years in the United States Navy and two years in the Army National Guard. He is a trained educator and received his degree in elementary education from York College of Pennsylvania. Wade’s media background includes the television series Worlds Apart, for which he served as the executive producer and host from 1997 – 2008. Worlds Apart explored the legacy of race and racism, and conducted nationwide college towards to Stanford University, Drexel University, the Morehouse College School of Medicine and many other colleges and universities. Wade is the father of three children and the grandfather to seven grandchildren, six boys and one girl.
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