2012 National Race Amity Conference
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Kevin Cullen |
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Diana Cutaia Director of Athletics, Adjunct Instructor – Wheelock College Diana has created an academic program in sport-based youth development – the first of its kind nationally. She also develops culturally competent programs to better engage immigrant communities in sports. http://www.wheelockwildcats.com/ |
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Joy DeGruy, PhD |
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Tod Ewing Owner – Hanna, Ewing and Associates Tod’s book Seeing Heaven in the Face of Black Men offers a candid look at the emotional landmines created by racism and offers the practicality of spirituality as a viable solution. Tod is a trainer for the National Multicultural Institute and East Ed both located in Washington, DC. www.heaveninthefaceofblackmen.com |
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Sylvia Ferrell-Jones President and CEO, YWCA Boston Sylvia has transformed the organization from a struggling provider of affordable housing and shelter to one that is outcomes-oriented and dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women. “It’s not a matter of being less color-conscious… it’s being aware of everyone, regardless of color or background…” http://www.ywcaboston.org/sylvia-ferrell-jones/ |
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Emily Glasgow Principal Franklin D. Roosevelt K-8 School, Hyde Park, Massachusetts As principal of the Roosevelt K-8 School, a public school located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Ms. Glasgow is a leader in securing funding for ongoing teacher and parent participation in the Roosevelt School’s community dialogues on race for the last three years. |
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Susan Glisson, PhD Executive Director, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation University of Mississippi Dr. Glisson specializes in the history of race and religion in the United States, especially in the black struggle for freedom. She is co-author of First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America. www.winterinstitute.org |
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Frederick Gooding CEO, The Minority Reporter Gooding authored the official The Minority Reporter and the “You Mean, There’s Race in My Movie?” We guarantee, you will NEVER see movies the same way again! www.minorityreporter.com |
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Olfat Haider Program Manager, Beit Hagefen, Haifa Israel Olfat is involved in several projects promoting peaceful co-existence between Jewish and Arab youth in Israel and has facilitated multicultural and ethnic groups of various ages. Olfat established an Outward Bound branch in Israel where she co-created the “Palestinian-Israeli Unity Project”. www.yourexpedition.com/2012/olfat-haider/ |
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Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D. Health Expert Dr. Hart is co-author of the A.D.A.M. Family Health Guide. After a decade in clinical practice, focused on preventive cardiology and lifestyle modification, Dr. Hart transitioned to work for several health information Internet start-ups and served as a consultant for Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Massachusetts to help start a cardiac lifestyle modification program. |
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Celeste Headlee Co-Host, The Takeaway – Public Radio International – WNYC/WGBH With over a decade of on-and off-air experience in both local and national public radio productions, Celeste’s news reports have aired on NPR, the Pacifica Network, National Native News and Public Radio International. www.thetakeaway.org/people/celeste-headlee/ |
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Carol R. Johnson, Ed.D Superintendent, Boston Public Schools Under Dr. Johnson’s leadership, Boston Public Schools has its lowest dropout rate in over two decades; the graduation rate has increased for four years in a row; and BPS students outperformed their urban peers in math on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/staff/dr-carol-r-johnson |
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Salma Kazmi Board Member Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Salma is an adjunct professor in the Religious and Theological Studies Department at Merrimack College and a board member of Merrimack's Center for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations. She was a co-founder of the Center for Jewish-Muslim Relations. |
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Jerry Lanson Author, Associate Professor – Emerson College A writing coach and commentator for opinion pages, Jerry is author of "Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves" (2011). His areas of interest include ethics and the craft of writing. www.jerrylanson.com |
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Mehr Mansuri Founder and Artistic Director, The Children’s Theatre Company Inspired by her family’s tumultuous departure from her native Iran, Mehr founded the Children’s Theatre Company. It is an organization centered on an inclusive framework rooted in diversity education including race, ethnicity, class, and religious tolerance. www.childrenstheatrecompany.org/about-staff.htm |
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Linda Meccouri, PhD Professor, School of Engineering Technologies/ Professional Development Coordinator Springfield Technical Community College Dr. Meccouri’s positive approach to diversity and inclusion helps organizations appreciate and build on “what works” while moving forward to mutual goals. Cultivating organizations’ strengths by walking the visionary path with practical feet, Dr. Meccouri maintains integrity and promotes human dignity. www.stcc.edu/pdc |
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Eddie Moore, Jr., PhD Director of Diversity, Brooklyn Friends School Dr. Moore is a diversity consultant, public speaker, and the founder of the “White Privilege Conference”. He has been a workshop presenter/facilitator for many organizations and conferences concerned with Education, Diversity, Privilege and Leadership. www.eddiemoorejr.com |
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Ricardo Levins Morales Artist/Activist, Art for Social Justice Morales is a social movement artist and activist who uses his art to engage with communities and movements to help them counter the toxic messages that keep them from developing their power. In his words, “people getting together and acting together is the real source of social change”. http://www.rlmarts.com/pages/about-the-artist/ |
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Rabbi Jim Morgan Director, Israel and International Partnerships -JCRC of Greater Boston At JCRC, Rabbi Morgan directs Israel advocacy and the agency’s partnerships in Haifa and in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Rabbi Morgan also taught Russian Language and Literature at Bates College in Maine and Oberlin College in Ohio, and worked for a year as a carpenter. www.twitter.com/rabbijimm |
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Lex Musta Co-Founder, African-American Historical Alliance of South Carolina Losing his great-grandfather to genocide in Eastern Europe prepared Lex to be a human amity worker. He is engaged in long-term service-learning projects that honor African descent Americans, while seeking to better understand how to develop social meaning that is conducive to just, equal, and peaceful relations. www.humanamity.org |
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Bethany Nelson, PhD Theatre Educator-in-Residence, Emerson College Dr. Nelson teaches theatre education, playmaking, and multicultural education. She has taught drama and theatre K-12 in urban, suburban, and rural settings, and theatre education at undergraduate and graduate levels. |
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Jacqui Parker Founding Artistic Director, Boston African-American Theatre Festival An energetic theatre artist and community leader, Ms. Parker received the 2009 Drylongso Award for her work in the struggle against racism and the recipient of several prestigious honors for her work in theatre. |
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Dain and Constance Perry Speakers Dain and nine cousins explored the impact of slavery on America and its legacy of racism for a film documentary about their ancestors. Constance and Dain now travel the country screening Traces of the Trade and facilitating conversations on racism and racial reconciliation before civic, school, college and church groups. www.tracesofthetrade.org |
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Rabbi Jonah Pesner Senior Vice President, Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Prior to URJ, Rabbi Pesner served as Founding Director of Just Congregations where he led efforts to engage several congregations in successful campaigns for health care access, affordable housing, and public education. He led the "Affordable Care Today!" coalition that secured health care for over half a million uninsured residents in the Commonwealth of Massachusette. www.urj.org/about/union/leadership/pesner/ |
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Colette Phillips President and CEO Colette Phillips Communications Ms Phillips is respected and recognized for her ability to build bridges and create cross-cultural and inter-racial social networks and connections. A risk-taker and enterprising person, she pioneered inclusion /multicultural marketing in New England and received numerous awards and citations for her personal and professional accomplishments. |
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Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MBA Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership Harvard Medical School Dr. Reede is responsible for the development and management of a comprehensive program that provides leadership, guidance, and support to promote the increased recruitment, retention, and advancement of under-represented minority faculty at Harvard Medical School (HMS). |
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William Rodriguez, J.D. Assistant Professor and Chair of Juvenile Justice and Youth Advocacy, Wheelock College Dr. Rodriguez is a passionate and zealous advocate of human and civil rights, social justice, and democratic equity for youth and a recognized leader in the Latino community in Massachusetts. His interests include youth violence prevention and race, ethnic, class dynamics in the dispensation of justice. www.wheelock.edu/academics/faculty-and-administration/rodriguez-william |
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Asaf Ron Executive Director, Beit-Hagefen Prior to arriving at Beit- Hagefen, a non-profit organization with a mission to bring Jews and Arabs together through arts and educational activity, Asaf was Owner & Executive Director of “Hevra Aheret”. www.beit-hagefen.com |
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Howard Ross |
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Rebecca G. Shuster Director of Training, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) Becky came to the MCAD with experience from DSZ, a civil rights consulting firm based in Boston and Washington, D.C., as well as experience with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Massachusetts Legal Services Diversity Coalition. www.mass.gov/mcad/index.html |
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Carole Simpson Former ABC Weekend News Anchor and Professor, Emerson College Best known as weekend anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight” for 15 years, Carole was the first African-American woman to broadcast news in Chicago, to anchor a local news program, to be a national network correspondent, to anchor a major network newscast, and the first woman or minority to anchor a presidential debate. www.carolesimpson.com/ |
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Margot Stern Strom Executive Director, Facing History and Ourselves With her deep belief that history matters, Margot enables millions of students to study the Holocaust, investigate root causes of racism, anti-Semitism and violence; and to realize their obligations as citizens in a democracy. www.facinghistory.org/margot-stern-strom |
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Adam Strom |
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Reverend Cheng Imm Tan Director, Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians Rev. Cheng has received awards for her leadership, published several articles, and led numerous workshops on domestic violence, women's empowerment and Asian empowerment in the United States, India, Cambodia, Malaysia and Japan. She has also led workshops at the World Conference on Women in Nairobi and Beijing. www.cityofboston.gov/newbostonians/ |
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Reverend Nancy S. Taylor, M.D Senior Minister and CEO, Old South Church Under Nancy’s leadership, Old South Church holds an ecumenical and interfaith leadership role as a thriving urban church and historic leadership institution in Boston. Nancy’s ministry has been recognized through several awards and honors. www.oldsouth.org/staff/nancy-taylor |
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Richard W. Thomas, PhD Professor Emeritus of History, Michigan State University Dr. Thomas received awards for his books, Life For Us Is What We Make It and Understanding Interracial Unity. In the later he coined the term “the other tradition” to describe America’s uncelebrated and overlooked history of close cross racial collaboration to advance lasting change for access and equity. He recently co-authored The State of Black Michigan, 1967-2007 that investigates how Michigan's black population has changed, how its interactions with the white community have altered, and how policymakers can narrow the "equality gap" that continues to persist. |
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Sara Ting Diversity Educator and Trainer and President of World Unity, Inc. Sara authored a book on diversity and inclusion entitled, Small Book with a Big Idea, 5 Minute Training to Empower You and Transform Our World. Sara has also developed educational material that’s presently in all 50 states. www.worldunityinc.org |
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Phyllis and Gene Unterschuetz Authors, Speakers Phyllis and Gene have spent the past fifteen years engaged in field research on the dynamics of racial conditioning. They have presented for universities, civic organizations, religious gatherings and neighborhood groups around the country and authored Longing: Stories of Racial Healing. www.StoriesofRacialHealing.com |
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