Salute To Our 2021
Distinguished Breakfast Panelists
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Meet The Panel Top to Bottom, Left To Right AudreyRose Wooden, Senior at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, Award-Winning Youth/YPD from Bethel AME Church-Providence, Rhode Island, Tri-State Facilitator Eastern Region, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Attorney Rahsaan Hall, Director Racial Justice Program, ACLU, Ordained Minister, St. Paul AME Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts Karen Hinds, President, and CEO, Workplace Success Group, Author, International Speaker & Trainer Reverend Carrington Moore, Associate Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Boston, Director, Lydia Fellows Program, Massachusetts Council of Churches E. Dolores Johnson, Retired Tech Professional and Researcher and Author of the new book Say I’m Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets and Love |
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Black Women & Men of Action
AudreyRose Wooden is a senior at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing Program. She serves on the Political Action Committee of MIT's Black Students' Union and served as the Political Action Co-Chair of the BSU in the 2019-2020 school year. Throughout her undergraduate years, she has shown a commitment to social action, cultivating community, and institutional change. She believes in the strength and power of Black students and helps Black student organizations identify, present, and demand institutional or policy changes focused on improving their experiences on campus. AudreyRose also serves as the Tri-State Facilitator for the Eastern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Rahsaan Hall
Pronouns: he/him/his
Rahsaan Hall is the Director of the Racial Justice Program for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. In this role, Rahsaan helps develop the ACLU of Massachusetts' integrated advocacy approach to address racial justice issues. Through legislative advocacy, litigation, and community engagement, the program works on issues that deeply impact communities of color and historically disenfranchised communities. Rahsaan also manages the ACLU of Massachusetts' What a Difference a DA Makes campaign to educate state residents about district attorneys' power and influence.
Prior to joining the ACLU of Massachusetts, Rahsaan was the Deputy Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, where his work included policy and legislative advocacy, community outreach, and maintaining a litigation caseload of voting rights, police misconduct, and public accommodations cases. Rahsaan headed up the Voting Rights Project that included the coordination of the statewide Election Protection initiatives, voting rights litigation, and his prior involvement in community coalitions on redistricting after the last decennial census.
Rahsaan is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University (B.A.), Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.), and Andover Newton Theological School (M.Div.). He is an ordained Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Rahsaan Hall is the Director of the Racial Justice Program for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. In this role, Rahsaan helps develop the ACLU of Massachusetts' integrated advocacy approach to address racial justice issues. Through legislative advocacy, litigation, and community engagement, the program works on issues that deeply impact communities of color and historically disenfranchised communities. Rahsaan also manages the ACLU of Massachusetts' What a Difference a DA Makes campaign to educate state residents about district attorneys' power and influence.
Prior to joining the ACLU of Massachusetts, Rahsaan was the Deputy Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, where his work included policy and legislative advocacy, community outreach, and maintaining a litigation caseload of voting rights, police misconduct, and public accommodations cases. Rahsaan headed up the Voting Rights Project that included the coordination of the statewide Election Protection initiatives, voting rights litigation, and his prior involvement in community coalitions on redistricting after the last decennial census.
Rahsaan is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University (B.A.), Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.), and Andover Newton Theological School (M.Div.). He is an ordained Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Karen Hinds used her experience in building diverse talent pipelines for financial services companies to launch Workplace Success Group over 20 years ago. She is a trusted advisor to C-suite executives who rely on her expertise to build inclusive organizational cultures and groom the next generation of leaders.
She is the author of 5 books and has been quoted in, featured in, or written articles for Black Enterprise, Family Circle, The Boston Globe, The Hartford Business Journal, and The CIM Toronto Manager, to name a few. Karen has worked with organizations including, The United Nations, Webster Bank, AmeriHealth Caritas, United Technologies, Duncaster Retirement Community, and the Girl Scouts, to name a few.
Karen hosted an international global girl's and women's leadership conference on her native island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It was an opportunity to share her expertise with women from around the world and at the same time showcase the beauty and culture of her homeland.
She is known as a beach snob who loves the water. She also enjoys running obstacle races and recently rekindled her passion for weight lifting as a hobby.
She is the author of 5 books and has been quoted in, featured in, or written articles for Black Enterprise, Family Circle, The Boston Globe, The Hartford Business Journal, and The CIM Toronto Manager, to name a few. Karen has worked with organizations including, The United Nations, Webster Bank, AmeriHealth Caritas, United Technologies, Duncaster Retirement Community, and the Girl Scouts, to name a few.
Karen hosted an international global girl's and women's leadership conference on her native island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It was an opportunity to share her expertise with women from around the world and at the same time showcase the beauty and culture of her homeland.
She is known as a beach snob who loves the water. She also enjoys running obstacle races and recently rekindled her passion for weight lifting as a hobby.
Reverend Carrington George Moore is committed to cultivating an environment that is validating and affirming of every community in which he serves. Carrington is the Director of the Lydia Fellows Program at the Massachusetts Council of Churches. Reverend Moore is also the Associate Pastor of discipleship and families at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
Carrington has served as a thought leader across the country in the areas of leadership cultivation, workforce development, and at the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Carrington has led collective impact initiatives across the greater Boston community dedicated to increasing college access, building sustainable vocational pathways, and creating equity within institutions and systems.
Carrington is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a double major in political science and philosophy with a minor course of study in history from Youngstown State University. He earned a Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology with a focus in Biblical studies and Christian social ethics. Carrington is ordained in the Baptist faith tradition.
Carrington has served as a thought leader across the country in the areas of leadership cultivation, workforce development, and at the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Carrington has led collective impact initiatives across the greater Boston community dedicated to increasing college access, building sustainable vocational pathways, and creating equity within institutions and systems.
Carrington is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a double major in political science and philosophy with a minor course of study in history from Youngstown State University. He earned a Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology with a focus in Biblical studies and Christian social ethics. Carrington is ordained in the Baptist faith tradition.
E. Dolores Johnson is the author of Say I'm Dead, A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets and Love. It is the story of generations of her family who endured fear, secrets, and separation because they refused to be bound by forbidding race-mixing norms and laws. In following their courageous journeys, we travel through America's racial history, from plantation rapes through Jim Crow codes to today's growing acceptance of race-mixing.
Say I'm Dead won the 2020 Outstanding Literary Award from the National Association of Black Journalists, received a starred review from the American Library Association, and was reviewed in the New York Post. She has also published essays on race and identity in literary magazines and in newspapers. Dolores is at work on her second book.
In her previous 30-year career, Johnson was a Vice President of International Marketing at Fortune 100 tech companies, creating and launching tech solutions for national communications companies in 16 countries. She has also consulted on diversity with colleges, corporations, and non-profits during her business career. A graduate of Howard University and Harvard Business School, Johnson directed the digitization of John F. Kennedy's archives at his Presidential Library and the Library of Congress.
In her life of service, Johnson is a public speaker on race and identity, mentors Black professional women, is a board member for Boston University and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and previously Berklee College of Music. She is a member of St. Paul AME Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Chairs the Saving Our Sisters Program for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and works on the Voices for Justice program at the Cambridge Public Library.
Say I'm Dead won the 2020 Outstanding Literary Award from the National Association of Black Journalists, received a starred review from the American Library Association, and was reviewed in the New York Post. She has also published essays on race and identity in literary magazines and in newspapers. Dolores is at work on her second book.
In her previous 30-year career, Johnson was a Vice President of International Marketing at Fortune 100 tech companies, creating and launching tech solutions for national communications companies in 16 countries. She has also consulted on diversity with colleges, corporations, and non-profits during her business career. A graduate of Howard University and Harvard Business School, Johnson directed the digitization of John F. Kennedy's archives at his Presidential Library and the Library of Congress.
In her life of service, Johnson is a public speaker on race and identity, mentors Black professional women, is a board member for Boston University and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and previously Berklee College of Music. She is a member of St. Paul AME Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Chairs the Saving Our Sisters Program for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and works on the Voices for Justice program at the Cambridge Public Library.
Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir Of Race, Secrets, And Love
by E. Dolores Johnson
Learn more about Dolores' new book at:
https://www.edoloresjohnson.com
by E. Dolores Johnson
Learn more about Dolores' new book at:
https://www.edoloresjohnson.com