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The Who, What, Where, How, & Why of Black History Part Two: Valentine’s Day Special The Charlestons: 1887-1968

2/14/2019

Love Letters from 1915 and 1916 from my maternal grandparents,
Rev. James A. Charleston (1887-1961) and Mrs. Nora Dean Branch Charleston (1893-1968).
They enjoyed a five year courtship before marrying in 1916.

By Carole Copeland Thomas, MBA, CDMP, CITM

The road to Black History is paved with genius, talent, hardships, unending tragedy, amazing opportunities and everything in between. This two+-part series will examine the role of the black community in America and why Black History is integral to our past, our present and our future.

Black History IS American History in every sense of the word!

Today, as a Valentine’s Day Tribute, we’ll explore the lives of Rev. James and Nora Dean Charleston, my grandparents and their 50-year love affair.
Get out your pen and notebook and let’s examine the realities and dreams of black people throughout the land!

The Who, What, Where, How, & Why of Black History Part One:

2/8/2019

By Carole Copeland Thomas, MBA, CDMP, CITM

The Who, What, Where, How, & Why of Black History
Part One:
Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Black History Since 1619

The road to Black History is paved with genius, talent, hardships, unending tragedy, amazing opportunities and everything in between. This two-part series will examine the role of the black community in America and why Black History is integral to our past, our present and our future.

Black History IS American History in every sense of the word!.

Get out your pen and notebook and let’s examine the realities and dreams of black people throughout the land!

Black History Resources

Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3 "American Caste System"
Click Here To Download

Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Click Here To Link To His Historical Organization

Black Culture Guidebook
Click Here For Details

March 14th Black History Breakfast
www.mssconnect.com

Movie: 12 Years A Slave
Click Here For More Information

Pledging Honor and Dignity To Yourself in 2019

1/16/2019

Finding our voice in a mixed up and very noisy world isn't easy. When you have a specific viewpoint about diversity, multiculturalism or inclusion, sometimes you may take as a risk to make your voice heard. However, always keep in mind that your perspective might bring a ray of sunshine in a very dark place. Or your voice may be a breath of fresh air to clear out the overbearing stuffiness that most people want to end.

Speaking up at work is never easy. That's why so many remain voiceless, letting the pioneers on the team take the hit for daring to be expressive. Or there may be so much conversation in your office that no-one can get a word in edgewise.

With careful deliberation, practice, and confidence, you can be the voice of reason and a trusted leader for the voiceless.

Here's a 5 Step Plan to jumpstart your strategy. Once you develop your personal action path, you'll bring honor and dignity to yourself in a whole new way.

1. Know the Issues!! Read multiple newspapers, magazines, online media sites, and study different points of view. Your opinion is simply NOT enough. You must understand what the issues are on all sides as you state your case.

2. Let the demographics help you make the case for diversity.
In America, our ethnic base IS changing.

Check out www.census.gov for population numbers in the United States.
Data from the 2017 Estimated Census Numbers:
Census Quick Facts:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/IPE120217

Brookings Projection: The US Will Become “Minority White” in 2045

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/

3. Listen with your EARS, not your MOUTH. So often when we debate an issue, as soon as the other person or opposing side starts talking, we get to work formulating our response. STOP long enough to HEAR what the other person is saying!!! Try NOT to interrupt them unless their story, argument, case, or situation starts rambling with extenuating details. You can even say, "I hear what you're saying and I respect your opinion. Perhaps you can look at it this way to understand my point of view."

4. Watch your email replies! If you have commented on an office policy that excludes people of color and detailed the concerns you have, don't be surprised if you get hate mail. Pioneers like you must prepare for naysayers, haters, resentful colleagues, or co-workers who just don't understand. Before you whip off a terse rebuttal, STOP, breathe and cool off before you respond emotionally. Try sitting on a response for 24 hours and see if your answer can be made more tempered. And remember that an angry response that is sent to "ALL" lives on forever.

5. Consider altering your opinion if necessary! Perhaps YOU need to change!! Or maybe it's WHAT you say that comes across harshly to others and triggers a negative response. Of course, if your opinion is justified, fair, equitable and inclusive, stick by it. It may cost you something, like a job promotion, title, or access to key stakeholders. But if your opinions and recommendations ultimately are made for the good of your division, department, community, or organization, then stick to your principles. In the long run, the voiceless will be grateful for your bold action, bravery, and courage.

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Watch Night 2018 & The Black Community

12/31/2018

Dear Family, Valuable Friends, Clients, and Colleagues:

From my home to yours, I wish you rich blessings into the New Year. Here is a special article I created about the history of Watch Night Service in the African American community. The tradition predated the importance of the famous 1862 Watch Night Services and originated with the Moravians in Germany many years earlier. The first Methodist church in America to celebrate Watch Night in the 1700s was St. George United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, the home church of Bishop Richard Allen, co-founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. However, it has become particularly important in the Black Church, with its evolution in the early to mid-1800s. The word evolved from “Freedom’s Eve” to “Watch Night” as the freed and enslaved blacks “watched” the clock strike 12 midnight, turning the course of the Civil War and freeing three million slaves in the states of the rebellion.

Wishing You The Best in 2019!
Carole Copeland Thomas, MBA CDMP, CITM

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The History Of Watch Night Services In The Black Church
by Carole Copeland Thomas

With the festivities of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa now on full display, there is still time to reflect on the ritual of my ancestors and many other African Americans, whose forefathers sat around campfires and wood stoves in the twilight of December 31, 1862. There they sang spirituals acapella, prayed, and thanked the Good Lord for what was about to happen the next day. In the North, Abolitionists were jubilant that the “peculiar institution” was finally about to get dismantled one plantation at a time.

The booklet, Walking Tours of Civil War Boston sites this about this historic event:

“On January 1, 1863, large anti-slavery crowds gathered at Boston’s Music Hall and Tremont Temple to await word that President Abraham Lincoln had issued the much-anticipated Emancipation Proclamation (EP). Those present at the Music Hall included Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe, poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier and essayist, poet and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Also present was Ralph Waldo Emerson, who composed his Boston Hymn to mark the occasion.”

Now… Let’s Look Back...156 Years Ago Tonight...

It was on January 1, 1863, amidst the cannon fire, gunshots, and burnings at the height of the Civil War that President Abraham Lincoln sealed his own fate and signed theEmancipation Proclamation. It begins with the following decree:

Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, towit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”

That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States."

CAROLE' S TRANSLATION:
Effective January 1, 1863, all slaves in the states in rebellion against the Union are free.

Technically that is all that President Lincoln could do at the time. He used his wartime powers as Commander in Chief to liberate the "property" of the states in rebellion of the Union. The act did not free the slaves of the Union or border states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, or West Virginia) or any southern state under Union control (like parts of Virginia). It would take the 13th Amendment (that freed all slaves in 1865), the Union Army winning the Civil War (April 9, 1865), and the assassination of President Lincoln (shot on April 14th and died on April 15, 1865) for all of the slaves to be freed. That included the liberation of the slaves in rebellious Texas on June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth Day) and finally the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 18, 1865, giving all black people freedom and permanently abolishing slavery in the US.

So in 1862 on the eve of this great era, the slaves "watched", prayed, and waited. My ancestors, including Bishop Wesley John Gaines of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) (a slave in Georgia freed by the EP) and the other three million slaves prayed for divine guidance and an empowered Abraham Lincoln to do the right thing. It is as important today as the tradition of black people eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck.

Following the Emancipation Proclamation slaves were freed in stages, based on where they lived, the willingness of the plantation owner to release them and when Union troops began to control their area.

Black educator and community activist Booker T. Washington as a boy of 9 in Virginia, remembered the day in early 1865:

“As the great day drew nearer, there was more singing in the slave quarters than usual. It was bolder, had more ring, and lasted later into the night. Most of the verses of the plantation songs had some reference to freedom. ... Some man who seemed to be a stranger (a United States officer, I presume) made a little speech and then read a rather long paper—the Emancipation Proclamation, I think. After the reading, we were told that we were all free, and could go when and where we pleased. My mother, who was standing by my side, leaned over and kissed her children, while tears of joy ran down her cheeks. She explained to us what it all meant, that this was the day for which she had been so long praying, but fearing that she would never live to see.”

The longest holdouts were the slaves in Texas, who were not freed until June 19, 1865, two months after the Civil War ended. That day is now celebrated as Juneteenth Day around the United States.

That is the history of Watch Night in the African American culture.

May you and your family enjoy a spirit-filled New Year throughout 2019. Thank you for ALL of your support you have given to me and my business throughout 2018.

-Carole

Top 10 US Predictions For 2019 Part 1

12/27/2018

It's that time of year to pull back the curtain and make some bold predictions for 2019. It's been a rough and tumble 2018 and as we continue to celebrate the holiday season, we'll explore the New Year possibilities and what may happen in the coming months. From business to workplace dynamics to millennials to mayhem in the White House... we'll look at how these issues will shape our lives both on and off the job in 2019. Buckle up and let's blast off as we test the building blocks of our future.

The Top Ten US Trends For 2019

1. Diversity Progress And Pushback

2. Rising Voices Of Women

3. Questionable Economy

4. Tech Devices Normalized In Daily Life

5. Millennials Dig Deep Into Family History

6. Boomers Boomerang In The Workforce

7. US World Image & Brand In Flu

8. Healthy Living Expands Exponentially

9. Faith In Action Online & Rebranded

10. America's Quest To Cross Culturally Connect

Check Out My Next Blog For Details Of These Predictions

Amazing Holiday Facts For December Festive Merrymakers

12/21/2018

Radio Broadcast by Carole Copeland Thomas
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Six international holidays converge onto the scene every December (and early January) to make our schedules hectic, exciting and pressure-filled. Wrapping gifts while shopping at odd hours of the night either push us into the spirit of happiness OR help us find an escape path until all of the celebrations are over.

Today we'll cover six holidays with religious and nonreligious implications and learn some interesting facts and figures that will make you scratch your head in amazement. The marathon includes Chanukah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years and Three Kings Day. Learn new stuff and pass it on as the merriment continues throughout the holiday season.

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Links and Resources For The Six Holidays

Chanukah
https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/3840625/jewish/13-Hanukkah-Facts-Every-Jew-Should-Know.htm?gclid=CjwKCAiAmO3gBRBBEiwA8d0Q4pDJz2VX1LG1_sN0V5SAZbinichpFp5px9yfA6E7saEpk0daVFLqnRoCncwQAvD_BwE

Winter Solstice
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/get-ready-for-the-winter-solstice-23294

Christmas

Parenting Article Written For Kids
https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/20-interesting-facts-and-information-about-christmas-for-kids/

Inc Magazine
https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/10-weird-facts-about-christmas.html

History of the Christmas Tree
https://www.historytoday.com/alison-barnes/first-christmas-tree

Kwanzaa
Official Website:
http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml

PBS Article
http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/connect/talk-back/what-is-kwanzaa/

Watch Night Service
Carole Copeland Thomas Blog Article
https://www.mssconnect.com/mss-blog/watch-night-2018-the-black-community

Three Kings Day
https://www.newsweek.com/when-three-kings-day-and-how-it-celebrated-epiphany-772690

Becoming A Diversity Champion In An Increasingly Hostile World

11/30/2018

by Carole Copeland Thomas, MBA, CDMP, CITM

Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern.
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The quest for becoming a diversity champion is strenuous and sometimes daunting.  It takes personal courage and optimism to help move the needle further up the chain of full acceptance and trust.  It's beyond mere tolerance. Becoming a diversity champion means that you will even go it alone in standing on principle when the voices of opposition grow louder on the other side.

Advocating for diversity is never easy.  However, champions like you are needed more than ever to neutralize the ugliness of fear, hatred, and indifference.

On today's show, we'll look at six different ways that can stand for diversity advocacy in an increasingly hostile world.  We'll help fortify your perspective so that you can demonstrate your diversity leadership skills on your job, in your community, and in your home. You will understand why your advocacy matters and how you can impact others as a diversity champion of choice wherever you go.

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Six Ways To Become A Diversity Champion

1.  Let the demographics help you make the case for diversity.  In America, our ethnic base IS changing.

Check out www.census.gov for population numbers in the United States.
Data from the 2017 Estimated Census Numbers:
Census Quick Facts:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/IPE120217

Brookings Projection: The US Will Become “Minority White” in 2045

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/

2.  Understand that you may walk alone.

3.  Don't get caught up in someone else's fears and uncertainties.

4.  Understand and vet your news/media sources.

5.  Establish your own political perspective.

6. Commit to the long-term goal of advancing the cause of diversity and multiculturalism.

The Impact Of Diversity On Travel, Tourism & The Arts

10/29/2018

Boston is a city of champions, and we CONGRATULATE the Boston Red Sox for winning the World Series. That spirit of winning also describes the incremental advancements made in travel, tourism, and the arts and how diversity impacts the region.

Our Distinguished Panel at this week's November 1st Multicultural Conference will cover "The Impact of Diversity On Travel, Tourism & The Arts." Speakers include Michael Munn, Julia Mejia, Raquel Halsey, and Beth Santos. You'll leave with new knowledge and a better understanding of how our cultural connections matter more than ever.
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About Our Roundtable Speakers

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority appointed Michael Munn Chief of Staff and Director of Business Development for the Boston Convention Marketing Center (BCMC). Munn is responsible for developing programs in support of the BCMC and implementing diversity initiatives that focus on Boston's multicultural and multinational qualities. Previously, he was Director of Business Development and Project Management for WoodArt Exhibit Group, Vice President of Sponsorship Programs at the National Managed Health Care Congress and Manager of Business Development and Partner Alliances at the Hurwitz Group, a strategic e-business marketing, research and consulting company.

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Born in the Dominican Republic, Julia Mejia has lived most of her life in Dorchester, MA, where she began a life-long commitment to serving youth and families and raising awareness about issues affecting historically marginalized populations. At the age of eight, Julia began advocating on behalf of her mother and other non-English speaking parents who were often intimidated and underserved by the very agencies designed to address their needs. While working on behalf of others, Julia also navigated her way to educational success and became the first person in her family to graduate from high school and college.

Upon earning her Bachelors from Mount Ida College, Julia honed her professional skills through pro-social work for both public and private sector organizations, including MTV, the Ad Council, Proctor & Gamble, The Center for Social Policy at UMass Boston and various non-profits throughout Boston. After gaining professional experience and greater perspective on how to effect change in underserved communities, Julia established her own non-profit organization dedicated to creating space for families to inform, influence, and inspire policies to impact today’s most vulnerable learners.

As the Founder and Executive Director of the Collaborative Parent Leadership Action Network, ( CPLAN), Julia cultivates meaningful relationships between key decision-makers and the families they serve. CPLAN works with policy-makers, educators, parents and community leaders to improve the educational opportunities and outcomes of all students by authentically engaging the voices of all stakeholders. Julia is also the founder of the Determined Divas Civic Challenge- a project created to engage communities of color in the electoral process.
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Raquel Halsey
Executive Director, North American Indian Center of Boston
Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation

Raquel Halsey joined the Board of Directors for the North American Indian Center of Boston in February 2015. During her time on the Board, she worked to strengthen NAICOB’s education initiatives, deepen partnerships with universities and agencies, and worked with staff to improve the outcomes and experiences of clients. Following the previous Executive Director's retirement, Raquel was named Interim Executive Director in August 2016.

Before moving to Boston, she worked with children and families in the District of Columbia and Maryland during her time with CASA for Children of DC and with StandardsWork. At CASA for Children of DC, Raquel trained caring adult volunteers to advocate for youth in foster care and coordinated opportunities for youth aged 14-21. A StandardsWork, a nonprofit education consultancy, she helped to develop curricula and deliver training for teachers. Raquel began her career on Capitol Hill, advising Congressman Albert Wynn on legislation concerning Native Americans, seniors, and housing.

Since 2011, Raquel has worked with her family's production company, ArbonaWorks, to produce documentaries, special live events, and training videos for advocacy groups, nonprofits, and government agencies. She helps to establish relationships with communities near project sets, assists with content development and advises the company on current and future endeavors.
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Beth Santos is founder and CEO of Wanderful, a global community of over 40,000 women who love to travel. Beth created Wanderful while living in Sao Tome and Principe, a small two-island nation off the west coast of Africa. Today, the community connects women together through regular events in over 30 global cities, an international, identity verified woman-to-woman homesharing network, dynamic online content, and forums, and inspired, focused campaigns with international travel brands.

Beth is the creator and host of the annual Women in Travel Summit for 400 female travel influencers and industry members, happening this May 2019 in Portland, Maine. She is the co-founder of #AtTheTable, a national dinner series, and community for female founders. She is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management, where she received her MBA in social enterprise, entrepreneurship & innovation, and management strategy, and was selected for the prestigious Zell Fellowship created by real estate mogul Sam Zell. Beth is a Chicago Scholars 35 Under 35 Young Leader Making an Impact, a White House Top 100 Travel Blogger, an alum of the Babson WIN Lab and one of Built in Chicago’s top 50 influential people in tech to follow on Twitter. She lives in Boston.
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Compelling Keynote Speakers. Distinguished Panel Presenters. Robust Roundtable Speakers. All are waiting for you at the November 1st Multicultural Conference. Bring your staff, your team, and your emerging leaders. Your registration automatically makes you a MEMBER of the Multicultural Symposium Series (MSS).

Can't attend the November 1st Conference. Register anyway and gain access to the Members Only website that will archive the highlights, recordings, and handouts from the Conference. An exclusive offer for all MSS Members!

Register online at https://mss2018.eventbrite.com
Complete conference details Here.
Membership is OPEN to anyone in the world.

The smart choice for inquisitive professionals and diversity advocates worldwide.

Building A D&I Initiative Inside Your Organization

10/28/2018

Julia Burgess

Jenitza Camacho

More than ever Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) "think tanks" are needed to grow and expand inside of corporate and nonprofit organizations. It's the smart way to capacity build for cross cultural understanding no matter how large or small the enterprise. They are doing just that at May Institute, a leading national organization for Autism.

Roundtable Speakers Julia Burgess and Jenitza Camacho will walk us through the D&I system established at May Institute to help you determine the best course of action for your organization. Come here "Building A D&I Initiative Inside Your Organization" at the November 1st Multicultural Conference. You'll leave with new knowledge and a better understanding of how our cultural connections matter more than ever.
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About Our Roundtable Speakers

Julia A. Burgess holds the position of Senior Director of Corporate and Strategic Communications at May Institute, where she also holds a joint appointment at the National Autism Center, a program of May Institute. Julia previously served as Co-chair of the organization’s Diversity and Inclusion Council.

Julia works to advance the mission of May Institute, enhance its international reputation, increase visibility and awareness of its services and resources, and position the organization to meet business objectives. Previously, Julia held public relations positions at Schwartz Communications, now MSLGROUP, and The American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay.

Over the past 13 years, she has been a key member of teams that have received 50+ prestigious industry awards in healthcare and marketing communications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from Emerson College, and masters degrees in Business Administration and in International Management from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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Jenitza Z. Camacho is an In-Home Behavior Consultant at May Institute. Jenitza trains parents, caregivers, and family members on how to implement individualized strategies that will help them prevent and/or manage their youth’s problem behaviors at home and in the community. Jenitza currently chairs the Training subcommittee of May Institute’s Diversity and Inclusion Council.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Jenitza holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and graduate certification in Applied Behavior Analysis. A licensed Psychologist in Puerto Rico, she previously worked as an Associate Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She served as a member of the Ethics committee of the Puerto Rico Psychological Association.

Jenitza proudly supports athletes participating in rhythmic gymnastics and is an advocate for the mental health of these young women athletes.

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Compelling Keynote Speakers. Distinguished Panel Presenters. Robust Roundtable Speakers. All are waiting for you at the November 1st Multicultural Conference. Bring your staff, your team, and your emerging leaders. Your registration automatically makes you a MEMBER of the Multicultural Symposium Series (MSS).

Can't attend the November 1st Conference. Register anyway and gain access to the Members Only website that will archive the highlights, recordings, and handouts from the Conference. An exclusive offer for all MSS Members!

Register online at https://mss2018.eventbrite.com
Complete conference details Here.
Membership is OPEN to anyone in the world.

The smart choice for inquisitive professionals and diversity advocates worldwide.

Register For The Nov 1st Multicultural Conference Here

Are Universities Preparing Leaders for a Diverse and Equitable Workplace?

10/27/2018

Dr. Joe-Joe McManus

The stakes are high when students enter college, with the expectation that they will graduate with enough knowledge and skill sets to take on the job market with gusto. But in this ever-changing society, are universities preparing young leaders for a diverse, equitable and opportunity-driven world?

California State University San Marcos Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Joe-Joe McManus will tackle this topic at the November 1st Multicultural Conference. You'll leave with new knowledge and a better understanding of how our cultural connections matter more than ever.

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About Our Roundtable Speaker

Dr. Joe-Joe McManus serves as the Chief Diversity Officer at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), leading the Office of Inclusive Excellence.

A dynamic speaker, Dr. McManus has lectured, served on panels, and presented in the U.S. and internationally for nearly three decades. His experience includes faculty, staff and administration roles, having served at an HBCU, an Ivy League institution, a major urban university system, a religious college, and an international university.

Notably, Dr. McManus is an alumnus of the inaugural National Association for Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Standards of Professional Practice Institute and recently served on the NADOHE President’s Task Group on Charlottesville.

A first-generation college student, McManus earned his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Florida A&M University. Currently, he is a member of the San Diego Diversity Leadership Council, the Board of Directors of the Diversity Collegium, and the Board of Advisors for E3: Education, Excellence & Equity. He is also an Expert Panelist for the Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDIB) and served as the editor for the book, The Diversity Calling.

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Compelling Keynote Speakers. Distinguished Panel Presenters. Robust Roundtable Speakers. All are waiting for you at the November 1st Multicultural Conference. Bring your staff, your team, and your emerging leaders. Your registration automatically makes you a MEMBER of the Multicultural Symposium Series (MSS).

Can't attend the November 1st Conference. Register anyway and gain access to the Members Only website that will archive the highlights, recordings, and handouts from the Conference. An exclusive offer for all MSS Members!

Register online at https://mss2018.eventbrite.com
Complete conference details HERE.
Membership is OPEN to anyone in the world.

The smart choice for inquisitive professionals and diversity advocates worldwide.

Click Here To Register For The Nov 1st Confernece