Dr. Edmund Adjapong is an Assistant Professor of Education at Seton Hall University. He is also a faculty fellow at The Institute for Urban and Multicultural Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and author of #HipHopEd: The Compilation on Hip-Hop Education Volume 1.
Dr. Adjapong is a former middle school science educator at a New York City public school in The Bronx. He is the director of the Science Genius Program, a program that engages urban students in the sciences...
Ms. Shervaughnna Anderson-Byrd, Executive Director of the California Reading and Literature Project, is a proud graduate of Long Beach Unified School District and has been working in education for 30 years. She began her teaching career in Hong Kong, where she taught primary school and eventually became Head Teacher. Since returning to the United States, she has been a K-12 teacher, a reading specialist, and a site and district administrator; she has extensive instructional coaching knowledge and experience in establishing and nurturing professional learning...
Tolani Britton uses quasi-experimental methods to explore the impact of policies on students’ transition from secondary school to higher education, as well as access and retention in higher education. Recent work explores whether the disproportionate increase in incarceration of Black males for drug possessions and manufacture increased gaps in college enrollment rates by race and gender over two time periods- after the passage of the Anti-Drug Act from 1986 - 1993 and after the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act from 1995 - 2000.
Nick Daily (He/They) is a Black Queer DEI Consultant who has been leading learning and development initiatives for over a decade. He previously served as CDO for a community college in California. They love video games, karaoke, and road cycling! Nick’s work is about love, joy, dignity, and community.
Dr. Chela Myesha Delgado was born and raised in Oakland, California, and is a graduate, parent and teacher of OUSD. Chela taught high school for over fifteen years using critical theory, discussion and skits in her classroom. She is currently a Faculty Advisor with the Berkeley Teacher Education Program (BTEP).
Dr. Cheryl Grills is a Clinical Psychologist with a current emphasis in Community Psychology. A President’s Professor and Full Professor in the Department of Psychological Science, she has been on the faculty of LMU for 36 years and is Founder and Director of its Psychology Applied Research Center. She also founded Imoyase Community Support Services, a 33-year non-profit organization providing action research, program evaluation and strategic technical assistance to social justice and social service community-based organizations.
Latosha Guy is a National Board Certified teacher of twenty years. She serves in the capacity as English/Language Arts Teacher; Mentor-Teacher; Black Student Achievement Plan Designee at King Drew Magnet High School, in addition to other educational leadership roles.
She occasionally tweets @weteachtoo; moderates the Black Educators Rock California Facebook Page; and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Shaunté Yvette Hill (she/her) is a community educator from the Bay Area. Starting her career in engineering and later becoming an advocate for educational equity in PK-16 schools, Shaunté is dedicated to dismantling the systemic marginalization of Black and Brown folx. She is completing her Doctor of Education in Social Justice Leadership from Santa Clara University and has held previous positions in higher education, local government, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector.
Lisa Holder is President of the Oakland-based Equal Justice Society and recently completed her two-year term as an appointee of Gov. Gavin Newsom on the historic Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Ms. Holder is a nationally recognized, award-winning trial attorney with specialized expertise in equal protection, education equity, employment discrimination, constitutional policing, and international human rights law. In 2019, she drafted AB 241 and 242, the laws that now require all judges, attorneys, court staff, and health professionals to...
Dr. Crystal Menzies is a community educator and founder of EmancipatED, an organization that centers stories of joy and resistance within the African Diaspora through the creation of educational resources and curricula. She specializes in cultivating the community cultural wealth of Black students in conceptually-rich STEM & Social Science classrooms.
