Great Diversity Speakers

"Shaping Minds One Speech at a Time"

For many years, colleges and universities world-wide have stressed the topic of how important a diverse school environment is. Great Black Speakers provides expert diverse speakers who stress the values of diversity on a college campus. We give students the insight on how much knowledge can be acquired by simply sparking up a convo with a student who shares different values than they do. 

Great Black Speakers takes pride in the concept of diversity in schools and believes that being able to relate to people from all different cultures is significant. Our diversity speakers below cater to universities who are looking to promote a heritage month or a variety of people from different races, upbringings, and customs in their schools. We’ll have you audience feeling great, making your event a smash hit!

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Al "The Inspiration" Duncan - America's Leading Youth Empowerment Advocate Price Range: $4000 - $7500 Categories: Entrepreneurism, Motivation, Empowerment, Communication As America's Leading Youth Empowerment Advocate and a thought leader in the field of self-development, Al is an expert blogger for The Black Collegian Magazine. His blog, Elevate U™,is read weekly by students across the globe. He is the Executive Publisher of Nile Valley Press and president of Al Duncan Enterprises. Al, a successful entrepreneur, is the author of two books and co-creator of Get ALL Fired Up!™ -- a powerful personal and professional development book series. A Cross-Generational Communication Specialist, Al is a high energy, high content, high impact speaker, lecturer, and motivational powerhouse. He has delivered 1000 keynotes and seminars to half of a million people. Read More... Links: It's All Mental Photo Al Duncan Promotional Material		Patrick George - Patrick George will Energize you!! Price Range: call for quote Categories: Diversity, Education, Leadership Involved in student leadership for nearly 10 years, Patrick offers inspiration and practical advice for student leadership organizations and school assemblies. Patrick served as a student leader while in middle school, high school, and college. He is recipient of the Miami Herald's Silver Knight Award for speech and was elected the University of West Alabama's Senator-at-Large. As one of the youngest professional speakers in America, Patrick showcased for the National Association of Student Councils. Since then, he has presented for many state leadership organizations. Patrick uses his strong leadership background to create and conduct insightful programs. Through his personal and sincere approach to delivering a message, Patrick will open the eyes, ears and hearts of young people across America. Read More...
Tracy Brown - Tracy can help you figure out ways to use diversity in a proactive and strategic way. Price Range: $5,000 - $7,500 Categories: Generation Issues, Communication, Diversity, Human Resources/Labor Relations, Leadership, Healthcare Tracy can show you how to make inclusion work in your organization. As President of Diversity Trends LLC she's been helping clients move "from bias to bridges" since 1991. AUTHOR & TALK SHOW HOST She is the author of several books and audio-learning programs including, "Breaking the Barrier of Bias", "motiVersity: Motivating While Valuing Diversity", "71 Ways to Demonstrate Commitment to Diversity" and "Diagnosis Diversity: Making Diversity Work in Health Care Settings." Listen to her internet radio talk show "Discussing Diversity" at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/diversity (or subscribe to the podcast and receive a link each time a new show is recorded). Read More... Links: Preview Video Tracy Brown, author of Diagnosis Diversity 71 Ways to Demonstrate Commitment to Diversity		Lee Jones - Educator! Author! Scholar! Motivator! TV Talk Show Host! Change Agent!  Price Range: $3,500 - $5,000 Categories: Inspirational, Motivation, Diversity, Business Dr. Lee Jones currently serves President and Executive Editor of InSpire Magazine and Executive Director of the InSpire ILEAD Institute. Most recently, he served as the Dean of The School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Educational Foundations at The University of Wisconsin at Whitewater He served as a member of the Provost Administrative Team and manages a 3.2 million dollar operating budget. Dr. Jones was responsible for providing leadership for many departments within the Provost Office including, The School of Graduate School, The offices of Continuing Education, Faculty Development, Distance Education, Sponsored Research and Programs, Information and Technology; Summer Sessions, Credit Outreach, World Affairs, etc. In addition to all his academic and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Jones finds the time to produce and host Your Voice T.V. Talk Show and has recently taped his 250th show, which aired throughout the state of Florida. He is launching his new T.V. show, B-InSpired. Read More... Links: Hear what others are saying about Dr. Jones Lee Jones brochure Stop Haten!!
Lenora Billings Harris  - A past National Speakers Association president who helps organizations make diversity a competitive advantage. Price Range: $7,500 - $9,500 Categories: Diversity, Education, Gender Issues, Employees/Workforce  Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP is an internationally recognized diversity consultant,professional speaker, and author with more than twenty five years experience in the public and private sectors. Lenora has developed a unique way of presenting sensitive topics in a high-energy, fun-filled, yet thought-provoking way. She helps organizations solve their diversity dilemnas, and turn diversity into a comptetive advantage by using an interactive style with immediately applicable "how to's". She that help people understand themselves and others, respect differences, capitalize on their strengths, and work together in a way the advances organizational objectives and individual successes. Lenora uses her vast experience to work with Fortune 500 companies, professional associations, non-profit organizations, both large and small companies, as well as with educational institutions and is invited back again and again. She has presented to audiences in South Africa, Australia, Malaysia, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Ukraine, and Mexico and Canada and the Caribbean. Lenora is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition's for her business successes as well as her civic activities. Read More...   Links: demo video headshots The diversity Advantage: A Guide to Making Diversity Work		Jeff Johnson - Political and Social Activist Price Range: $10,000 - $12,000 Categories: Youth/Children, Political, Empowerment, Motivation, Religion/Spirituality, Image/Self-Esteem Within the hip-hop community and abroad, Jeff Johnson serves as a voice of strength for a generation. An architect for social change, as well as an innate ability to both influence and inspire, Johnson is one of today’s most gifted leaders in both the political and entertainment arenas. Recently, Johnson was named by Source Magazine as one of the hip hop generation’s key political players. Johnson’s roles as an activist and strategist have spanned from serving as the National Youth Director for the NAACP to being the founder for My Nation Online.com, an online medium connecting young people ages 16-30 interested in activism, as well as local and national organizations. In every aspect of his political leadership, Johnson has been highly instrumental in representing and articulating the views of young people and galvanizing voters to the polls. Johnson’s powerful reputation as a political organizer caused hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons to take notice, leading Simmons to appoint Johnson as Vice-President for the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Read more...
Dr. Laquita Blockson - Business Ethics and Entrepreneurship Expert  Price Range: $2000 - $7500 Topics: Business Ethics/Corporate Social Performance, Urban Economic Development, Nonprofit Strategic Management, Minority Owned Businesses Dr. Laquita C. Blockson, also known as the “Business Renaissance Guru,” is a business/organizational ethics expert as well as an entrepreneurship and urban economic development scholar. She has extensive experience providing lectures for, facilitating workshops for, and providing guidance to small businesses, community development corporations, executive education programs, affiliates of national nonprofit organizations, and aspiring minority and women business owners.  As the Business Renaissance Guru, Dr. Blockson’s specialty is to encourage and guide organizations as they transform themselves during periods of growth or turbulence. She asserts that organizations can enhance their market niche by strategically emphasizing the “Three Ss”: Social responsibility, Stakeholder management, and Sustainability. Read more...		Demetrius Walker - Co-founder of dangerousNEGRO and a leader of a new breed of young entrepreneurs in America. Price Range: $2000 - $5000 Categories: Business, Marketing/Merchandising, Entrepreneurism, Motivation Demetrius Darnell Walker is a native New Yorker. Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx, Demetrius represents not only the merits of higher education, but street knowledge as well. Growing up in New York City, Demetrius was exposed to the struggles of the urban community. Avoiding the common pit falls of fellow friends and family members was a daily battle. An exceptionally gifted student, Demetrius left the city turmoil to study at the prestigious Taft School in the hills of Watertown, Connecticut. While away at the elite boarding school, Demetrius developed a keen sense of commitment to those in his home community neglected by America’s bourgeoisie. He went on to further cultivate his philosophies as a scholar at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. As a Vanderbilt leader, Demetrius served as the vice president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. During his college years he was fortunate enough to volunteer his services as a mentor to inner city middle schoolers. It was there that Demetrius coined his widely received principle “ambition plus determination equals success. Read More... Links: Demetrius power to the people dangerousNegro Clothing apperal dangerousNegro Spring Line Cagalog
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