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Day 1
Opening Plenary
Tuesday
April 6, 2021
11:00am - 12:30pm
CST*
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Introductory Remarks - Jacquelyn Shipe, CEO of Global Ties Alabama
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Special Guest - Stacy White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges (ECA) U.S. Department of State
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Moderator - Ryanna Miller
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Speaker - Dr. Darrel Ezell, Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Hudson Alpha Institute for Bio Technology
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Speaker - Allen DuBose, U.S. Department of State, Diplomat in Residence South Region
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Speaker - Alana Henry, Ministerial Engagement Officer at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), British Embassy
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Icebreaker
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Q&A
Global Villages Spring Holiday Celebrations
Tuesday
April 6, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm
CST*
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Moderator - Rev Dr. Robert Ferrell
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Speaker - Ashfaq Taufique, Birmingham Islamic Society
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Speaker - Dr.Carlton Byrd, Oakwood University Church
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Speaker - Rabbi Eric Berk, Rabbi of Temple B’nai Sholom
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Speaker - Olga Osadcii, Malenitsa Organizer
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Speaker - Dr. Narayana Bhat, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Leaders
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Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Global Leaders
Tuesday
April 6, 2021
2:30pm - 3:30pm CST*
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Introduction - Ryanna Miller
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Special Guest - Ambassador Sidney S. Collie, Ambassador to the United States from The Bahamas
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Moderator - Dr. Charles Nash, African Diaspora
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Speaker - Dr. Kassie Freeman, President/CEO African Diaspora Consortium
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Speaker - Hon. Jason Hughes, U.S. Congress- Louisiana
Speaker - Dr. Sam Subbey, Norway and Ghana - Fulbright 2017
Day 2
Global Entrepreneurship
Wednesday
April 7, 2021
10:00am - 11:00 am
CST*
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Moderator: Ambassador Richard LeBaron
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Speaker - Dr. Del Smith, CEO of Acclinate
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Speaker - Rahama Wright, CEO of Shea Yeleen
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Speaker - Corlette Stewart Burns, Executive Director of Birmingham Sister Cities
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Q&A
It’s Okay to “Fail”: Lessons from those who Took a Less Planned Path
Wednesday
April 7, 2021
11:30am - 12:30pm
CST*
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Moderator - Ryanna Miller
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Speaker - Reggie Mitchell, Fulbright Alumnus
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Speaker - Takaunia Carstarphen, Founder of TKO Wanderlust
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Speaker - Veeto Brown, Music Producer at 4KEYS Beats
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Q&A
Global Careers: Unique Careers most people have never heard of!
Wednesday
April 7, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm
CST*
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Moderator - Deb Adelsperger, Peace Corps Alumna
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Speaker - Fonta Gilliam, CEO of Invest Sou Sou
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Speaker - Jabari Smith, Program Manager at World Chicago
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Speaker - Lamar Shambley, Executive Director Teens of Color Abroad
Insights of an Ambassador
Wednesday
April 7, 2021
2:30pm - 3:30pm
CST*
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Moderator - Dr. Carlton McLellan, Senior Fellow Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA)
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Speaker - Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
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Q&A
Funding Study Abroad
Wednesday
April 7, 2021
4:00pm - 5:30pm
CST*
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Moderator - Ryanna Miller
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Special Guest Intro - Dr. Edith Fraser, Fulbright Alumna
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Speaker - Amelia VanderLaan, USA Study Abroad Outreach Officer, U.S. Department of State
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Speaker - Ayanna Dawkins, Microsoft & Co-Founder of Diplomatic Perspective
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Q&A: Dr. Juan Alexander, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at Norfolk State University
Day 3
Diplomacy: The Importance of Peaceful Politics & Negotiation
Thursday
April 8, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm
CST*
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Moderator - Dr. Melissa Sinclair, Professor School of International Service, American University
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Speaker - Hon. Devyn Keith, City of Huntsville - District 1, City Council member
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Speaker - Micah Wells, Esq,
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Speaker - Ryanna Miller, The Foreman Properties Group of Compass
Conflict Resolution: Resolving Conflict within yourself, your Community and our World
Thursday
April 8, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Moderator - Ryanna Miller
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Speaker - Marquita Pierre, Center for Spiritual Living
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Speaker - Dr. Suzanne Ghais, Principal at Ghais Mediation & Facilitation, LLC
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Speaker - Dr. Janice Watson, Professor Oakwood University
Money Power Hour
Thursday
April 8, 2021
2:30pm - 3:30pm
CST*
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Moderator - Ryanna Miller
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Speaker - Acquania Escarne, Foreign Service Officer U.S. States Department of State & Financial Health Coach
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Speaker - Branndon Jackson, Economist at Excelon
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Wealth and Savings Exercise (Acquania)
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Q&A
Conference Wrap-up
Thursday
April 8, 2021
3:30pm - 4:30pm
CST*
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Introduction - Jacquelyn Shipe, CEO of Global Ties Alabama
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Speaker - Kezia Daniel, 2014 Central American Youth Ambassador/Oakwood University
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Speaker - Celine Sylvester, Oakwood University/Tuskegee University
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Closing Remarks - Ryanna Miller
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