Dr Lamarr Darnell Shields, PhD, the Founder and Senior Director of Education and Innovation at the Cambio Group, and former professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education discusses this shocking trend, causes, and solutions that help African-American boys and young men express their brilliance, including the necessity of recruiting and retaining African-American male teachers.

Retired as a Police Sergeant after 23.5 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Now a Documentary Filmmaker producing and directing films under my Lightning Digital Entertainment banner with an emphasis on the critical issues facing Law Enforcement.

I have both an MBA and a 15 year corporate career in marketing, primarily in new product introductions for Corning, Sears, Rand McNally and Kenlin Enterprises. As I approached age 40 I decided to pursue my dream of running my own business and launched Creative Market Solutions, a marketing consultancy.

Helping Orthopedic, Podiatry, and Physiatry practices see more patients while spending half as much time documenting and processing admin work

Sheri Pedigo is a talented writer, songstress, and actor who grew up in a small town in Kentucky. At the early age of 8 she started to play piano and began to write her own songs.

Premadonna Braddick, MA., LPC is a License Therapist, Transformational coach, ordained minister, motivational speaker, author, and actress. She’s a prime example of overcoming nearly insurmountable circumstances. Born and raised in the foster care system in East Oakland, California from age two to eighteen years old, she spent the early years of her life dealing with depression, low self-esteem, and a poor self-image.

A native son of Chicago’s West Side, John Wesley Fountain is an award-winning columnist, journalist, professor, publisher and author of True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey of Faith, Hope and Clarity; and Dear Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood.

Jason Patton is a 15 year Firefighter/Paramedic at a South Florida based fire department. Jason is also the creator and star of the popular social media series Fire Department Chronicles which has amassed a combined following of 8 million followers and 55 million total monthly views. 
Jason is also the Vice President, Co-owner of Fire Department Coffee. Additionally, Jason has traveled the United States for Keynote addresses in front of thousands of First Responders on subjects ranging from Mental Health, Resiliency, and adopting humor to increase firefighter retention.