WLWT News 5: Black male employees at UC host summit to discuss higher education
Event's theme: "Lead. Learn. Love."
The UC African American/Black Male Staff Employee Resource Group hosted the 2nd annual UC Black Male Summit Saturday, April 8, at the African-American Cultural and Resource Center (AACRC)
Organizers said the vision of the University of Cincinnati Black Male Summit was "to provide aid in bridging identifiable gaps relating to social opportunities, innovations, and professional networking for Black male students, staff, and faculty."
William Harris, a 1989 UC alum and guidance counselor at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, provided the keynote address. Harris is also a former administrator at UC who played a role in the foundation of the AACRC.
The event’s theme urged Black men to live up to their true purpose: To Lead, to Learn and to Love. Workshops tackled diverse topics such as entrepreneurship/career development, health and wellness, mindy, body and spirit, and finding solutions for promoting Black male achievement and success.
Local media, WLWT-TV, Spectrum News and The News Record covered the event.
Chuck Sessions, Eliot Issac, Henry Brown and J. Phillip Holloman were part of panel on "Lessons in Leadership' at the 2023 UC Black Male Summit. Photo/Zachary Robinson/University of Cincinnati student .
Among the presenters were Dr. Edward Wallace, associate professor of Africana Studies; Anthony Stone, PhD candidate in sociology; Charles Winburn, former Cincinnati City Councilman and UC alum; Kenny Glenn, motivational speaker; Dr. K.L. Allen, chancellor of WGU Ohio; and Warren Williams, vice president of customer success and marketing at LISNR.
A panel discussion on Lessons in Leadership featured J. Phillip Holloman, Board of Trustees at the University of Cincinnati; Henry Brown, principal with WEB Ventures; UC Police Chief Eliot Isaac; and Chuck Session, former executive at Duke Energy.
Support for the summit came from the UC Office of Equity & Inclusion.
Learn more about the UC African American/Black Male Staff Employee Resource Group.
Featured image at top: Dr. Edward Wallace, associate professor of Africana Studies, leading a workshop at the 2nd annual UC Black Male Summit. Photo/Zachary Robinson/University of Cincinnati student.
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