Graduate Research Fellow Michael Conteh is an an interdisciplinary and participatory researcher with over two decades of experience conducting research, training, and consulting in South and West Africa, Europe, and the United States of America. His favorite aspect of being an educator and researcher is enabling people to learn and grow through the application of……
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Deborah Smith-Gregory
President, NAACP Newark NJ Branch Deborah Smith Gregory serves as the president of the NAACP Newark NJ Branch, the largest in the state with over 1,000 members. In 2020, she was re- elected as president of the Newark Branch NAACP, and is currently serving her fourth term in office. Her focus is on educational equity……
Iris Samson
Associate Producer, WQED After serving as assistant editor of The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh for nearly 18 years, Iris Samson began freelancing for WQED-TV in 2005, following a stint as associate producer on the one hour documentary, “From Pittsburgh To Poland: Lessons of the Holocaust.” Since then, she has produced dozens of short pieces, and……
Lacey Schwartz Delgado
Producer, WQED Lacey Schwartz Delgado is an award winning writer, director, producer, storyteller, and outreach strategist who uses the power of narratives to build community and impact change on personal, familial, institutional, and societal levels. Lacey’s work stems from the belief that storytelling is the one of the most powerful tools we can use to……
Mehret Mandefro
Producer, WQED Mehret Mandefro is an Emmy-nominated producer, writer, and director that champions the creative arts as a path to developing a more just society. Mandefro draws on her interdisciplinary training as a physician and anthropologist to create compelling narratives she calls “visual medicine.” She co founded the multimedia production companies Truth Aid in New……
Yoruba Richen
Director, WQED Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on multiple outlets including Netflix, MSNBC, FX, HBO, Frontline, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her recent films are the Emmy nominated How It Feels to Be Free which premiered on PBS’s American Masters and the Peabody and Emmy nominated The……
Darryl Ford Williams
Executive Producer, WQED Darryl Ford Williams is Executive Producer for the Just Futures Reparations initiative. She is the former Vice President of Content for WQED Multimedia in Pittsburgh responsible for overseeing the creation, development, production and delivery of all new and existing local, national, international and syndicated television, radio, interactive and educational programming for WQED Multimedia.……
Dr. Nancy Cantor
Chancellor, Rutgers University- Newark Nancy Cantor is Chancellor of Rutgers University – Newark. A distinguished leader in higher education, she is recognized nationally and internationally as an advocate for leveraging diversity in all its dimensions and re-emphasizing the role of universities as anchor institutions in their communities, especially by forging diverse, cross-sector collaboratives and leveraging……
Dr. David Brailow
Project Director, CIC Crafting Democratic Futures Project David Brailow serves as project director of Crafting Democratic Futures for the Council of Independent Colleges and the four member colleges that participate under CIC’s auspices. He is senior advisor for development at CIC. He retired in October 2021 as CIC’s vice president for development. During his long……
Nicole Broadus
District Wellness Manager, New London Public Schools Nicole Broadus currently works as the District Wellness Manager for New London Public Schools where she provides support for students and families in the areas of social emotional learning and restorative practices. Nicole also works with the District Equity Leadership team to ensure that all practices within the……