Theme: Shaping Tomorrow

Each generation inherits the advancements and challenges of their successors. As the Boomer Generation begins to wane, it is the Millennials that stand to gain the most as both out number Gen X. Scholars recognize the drastic shifts in generational attitudes and values. In Shaping Tomorrow, we recognize that one individual's dream becomes another's expectation. This event will focus on innovative ideas that re-imagine the world as we know it -economically, social, artistically.

Arlene Mitchell Theatre
Spring Hill College
4000
Mobile, Alabama, 36608
United States

Barry Ross Rinehart

Executive Creative Director

Over the last thirty years Barry has been designing transformative multi-sensory 360˚ experiences for and with CEOs and little kids, billionaires and refugees, movie stars and astronauts, scientists and jurors, board members and volunteers, politicians and ordinary citizens from all around the world. He now serves as the Executive Creative Director for the international live event production company Multi Image Group in Boca Raton.

Dana Wilder

Student/Peace Corps Volunteer

Dana Wilder, originally from Dallas, Texas, is the youngest in her family with three older brothers, who taught her to be a tough, determined and empowered woman with a heart of gold. She is a senior at Spring Hill College, majoring in Business Marketing and Management. Upon graduating from Spring Hill, she will return to Ortigia, Sicily to work with refugees and asylum seekers at an inter-cultural and inter-faith center.

Demetrius Semien

Professor

Dr. Demetrius Semien serves in his third year as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Spring Hill College. He has a M.Div. from Yale University and an MA and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught for thirteen years at colleges and universities in NC, KY, Ohio, and AL. His research focuses on how faith motivates people to assist people as they transition out of prison and return to society. He is an active member of Open Table United Church of Christ and the Mobile NAACP. He also serves on the Steering Committee of Mobile United and is President of the Mobile Area Interfaith Conference, which sponsors programs like the Metro Jail

Dima Ghawi

Leadership Coach

Dima draws from two decades of corporate experience leading global teams and developing future leaders worldwide. Through keynote speeches, workshops and executive coaching, Dima shares her unique leadership journey with one goal in mind: motivate and activate those around her to re-imagine their potential and grow into leaders.

Jamie Franco-Zamudio

Professor

Jamie Franco-Zamudio is an Associate Professor at Spring Hill College. She identifies as an engaged scholar, combining teaching, research and scholarship by focusing on teaching for social justice. Her current research addresses the benefits of experiential learning and service-learning for social justice outcomes.

Julie Dobbs

Community Organizer/Student

Julie Dobbs is a Sophomore at Spring Hill College. She is currently majoring in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology and minoring in Political Science. Over the past two years, she has been very active in the Mobile area helping with prison re-entry and is hoping to grow it. She has also served a peer motivator in encouraging students towards political engagement. She hopes to attend Duke Law School after graduation and plans to obtain a Juris Doctorate Degree. Her ultimate dream would be getting appointed to work for the United States Supreme Court.

Martin Jaramillo

Aspiring Economist/Student

Martin Jaramillo is a senior student of Economics and Management at Spring Hill College. He writes articles for the press and advocates for global solutions to problems that can’t be solved locally, like global poverty. He believes we have the ability to eradicate world poverty within our lifetime if we don’t lose our guidance of true service, social justice and economic growth.

Rachel Hatley

Professor

Rachael is the founder of The Litter Letter Project, a 3D messaging system of letters constructed from chicken wire and rebar, filled with litter from roads and highways. She helps communities across the US create their own versions of the project to promote response, thought and action toward the litter issue. Rachael is the Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Spring Hill College.