Theme: TEDxSouthCentralSalon: The Miseducation of South Central

Looking at a radical approach to education

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4310 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016, United States
Los Angeles, California, 90016
United States

Morgan Linson

Founder/CEO of Mor Girls with Goals

Starting her nursing career as a CNA after high school, she was exposed to the harsh reality of many healthcare disparities that exist for minorities. Because of these disparities it encouraged her to properly educate herself in order to adequately advocate and educate patients about not only their disease process, but how to manage it beyond the hospital setting in order to obtain optimal health. After obtaining four college degrees while working full time, education has been monumental in changing the trajectory of her life. She is the Founder/CEO of Mor Girls with Goals which is a nonprofit organization for youth girls and women (ages 7- 24 years old) and small business owner of Mor Life which is a travel accessory company. Providing resources, empowering, inspiring and spreading awareness has been the core Morgan’s mission for her community.

Nicole Vick

Host

NICOLE D. VICK is an author, public health advocate, educator, community connector, and fashion and beauty maven. She’s leveraged her lived experience, academic training, and professional expertise to engage and inspire current and future leaders of public health in a variety of settings. She is the author of two books. Her latest, “Push Through: 52 Week of Light in Tough Times” is a guided journal for women who want better for themselves and their communities.

Randy Juarda Ertll

Teacher and Author, LAUSD

RANDY JURADO ERTLL is an award winning published author, credentialed teacher, and newspaper columnist. He has also served as executive director for non-profit organizations focused on education and environmental issues. Ertll served as a communications director for a Congressional member on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. He has published numerous opinion columns in newspapers and magazines such as the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, La Opinión, Chicago Tribune, Daily News, La Prensa Grafica, The Philadelphia Inquirer, San Diego Union- Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Houston Chronicle, The Progressive and The American Interest magazines. He has been interviewed by networks such as NPR, CNN, PBS, Univisión, and Telemundo. He is an alumnus of Occidental College where he obtained the prestigious 2015 Alumni Seal Award for Service to the Community and obtained his master's degree from Azusa Pacific University. His author web-site is WWW.RANDYJURADOERTLL.COM

Thomas Parham

President, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)

Dr. Parham is the 11th president of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), a highly diverse, metropolitan university primarily serving the South Central and South Bay areas of Los Angeles County. Dr. Parham previously served as vice chancellor of student affairs and an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, where he had been since 1985. For the past 40-plus years, Dr. Parham has focused his research efforts in the area of psychological nigrescence and has authored or co-authored six books and 45-50 journal articles and book chapters. He has sustained a scholarly focus in the areas of racial identity development, African psychology and multicultural counseling.