Guilford Dialogues

CEO of The New North Carolina Project and the New North Carolina Project Foundation. NNCP is an organization geared towards expanding voter engagement and access in North Carolina. Aimy started this…

For the past two decades, Marie-Jeanne Ndimbira-Rosner has played a major role in improving youth outcomes, first in her home country and more recently as a Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University.

Deena Hayes-Greene '04 has spent the last two-plus decades standing up for students in her native Guilford County as a member of its school board and spreading the word about the need for greater…

Hyein Lee is Director of Programs and Evaluation at TheDream.US, the nation’s largest college and career success program for undocumented students.

A native of Trenton, NJ, Jerell Blakeley is an alumnus of Howard University, where he earned a degree in History with a minor in Political Science. Presently, he is the inaugural Director of…

Dr. Sharon L. Contreras, CEO of The Innovation Project in North Carolina, is passionate about providing a high-quality education to each child. She is a teacher at heart, a transformational…

Valerie Holton serves as CUMU’s executive director. She brings over 25 years of experience in and across universities and non-profit organizations, as a faculty member, administrator, Fulbright…

Samuel Oladipo currently serves as the SEL district advisor at CASEL. In this role, he uses his experience of integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) and equity to support districts with…

Jessie Wetherby is a graduate student in the International Education Program at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development as well a High School ELL (English…

Cherrel Miller Dyce is an Associate Professor and Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education at Elon University.