Black History is American History
This week, I’m delivering the keynote address at a Black History Celebration in New Jersey. As I researched notable African-American figures from the history…
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Keynote Address – Black History Month Celebration
Kel will deliver the keynote address for the 2014 Black History Celebration at Lawrence High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The theme of this…
Why more kids should be Engineers
In the United States today, over two-thirds of high school graduates attend college. This should come as no surprise to anyone who is attentive…
A Leadership Lesson from a Cold Southern Day
Last week, much of the Southeastern United States was hit by an unusually cold snap of weather, the middle of which was punctuated by…
The Dream is Deferred
Today is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, and this upcoming August marks 51 years since he gave his famous I have…
How you can be an astronaut (seriously!)
On September 5th, 2013, the second test flight of the world’s first private space-plane went off without a hitch. Starting in 2014, ticket holders…
How to kill the American Dream
You’ve probably seen it, and I’ve seen it too. Nick Selby‘s theme-music-enhanced convocation speech at Georgia Tech was one for the history books. It was…
Why Trayvon Martin (still) matters to the Black Community
I sat in the pew of a black Baptist church in Alabama. It was here, during the most segregated hour in America, that I anxiously…
The Moment
We are on the cusp of something great, something wonderful, something never before seen in our generation or any before us. As we sit…