Omekongo DibingaDr. Omekongo Dibinga's life has been devoted to challenging bias and smashing stereotypes for over 30 years since first getting involved as a community activist. Dr. Dibinga is Senior Professorial Lecturer of Intercultural Communication at American Uiversity. He is an award-winning poet and a world renown professional speaker working with corporations and school districts across the country on leveraging diversity. His undergraduate and doctoral work has centered around issues facing the Black community not only in American but across the globe, which has led Dr. Dibinga to live and work in almost 30 countries. Dr. Dibinga earned his Ph.D. in International Education Policy at The University of Maryland (UMD) where his dissertation centered on post-Civil Rights Era Black youth. He also worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Teaching Diverse Students Initiative" and provides leadership, educational and diversity empowerment as a consultant and motivational speaker for organizations, associations, and institutions around the world. Read More Read Less