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In its 13th year, this show is a series of expertly facilitated conversations with world experts in a variety of disciplines. These conversations illuminate problems, issues and solutions faced and considered by aspiring and veteran leaders.

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Join us for a lunchtime conversation on what will be an enlightening conversation on the virus, the vaccine and the pandemic. Dr. Shannon T. Bailey, earned his PhD from Yale School of Medicine in Cellular and Molecular Biology and is a... more

Join us for an informative conversation about outsmarting unconscious bias. This broadcast welcomes renowned expert on happiness and inclusion, Valerie Alexander. She is a globally-recognized speaker on the topics of happiness in... more

Joshua Freedman, CEO-Six Seconds, joins us for a discussion on emotional intelligence and its importance in school leadership right now. Six Seconds is a non profit organization dedicated to supporting people to create positive... more

Join us for a discussion on the RAPID-EC Study that's shaping the national conversation about the pandemic's effects! The Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development - Early Childhood Study (RAPID-EC) is an ongoing... more

How has the global pandemic changed the classroom and schools? School leaders from around the country will be featured on this episode of the Perkins Platform to shed light on the challenges they have had to face at the start of this... more

Join us for a discussion on Adverse Childhood Experiences and the implications for ACEs during this global pandemic. ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood and have an impact on future violence victimization and... more

This broadcast features educational consultant and motivational speaker, Lisa M. Wilson - Founder of C.A.R.E. Coalition on Anti-Racism Education. Lisa is a passionate advocate and educator who believes every student deserves the... more

Teach Kentucky is an educational organization that helps launch careers of college graduates in Louisville, Kentucky's public schools. The program is designed to recruit and retain high quality teachers. How can aspects of this... more

Raising boys to men is a formidable challenge. Add discrimination, poverty, inequality and institutionalized racism and you have considerable higher walls to scale. In Baltimore, a group of educators are defying the odds and despite... more

Recent US events have catapulted a long-standing crisis in America to the forefront. Black men in America have long been the target of unfair educational, judicial and social practices. This reality reached fever pitch when George Floyd... more

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