5th Annual Diversity Summit

Strong Community. Better Future.
Working together to promote multicultural understanding in the 21st Century

Keynote Speakers: 
Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch - is a renowned charismatic, passionate, and influential speaker who carries her powerful message of what it takes to be an effective leader in today's global marketplace to hundreds of schools, colleges/universities, corporations, and government institutions, both in the U.S. and abroad. For the last ten years Consuelo has dedicated her life to empowering a new generation of Hispanic leaders, and has worked with over one million children and their parents across the United States through Educational Achievement Services, Inc. (EAS), a company she founded in 1994. Born and raised along the border in a small barrio in Laredo, Texas, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch is all too familiar with the challenges of poverty, discrimination, and illiteracy. Although she grew up without material wealth, she learned through valuable lessons taught by her immigrant parents that she was rich in culture, tradition, values and faith.

MANNY SCOTT - An original Freedom Writer whose story is told in part in the 2007 hit movie, Freedom Writers, Manny Scott has energized over a million students, educators, and leaders worldwide with his authentic, inspiring messages of hope. Manny has a gift: the ability to connect with, hold the attention of, and energize all kinds of audiences. From inner-city youth to business executives, Manny has learned to speak, and command, the language of his audiences with relevant, riveting, and compelling messages, moving them from cheers, to laughter, to tears, and go-forward determination. In his journal, Manny began writing- and dreaming about- new, more fulfilling chapters in his life- chapters filled with healing, hope, perseverance, and possibility. Through very hard work, and with the help of others, Manny has achieved many of those journal dreams. He is now happily married; a doting father of three, a successful entrepreneur, a PhD student, and one of the nation’s most sought after speakers.