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Shawn Ginwright

Shawn Ginwright

Keynote Speaker: One of the Nation’s Leading Innovators, Provocateurs, & Thought Leaders on African American Youth, Youth Activism, & Youth Development; PhD, Author & Professor

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Shawn Ginwright Biography

Shawn Ginwright, PhD is one of the nation’s leading innovators, provocateurs, and thought leaders on African American youth, youth activism, and youth development. He is Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Department and a Senior Research Associate at San Francisco State University. His research examines the ways in which youth in urban communities navigate through the constraints of poverty and struggle to create equality and justice in their schools and communities. Dr. Ginwright is also Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flourish Agenda, Inc., a national nonprofit consulting firm, whose mission is to design strategies that unlock the power of healing and engage youth of color and adult allies in transforming their schools and communities.

In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Senior Specialist award from the State Department for his outstanding research and work with urban youth. Dr. Ginwright is the author of “The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves,” “Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Activists and Teachers are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart,” “Black Youth Rising, Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America,” “Black in School- Afrocentric Reform, Black Youth and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture,” and co-editor of “Beyond Resistance!: Youth Resistance and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth.”

Dr. Ginwright served as Chairman of the Board for the California Endowment from 2018 to 2021, with oversight of a $3 billion endowment to improve the health of California’s underserved communities. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning at the Jonathan Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tuffs University. Dr. Ginwright lives in Oakland, CA with his lovely wife and is currently an empty-nester—both children are in college.

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Shawn Ginwright Videos

HEALINGJUSTICE17: KEYNOTE SPEECH DR. SHAWN GINWRIGHT
2019 BOOST Conference - Dr. Shawn Ginwright's Keynote Address ...
Shawn Ginwright at How Kids Learn Conference VI in San Francisco ...

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Shawn Ginwright is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authors, Diversity, Education, Literary, Black Heritage, Youth, Social Activism, Social Justice and College.

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Shawn Ginwright generally travels from Oakland, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Shawn Ginwright is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Diversity and Education. The estimated speaking fee range to book Shawn Ginwright for live events is $30,000 - $50,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Shawn Ginwright generally travels from Oakland, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Nikki Giovanni, Michael Eric Dyson and Bakari Sellers. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Shawn Ginwright for an upcoming event.

Shawn Ginwright Videos

HEALINGJUSTICE17: KEYNOTE SPEECH DR. SHAWN GINWRIGHT
2019 BOOST Conference - Dr. Shawn Ginwright's Keynote Address ...
Shawn Ginwright at How Kids Learn Conference VI in San Francisco ...
2016 Dare to Disrupt! Keynote - Shawn Ginwright, Ph.D.

Shawn Ginwright Reviews

  • National Association of School Psychologists - Mar 14 2023

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