Theme: TEDxLive - Critical Race Conversations

Critical Race Conversations to promote racial justice and equity for a better world. Powerful stories as shared by ordinary people who are doing amazing things in the community to empower others in an effort to promote racial justice while linking communities locally and globally.

Hopewell Valley CHS
259 Pennington - Titusville Rd
Pennington, New Jersey, 08534
United States

Joel Green

CEO of Pro Level Training / National Director for NIKE Sports Camps

Joel Green is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a graduate of Rider University, where he attained an honors degree in Psychology and played Division 1 basketball. After graduating, he was fortunate to travel the world playing professional basketball in multiple countries and also enjoyed a few months of training with the Philadelphia 76ers. Since stepping away from the game, he has become Founder & CEO of Pro Level Training LLC, whose partners include the likes of Nike, Body Amor Sports Drinks, and Dick Sporting Goods. His business has become one of the fastest growing athletic training companies in the country. Joel also has the honor of being a National Director for Nike Sports Camps. In recent years, he has been featured on a TV show, multiple commercials and has been the face of Cheez-It’s crackers for their national Celebrity Crunch Classic campaign, being seen on millions of boxes across the country.

Mandy Lee

Program Manager, Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector

Mandy is deeply passionate about community-driven climate, food, and environmental justice initiatives and the infrastructure and policy that allows them to thrive. She organizes with the DC Mutual Aid Network, lives in an intentional community of artists and activists, loves her community garden, and, in her professional life, works with the NAACP to support a just transition to sustainable development in Black and brown communities. In her prior role at the U.S. Green Building Council, she supported the improvement of the LEED rating system for sustainable buildings, with a focus on social equity and international applicability. She has studied and worked on climate change resilience and equity initiatives from the local to national scale in the U.S. and East Africa.