Bryan has been an activist and champion for social justice since his days as a youth when he started Oklahoma’s first magazine for Black youth called Hip Hop Headz. His desire to create communal opportunities led to The V(i)llage (2013), a leadership development bridge program for self-identifying Black and inclusion-minded students.

Over the past few years, he has actively worked with the University of Arizona Medical School, University of Utah, Rowland Hall St Mark’s School, Texas Tech University and the National Black Graduate Student Association. As a professor he is the author of published educational articles where he problematizes how African American males navigate racial classroom microaggressions.

Dr. Hotchkins is currently an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University in the Educational Psychology and Leadership Department. He has a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah and also holds degrees from University of Oklahoma and Southern Methodist University. 

The overarching goal of this training is to move participants beyond pre-conceived notions of similarity to acceptance of individual difference in an effort to empower the participants to be successful in the social justice work.

In the training participants will...

*  Better understand position, privilege and power with the organization;

*  Understand the value of intersectionality and multidimensionality while using holistic and buffered leadership;

*  Learn how to work with diverse populations;

*  Use diversity to enhance the skill set of colleagues.