Speaking Engagements
There is tremendous power in sharing our stories and Dr. Manora has mastered that. Please take a look at the topics that Dr. Manora is ready to share through personal experience mixed with his expertise to cover a myriad of topics.
2.43 has become a fan favorite that has had every audience leaving feeling empowered, motivated, and ready to tackle barriers within their own individual lives.
2.43
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High Schoolers
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Community At-Large
By taking personal stories from his book, 2.43, Dr. Manora provides the audience with humor, an example of resilience, and a beacon of hope for people of all ages with a focus on navigating life as a Black Man. Hailed as Dr. Manora's most impressive speeches, audience members will not only learn about him, but they will learn about systems and how those things impact themselves.
Life of Wade
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College Students
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Community At-Large
In a mind-over-matter-focused speech, Dr. Manora delivers an impactful and riveting speech about his life in connecting his career and passion with hopes of inspiring others to do the same in their lives. This speech is one that has motivated communities across the United States by providing strategies to bring their abstract dreams to new tangible lived walks of life.
History Matters: Systemic Oppression and Black America
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College Students
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Community At-Large
The experiences of today are not those that arrived in a vacuum. Threading the needle of policy impact, historical norms, and systemic failure, Dr. Manora perfectly connects life for African Americans post the Civil War and slavery to modern day communal collective experiences from that lineage. Praised for providing missing or overlooked histories, this speech connects the dots that are oftentimes purposefully disconnected
Figuring It Out: Educating Black Youth
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Community At-Large
Every community comes with unique curiosities, challenges, and best practices to maximize the best way to help that community's youth succeed. Crafted to speak directly to educators, counselors, and community leaders that work directly with Black Youth, Dr. Manora delivers a powerful speech that provides a clear roadmap of best practices that he has used to improve the educational experience of hundreds.
Taking It Back: (RE)Branding DEI
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College Students
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Young Adults
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College Administrators
The miseducation of what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is has had profound negative effects on our pathway to getting to a just community focused society. Stripping back the layers of confusion on what DEI is, where the field left practical blind spots at, and how DEI should be (re)branded, Dr. Manora uses his educational background to shed light on DEI in the areas of practical solutions, policy implementations, and community altruism for the betterment of all collectives.
What's the Connection: Exploring First-Generation Student Retention through Action Research
As a "hybrid first-generation student", Dr. Manora's academic focus is on the retention of first-generation students through the creation of a pipeline retention program. Informed by his academic research and dissertation, Dr. Manora turned 3-years worth of research into an hour speech on how your organization or institution can build retention pipeline programs. Covering best practices, Dr. Manora covers strategies to build support programs that are not limited to colleges and universities, but for non-profits organizations alike.
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College Administrators