Dr. Terri Kennedy

National & Global Issues

"Hate the sin, love the sinner."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

Dr. Terri Kennedy feels strongly about basic human rights and creating equality through empowerment and policy in the United States and around the world, particularly related to issues of health & sustainability, women's empowerment, youth development, poverty and climate change. She is third-generation in her family to be involved in social change in the United States and around the world. Her great uncle was a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet," advising on education; her uncle was the co-founder and international director of Africare, which has given over $710 million in aid to Africa since its founding in 1970, and he was instrumental in developing the Peace Corps in Africa and Asia under President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver; and her parents worked on five continents for over five decades teaching cross-cultural communications and leadership development. Dr. Kennedy continues this tradition and has:

• Been selected a Member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders for the World Economic Forum
• Completed the "Global Leadership & Public Policy for the 21st Century" Executive Education Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• Traveled to over 30 countries around the world and has been on all continents except for Antarctica

Although she is American, she was born in Accra, Ghana; started school in Adelaide, Australia; and lived in Rome, Italy. She remains up-to-date on international affairs and has attended World Economic Forums in Rio, Cape Town, Jordan and China. Let her add a global context to your next event. Sample topics include:

Sample Topics:

• Community Development - Approaches to community leadership development and advocacy in the United States and around the world. 

• Self-Esteem & Life Literacy - Approaches to self-esteem building and life literacy "foundation skills," especially for women and youth, in the United States and around the world. 

• New Approaches to Health and Prevention of Chronic Disease - Approaches to "teaching people how to be well" from an integrated, multi-stakeholder perspective in the United States and around the world.

• Health & Productivity Management - Engaging corporations in the U.S. and around the world in the health education and prevention process to boost productivity, save on the bottom-line, as well as possibly save lives. 

• Closing the Health Disparities Gap - A discussion on the disparities in health services within minority groups in the United States and around the world, as well as strategies to develop culturally and financially accessible solutions.

• Women's Leadership Development - Approaches to women's leadership development and strategies for advancement in the United States and around the world. 

• Entrepreneurial Development - Approaches to training and mentoring entrepreneurs in the United States and around the world. 

• Work/Life Balance - A focus on work/life balance issues from a practical and policy standpoint.  

• Peace through Compassion - Approaches to world peace through personal transformation and compassion in communication.