Baltimore native David C. Miller, M. Ed., finds himself at the intersection of peril and progress when gauging the economic and social deprivation that impacts communities of color. Miller uses his academic training and innate street skills to lead intergenerational conversations with men and boys focused on fatherhood, parenting, mental health, and managing anger.

Miller is the author of several books, including Dare To Be King: What If the Prince Lives? a unique curriculum designed to engage Black male youth around life and survival skills.

Miller is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Social Work at Morgan State University, focusing on Black fathers raising daughters.

Richard A. Rowe, MPA, has provided strategic guidance, cultural support, and critical analysis to support communities of color and grassroots organizations that seek a paradigm shift on family, community, and/or societal levels. His approach uses life-affirming, life-giving, family-centered, and culturally relevant tools and rituals to heal the historic and ongoing trauma among African Americans. Richard’s areas of specialization include mentoring, fatherhood, family integration, collaborations and partnerships, youth leadership, intergenerational relationships, stress reduction, wellness, and resiliency. He has also provided strategic planning, leadership development, and student-centered technical assistance to hundreds of public and private schools, community organizations, and nonprofit agencies. Richard’s management and capacity building clients have included the Black Mental Health Alliance, Sojourner-Douglass College, Associated Black Charities, Baltimore City Health Department, Urban Leadership Institute, the Baltimore Mentoring Project, the National Trust for Black Men and the National Mentoring Center.

Richard has facilitated a series of interactive workshops for parents / caregivers in several public schools and community organizations that are designed to provide parents /caregivers with the information necessary to teach their children how to recognize, resist, recover and heal from the emotional trauma and the harmful effects of historical and contemporary institutional racism. He has also provided support to the implementation of Emotional Emancipation Circles for community members to help build the movement for optimal healing, wellness, empowerment and psychological well-being. Richard also co-facilitated the Summoning The Village: Call To Action community gatherings with members of the Black Mental Health Alliance to help Baltimore’s Sandtown community heal after the 2015 police-related death of Freddie Gray and youth-led uprising. Richard is a past recipient of Fellowships from the Campaign for Black Male Achievement and Open Society Institute-Baltimore to support his design and implementation of programming with Black men and boys.

Regina Salliey, MSW, has applied her social work training to promote opportunities for youth, particularly girls and families. She has designed, directed, and monitored projects for private sector concerns, such as the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Urban Leadership Institute, and has held senior administrative positions at government agencies, including the Maryland Department of Human Resources where she served as Deputy Director of the Office of Grants Management overseeing a budget of $24 million. Regina teaches Program Development at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. In addition to program development, Regina’s areas of expertise include socially responsible philanthropic campaigns, program management, community outreach, volunteer recruitment an management, grants administration, compliance and policy interpretation, client data tracking and reporting, and planning and coordinating conferences and events.

Regina has developed an array of workshops for parents, youth, and youth service providers. In 2018, she invited a group of 18 middle and high school girls from Baltimore City to exchange with their African peers during a 10-day excursion to South Africa and eSwatini. Regina was recognized as Social Worker of the Year by the Maryland Department of Human Resources (2010) and OASIS Social Work Trailblazer Honoree by the University of Maryland School of Social Work (2018).