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Dr. Frederick V. Engram Jr.    

Disruptive DEI Speaker, Professor & Author of “Black Liberation Through Action and Resistance: MOVE”

Dr. Engram uses his voice to provide context to what liberation looks like and what is required of us. His public work has been published in media outlets such as Blavity, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, and Forbes.

He holds multiple degrees and most notably a Doctor of Education in higher education administration from the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. He has been an invited speaker at the University of Richmond, North Carolina State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Southern New Hampshire University, American University, Delaware State University, North Hennepin Community College, and the DC Department of Employment Services (D.O.E.S.) to name a few.

Speech Topics

Higher Education and Disruptive DEI

Most institutions of higher learning have become familiar with the status-quo and are afraid of upsetting systems of oppression. As a result many institutions take performative approaches to deal with issues of justice, equity, and belonging. Such approaches are proven harmful to members of marginalized groups.

My approach to teaching is helping learners, organizations, and regular everyday people challenge their biases by first understanding and naming their intimate relationship with whiteness and white supremacy.

Avoiding critical and difficult conversations are what allows for misinformation to become rampant and experts to be ignored, further harming the marginalized.

When we are able to check our biases and assess our relationship with systems of oppression as the oppressed or oppressor we can then move forward toward liberation.

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