Speakers

• Rev. Dr. Harold Dean Trulear is an ordained American Baptist minister who serves as Associate Professor of Applied Theology at Howard University, Adjunct Professor of Church and Society at Payne Theological Seminary and President of GLOBE (God Leading Our Best Efforts) Ministries. He has taught religion, public policy and community studies in several institutions, including Yale University, Drew University, Hartford Seminary, Fuller Seminary, Eastern University and the Center for Urban Theological Studies and serves as a Fellow at The Center for Public Justice. A graduate of Morehouse College (BA) and Drew University (PhD), Dr. Trulear has authored over sixty published monographs, articles, essays, sermons and reviews. His edited volume, George Kelsey: Unsung Hero was published by the Andover Newton Theological Seminary in honor of their storied alumnus who was Martin Luther King’s mentor and academic advisor at Morehouse.
  
   
  
• Ram Sridharan is on staff with IVCF as Team Leader of the Undergraduate Ministries at Ohio State. He grew up as a third culture kid, living most of his life in Tanzania, Kenya, South India and then the United States for his college education. Ram studied Microbiology as an undergraduate and went on to study Folklore and later Human Resources for his masters. He served as a career counselor for a number of years at the University where he worked to create the African American Peer Mentoring Program. Ram has served as a volunteer for 8 years with InterVarsity before coming on staff full time in 2002. Since then he has helped launch Ignite, the Black Student Chapter at Ohio State., lead a series of Bible Studies and GIG’s with Black Fraternities and has supervised Black staff and volunteers.
  
  
   
  
• Princess Kasune Zulu, a 32-year-old native of Zambia, is an HIV and AIDS activist, founder of Fountain of life ( Now know as Eternity fountain) and child advocate with World Vision. Since 1997, Princess Zulu has dedicated her life to fighting the global AIDS epidemic. She has facilitated support groups for people living with HIV/AIDS and helped establish anti-AIDS groups in schools. She has educated traditional African leaders and traditional birth attendants as part of her campaign and advocating for children affected by HIV and AIDS. Princess Zulu has received several awards including Outstanding Broadcaster on HIV & AIDS In Zambia 2000, Woman of the Year 2004 La –press Canada, and the Survival Award 2005 by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. April 24, 2004 was declared Princess Kasune Zulu Day in Chicago.
  
   
  
• Joshua Settles is an Area Director with InterVarsity in Tennessee. He studied finance at the University of Tennessee and after completing his bachelors went on to receive a masters in Modern European History. He spent the first 8 years of his staff career as Campus Staff and Team Leader at his alma mater before moving to Nashville where he currently resides. Joshua is on the Leading Servants Team for Black Campus Ministries, is the director of the Ghana Global Project and has pioneered work among Asian American students. He is on ministerial staff for Nashville Korean Presbyterian Church.
  
  
   
  
• Dr. Jeanne Porter is an ordained minister with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, and is an associate minister at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago. Dr. Porter received both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, the Master of Arts of Theological Studies from McCormick Theological Seminary, in Chicago, Illinois, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, with an emphasis in Cultural Studies from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. You may visit www.TransPorterGroup.com to learn more about Dr Jeanne Porter and her work for the Kingdom.
  
  
   
  
• Rev. Philip Bowling-Dyer was born in Oakland, California, and attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated in 1985 with a degree in marine biology. After working for a year at a genetics firm in Alameda, California, he went on to join the campus ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. After working with college students in San Francisco for five years, he moved to back to his home town, Oakland. There he served as a Northern California area director, supervising the ministry to Black students at the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, Mills College, St. Mary's College, Laney Community College, San Francisco State University, and other campuses in Northern California. In May 2002, he was elevated to the position of National Director of Black Campus Ministries, where he served until June 2008. He is currently serving as an Associate Director in the Multiethnic Ministries Department.

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