Keynote Speakers
Monday Opening Session Speaker
Anthony Trucks
Anthony Trucks is a foster kid turned NFL athlete and serial entrepreneur with one serious super power. Making “Shift” Happen. This is achieved by doing the “Dark Work” to access the power of identity, because you cannot have a dream above your current identity. Dark Work is how you optimize your identity for peak performance. After overcoming over 30+ traumatic life events, and navigating the identity shifts that followed, Anthony has come to be known as the leading expert in Dark Work to make an Identity Shift. Which is taking the difficult actions necessary to make a shift internally, to elevate how you operate externally, which in turn changes your life. With his unique coaching system called “The Dark Work Experience”, Anthony weaves together neuroscience, psychology, technology, and hard fought life lessons to help anyone with a desire for more in their life or career achieve any goal they want. Buckle up, It’s time to do the Dark Work to make “shift” happen.
Tuesday Closing Session Speaker
Oree Freeman
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Oree Freeman lives a life of service. She is an award-winning trainer, advocate, and survivor leader in the social justice movement. Since 2015, Oree has been recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential People in California and featured in national magazines and newspapers. With over a decade of experience, Oree has managed significant financial resources and created an exponential impact. Through her interactive training sessions, she has reached and transformed the lives of over 70,000 individuals from both the private and nonprofit sectors. Oree has served on the California State Advisory Board and is a talented and spirited speaker, providing training to the FBI, law enforcement, higher education institutions, prisons, and hospitals nationwide. Her efforts aim to enhance the effectiveness of these entities in preventing and eliminating human trafficking. Oree's most profound passion is serving individuals who are not yet free, walking alongside them on their journey, whether they are in correctional or juvenile facilities, residential treatment centers, motels, or on the streets. Oree is pursuing her third degree while transforming lives and making the world a better place for those impacted by exploitation. Alongside her professional commitments, she is also raising her 6-year-old daughter.
Event Master of Ceremonies
Dee Hankins
With Dee was two months old when he was placed into foster care. He bounced through foster homes until he was 12. Most of his young life he strongly believed that no one cared about him. He felt that it was just him against the world and he was going at it alone with no light at the end of the tunnel. Statistically, almost 50% of African American males placed in the foster care system drop out of high school. They are almost 10 times more likely to end up in a prison than to ever step foot on a college campus. This would have been the case for Dee had he not had support of some key people in his educational life. It was with their help and believe in him that allowed him to graduate from California State University; Long Beach with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. Dee is now on a mission to show every student that they can have a chance at a successful future…no matter their background!
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