2023 Annual Winter Conference

 2023 Winter Conference 

Date: December ,1st 2023 

Time: 9 am - 4 pm (6 CEUs)

Location: UK Extension Office: 1140 Harry Sykes Way Lexington, KY 40504

Zoom option is available upon request

IIMPLICIT BIAS: AVOIDING CULTURAL COLLISIONS BY UNDERSTANDING EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

1. Attendees will learn to identify implicit bias 

2. Attendees will learn to understand racial and ethnic disparities

3. Attendees will learn how to avoid cultural collisions

Presenter: Pastor Edward L. Palmer, Sr.

Edward L. Palmer Sr.
Pastor, Certified Diversity Trainer, and Juvenile Justice Advocate
Radcliff, Kentucky

Pastor Edward L. Palmer Sr. is the visionary, senior pastor, and co-pastor with his wife Elizabeth (Angie) Palmer for The Sign of The Dove Church International located in Radcliff, Kentucky. He is a Certified Diversity Trainer and works to eliminate disproportionate minority contact within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Pastor Palmer is also a Disabled U.S. Army Veteran.
In 2017, Pastor Palmer was the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award winner presented by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin as well as the Courage for Kids Award present by Kentucky Youth Advocates. In May of 2019, he was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Social Justice Impact Award present by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Pastor is Chair of the State Inner-Agency Council’s Diversity Standing Committee and current Immediate Past Chair of the National Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ). He is a certified Racial and Ethnic Disparities Capstone Project Fellow through the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University, and a certified Maxwell Leadership coach, speaker and trainer. In the Spring 2021 Juvenile Justice Update, Pastor Palmer co- authored the article “Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game: The Importance of Systemic Change to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities.”
Pastor has served the citizens of his city for five terms as a Radcliff City councilman and is currently serving as a Certified Police Chaplin. He has shared his passion for racial equality from Washington State to Washington D.C., to Princeton University, and many other locations across the nation. His implicit bias training was involved in a process of evaluation with John Hopkins University and proven to be effective. Pastor Palmer operates with undeniable vision and unyielding passion for the purposeful course on which God has set him, running his race with patience, diligence, vigilance, and effectiveness.

Registration Prices:

Members: $125

Non-members: $150 

Students: $25

Early Bird Prices:

June, July, and August: $50 off Registration Price (excluding students)

September: $25 off Registration Price (excluding students)