Welcoming Keynote

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Reginald L. Streater - Chair of the Philadelphia Board of Education

Reginald L. Streater, who believes that public education is not only a civil right but also a human right, is a graduate of Germantown High School and has two children attending a Philadelphia public school.

Mr. Streater is an attorney at Feldman Shepherd as a personal injury, medical malpractice and civil rights attorney. He previously practiced law as a class action and collective action attorney in unpaid wage and employment discrimination matters at a Philadelphia based plaintiffs’ law firm and as a commercial litigator at a regional full service law firm. He also worked as a Federal Judicial Honors Clerk for the Honorable Chief Judge Theodore McKee in the Federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals and as a Law Clerk/Intern for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.

Mr. Streater holds a Juris Doctorate (doctoral degree) from Temple University Beasley School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in political science and African American studies from Temple University, College of Liberal Arts. As a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Rho Chapter, and executive board member to the Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, Mr. Streater engages in various community service initiatives. Mr. Streater is also Co-counsel to the Temple University Alumni Association. Mr. Streater’s worldview as a servant-leader has been shaped by the John S. Mbiti quote: “I am because WE are and, since we are, therefore I am.”

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