Hope Conference Speakers

Tony Keith, MEd
Poet and Educator

Tony Keith is a Washington, DC area native that identifies as a poet, educator, and a nerd.

As a poet, Tony has traveled around the world teaching poetry and empowering young people to engage in the art of spoken word.  As an educator, Mr. Keith has committed his life to working with first-generation, low-income, racial and ethnic minority students, and engaging in cultural education and social justice programming on college campuses.  As a nerd, his thoughts, writings, teachings, and performances are centered on topics dealing with race, gender, poverty, culture, and sexuality.

Mr. Keith currently serves as a student success specialist for the University of the District of Columbia’s Community College. He formerly served as a program manager for Public Allies and was the coordinator for Intercultural Competency & Diversity with the Fall 2010 Voyage of Semester at Sea. Prior to that, he was the interim director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and instructor of Racism and Sexism at Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Keith has worked for the Multicultural Resource Center at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, a Civil Rights Office for the USDA, as well as for the Institute for Youth, Education and Families with the National League of Cities.

Mr. Keith holds a BA in Communication from the University of Maryland and a Master of Education degree in College Student Affairs from Pennsylvania State University.

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