About Makeda Meeks
My name is Makeda Ruth Meeks and I am a Gainesville Florida based educator and dialogue facilitator with an interest in woman's issues, racial and social justice. I have a Master of Education with a social justice focus from the University Utah where I studied issues in social justice education and its impact on students and professionals of color. During my higher education, I collaborated with the Women's Resource Center to gain feminist multicultural training to support women of color on a predominately white college campus and first generation college student with the Black Butterfly's and Bennion Center for Service Learning. I also had the pleasure of working with the Utah Pride Center and LGBT Resource Center to establish and maintain access to health care for the LGBTQIA community.
I am a mother, educator, dialog facilitator, poet, author and lover of humanity and all that connects living things. I am committed to helping you through difficult and necessary conversations to improve individual lives and the health of your organization.
I have been engaged in difficult dialogues for well over two decades, involving race, gender, sexual orientation and matters of political and social justice. Talking with like minded people and education the open minded about the lived experiences of others is my passion. I am committed to supporting you to self-improve. I was raised in the Latter Day Saint Community and was one of the few black congregants. The music of this faith is what resonated for e the most.
I am now a seeker of community, I will help you merge what you have been taught with what you have experienced and help you find your path.