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Paul David Terry (he/they) is a doctoral student in the University of San Francisco International and Multicultural Education program with an emphasis on human rights education and racial justice & education. He is a member of the UC Davis Undergraduate Education Experiential Learning Hub and administers The Quarter at Aggie Square program at UC Davis. Paul has served as chair for the UC Davis Staff Diversity Administrative Advisory Council, Chancellor's Committee on LGBTQIA+ Communities and vice-chair of the Vice Chancellor's LGBTQ+ Health Advisory Council, the first group to add SO/GI into an electronic health record in the country. He is DEI Faculty with the Impact Foundry and has taught with the UC Davis Human Rights Studies program, Rise for Racial Justice and the University of San Francisco. Paul continues to consult with K-12 and higher education institutions along with nonprofit organizations on critical and transformative leadership, decolonization, race theory and gender and sexuality. His research centers on the wellness and fortitude of human rights, social justice and peace education advocates, scholars and leaders in advancing dignity, respect and conflict resolution towards a more just and peaceful world.

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A leader in nonprofit and academic organizations for over two decades, Paul David Terry (he/they) connects volunteer management, higher education, and international and multicultural education to aid organizations in deconstructing bias and advancing belonging. As the program analyst for the UC Davis Health Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center he supports programming for healing circles, solidarity circles and community health programming. He has served as the past chair of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Committee on LGBTQIA+ Communities, a member of the Lived Name and Gender Identity Task Force, the co-chair of the Website and Data subcommittee for the Chancellor’s Next Generation Campus Safety Task Force, and the vice-chair for the UC Davis Health Vice Chancellor’s LGBTQ+ Health Advisory Council. He is currently chairing the Staff Diversity Administrative Advisory Council. Paul is the recipient of the UC Davis Development and Alumni Relations Annual Excellence Award in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and garnered six CASE awards for the Affinity Network Diversity Digest, including a Gold Circle of Excellence award.

Paul is a doctoral student in International and Multicultural Education with an emphasis on human rights education, racial justice in education, and organizational leadership. He is a Point Foundation Scholar and has received multiple scholarships, fellowships and grants to support public scholarship and workshops for UC San Francisco, UC Davis Health, the Center for Humanizing Education and Research, and nonprofit organizations such as Drag Queen Story Hour, International Mental Health Association and Rise For Racial Justice. As an IME Fellow at the University of San Francisco, he teaches Critical Race Theory and How To Talk About Race and designs courses in gender equity and human rights for educators across the globe.

A leader in nonprofit and academic organizations for over two decades, Paul David Terry (he/they) connects volunteer management, healthcare, higher education and international and multicultural education to aid organizations in deconstructing bias and advancing equity in systems, communications, and leadership. As the assistant director of affinity programs at UC Davis and alumni diversity representative for the University of California Office of the President, Paul directs alumni affinity groups and leads the CAAA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and programs DEI trainings for volunteer alumni leaders across the globe. He has served as the past chair of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Committee on LGBTQIA+ Communities, a member of the Lived Name and Gender Identity Task Force, the co-chair of the Website and Data subcommittee for the Chancellor’s Next Generation Campus Safety Task Force and the vice-chair for the UC Davis Health Vice Chancellor’s LGBTQ+ Health Advisory Council. His contributions have advanced the first needs assessment for advancing critical issues for LGBTQ+ patients, employees, clinicians and students and the first LGBTQ+ 101 training at UC Davis Health.

As a doctoral student in International and Multicultural Education with emphasis in human rights education, racial justice in education and organizational leadership, Paul examines intersectional disciplines to bolster nonprofit industries, including healthcare, higher education and volunteer driven organizations. His work garners multiple scholarships, fellowships and grants to support podcasts and workshops with UCSF, UC Davis Health, USF and nonprofit organizations like Drag Queen Story Hour and  Rise For Racial Justice. As an IME Fellow at University of San Francisco, he teaches Critical Race Theory and How To Talk About Race, and designs virtual educational resources for educators across the country.

As a community member, Paul draws on the energy with volunteering with the people he loves while doing the activities that create social change to make a difference. He’s passionate about giving back to communities. Paul is a racial healing circle facilitator with the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center at UC Davis Health and volunteers with Crisis Text Line during holiday breaks. His passion form music can find hm performing and conducting marching bands to singing opera with local choruses. While he cherishes the many facets that make up family, he honors his Cherokee and Chickasaw ancestry by (re)membering and teaching lessons from Indigenous education, holding space for life-long learning on unsettling the settler-colonial mindset and advancing story-telling practices that center self-efficacy, transformation, and healing.