Jessica Oladapo

Bio

Jessica Oladapo provides training on diversity, inclusion, and equity for schools, districts, police departments, institutions of higher education, and global corporations. She currently serves as Professor of Social Sciences Kankakee Community College teaching courses that emphasize social justice and equity, with a primary focus on the structures of society that allows for inequality to exist as well as solutions to these inequities. Inspiring all to move toward equity and justice is her chief goal, along with encouraging relationship building in an effort to make the world more equitable.

Specialty

Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, & Justice

Who Jessica Works With

• Schools, School districts, Higher Ed Institutions
• Corporations, Police Departments

Qualifications

Diversity and Inclusion Certification - Cornell University MA Sociology - DePaul University BA African American Studies - University of Illinois BA Psychology - University of Illinois Graduate level coursework in Counseling Psychology - Lewis University

What Clients Are Saying

Jessica is amazing! I always love her trainings. She is so engaging and provides so much insight. -The classes taught by Jessica Oladapo are always a great experience. She's a very powerful speaker, and I find her trainings worthwhile! - Many attendees told our resource team they feel more comfortable addressing unacceptable behavior and have more tools to be an upstander rather than a bystander.

Ms. Oladapo is a highly competent, engaging, and a passionate speaker and facilitator. I would recommend her as a trainer for your organizations' needs.

I am often struck by Jessica’s ability to think outside of the box. She routinely, upon identification of a concern, asks the question, “How can we address this?” She is always willing to try something new and has yet to demonstrate a desire to “stick” with a conversational or training process simply because “this is how we have always done it”. In fact, Jessica operates in quite the opposite fashion. She methodically examines the tactics of the past and works tirelessly to undo the damage that was done during the early days of social justice and diversity trainings. Her goal is to create a space of shared experience in efforts to lead towards the exploration of difference.