Ron Spears is a poet, spoken word artist, author, change agent and storyteller from Detroit. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in Physics and the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he received a Master’s degree in Engineering. For over 30 years, he has traveled extensively working on global management consulting projects for Fortune 100 clients and community based projects aimed at improving the quality of life in Africa and the Diaspora.
His first book is Black Matter Lives - Manifesting Change using the Laws of Physics, our Minds and the Power of the Spoken Word. After making a pilgrimage to Egypt (Kemet), Ron was inspired to write Grand Rising to take the knowledge of African Sacred Science of Black Matter Lives to a deeper and personal level to manifest change.
Ron is a trustee at the historic Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit where he leads the ministry focusing on mission work in Africa and co-leads the men's ministry. He also is serves as President of the Detroit Chapter of the Morehouse College National Alumni Association and chairman of the Spelman & Morehouse Class of 1991 scholarship committee which provides $20,000 in scholarships each year to deserving students. He has dedicated his professional life to leadership and service.
Since the 1990s, Ron has become an expert in Organizational Change Management working on client projects around the world helping organizations embrace change in IT and Business transformation projects. Throughout his consulting career, Ron has been trained in Leadership Development, Communication & Involvement, Organizational Change, Training and User Adoption. He has taken this knowledge and experience to community based organizations to apply these techniques to transform their mission to reality.
Ron has integrated his professional consulting experience with his books Black Matter Lives and Grand Rising to create documentaries, strategic planning templates and master-class presentations. The topics include Self-Knowledge, African Rites of Passage programs, Mission work in Africa, Men's Ministry programs, HBCU advocacy, youth and adult development curriculum materials.
Ron has created 2 manifestation journals where you can write your own monthly, quarterly and annual goals and action plans based on his books Black Matter Lives and Grand Rising.
The Sankofa manifestation journal is a guided curriculum focusing on self-knowledge, spirituality, overcoming obstacles and self-improvement goals and action plans. This can be used for African Rites of Passage programs by parents and teachers to supplement the knowledge they don't want to teach in school.
The Keys to Life manifestation journal is a guided curriculum for the life skills needed to achieve a good quality of life for youth in the learning stage, adults in the working stage and elders in the living stage of life. The goals and action plans written in this journal leads to better choices to improve the quality of life.
The online version of this curriculum includes all the books, spoken word and manifestation tools for individual knowledge seekers and to teach others.
Ron served as the chief teacher for an African Rites of Passage program for teenage boys in Detroit where he took a different group of boys (and girls) each year to West Africa to engage in the manhood and womanhood training ritual with a village still practicing the tradition.
He has written extensively and captured his experiences in Africa to create a documentary and curriculum for parents, teachers, fraternities, sororities, churches and community-based organizations to teach this knowledge to others.
Ron now offers Rites of Passage programs to take their boys (and girls) on a trip to Africa to participate in the ritual with the village elders.
Ron has a lifestyle blog called GrownManStyle. The motivation behind this blog is a branding statement coined by past Morehouse President Dr. Robert Franklin: "A Morehouse man is a renaissance man with a social conscience, who is well Dressed, well Read, well Traveled, well Spoken and well Balanced.
Visit this blog often for great content:
Travel - International, USA, Hawaii, Excursions, Africa, Glamping
Book Club - Self Knowledge, Spirituality, Obstacles, Self Improvement, Life Skills
Spoken Word - Self Knowledge, Spirituality, Obstacles, Self Improvement, Life Skills
Fashion - Derby Style for Men & Women, Accessories, African Attire
Work-Life Balance - Career, Marriage, Fatherhood, Health, Retirement, Legacy
Ron is part of Circle Events Detroit who puts on one of the biggest events in Detroit each year - the Detroit Kentucky Derby Day Party at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History. This event provided over 160 new memberships to the museum, $10,000 in scholarships for Morehouse students and $8,000 for the Detroit Kappa League youth group of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity as part of the Circle Foundation.
The "MEET THE STORYTELLER" digital bundle option will allow you to schedule 1 hour with Ron Spears to discuss any of the following topic ideas:
Private session to discuss, explain or teach life skills program
Attend book club meeting to discuss books and/or spoken word
Help your organization meet the needs of youth and adults
Questions & Answers about RonSpearsPoetry products or services
Participate in panel discussions about youth development
Discuss books or spoken word for your event, blog or podcast
