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Dr. Chuck is a Philadelphia native who has worked his way out of poverty, abuse and neglect to become an inspiration for many people through his work as an educator, counselor, communicator and leader. Through his commitment to positive social change he has been able to harness his creativity, passion and indomitable spirit to improve the lives of many children, families and communities. Dr. Chuck's work has bee featured in the Associated Press, AOL News, on C-SPAN and every major media outlet in the region, which includes the Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Philadelphia Tribune; he has also been featured on Fox 29, NBC, CBS, ABC and WB 17, as well as other local and national news and public affairs programs.
In 2001, Dr. Chuck became a founder of the Bill Cosby "Academic Posse" program, a program which encourages city youth to earn a college degree.
In 2003, Dr. Chuck was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award, while working as a college instructor at one of Philadelphia's very competitive institutions of higher learning — Temple University.
Dr. Chuck also served on the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Children's Behavioral Health, where he was elected chair of the subcommittee on Child Abuse and Neglect. He has also served as moderator for the Exhoodus Tour's "Save the Children Summit," which features famed entertainer Dr. Bill Cosby.
Dr. Chuck has received numerous City Council Citations and two Mayoral Citations for helping others.
Dr. Chuck has earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Temple University. His research for his dissertation focused on the impact of social skills and media on learning and academic performance. He possesses a dual master's degree in counseling and organizational dynamics from MCP-Hahnemann University. At MCP, he studied the psychological impact of gender and ethnic diversity in groups; leadership styles and organizational systems.
Dr. Chuck is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Counseling Association (ACA), and the Assocation for Assessment in Counseling in Education.
Dr. Chuck is currently employed at Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel University where he is an assistant clinical professor in the School of Education and director of the Center for the Prevention of School-Aged Violence.
Dr. Chuck keeps a pretty busy community lecturing schedule, which calls upon him to speak on topics such as supporting special needs youth in the classroom, positive youth development, school climate issues, retention programs for underrepresented college students, and innovative youth-led violence prevention strategies.
Dr. Chuck also routinely collaborates with various media outlets to host town hall meetings featuring pressing social and political issues. These dynamic collaborations bring together academic institutions as well as major media outlets working in the Internet, on the radio, in television, cable and print.
In fact, in 2009, Dr. Chuck moderated, along with this his co-host Rick Grimaldi, a special CBS Radio - Big Talker 1210 AM series, sponsored by Drexel University, Youth & Violence in Philadelphia, which featured Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramesy, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Everett Gillison, renowned developmental psychologist and Drexel University professor, Dr. Myrna Shure, and J.C. Lore, associate clinical professor and co-director of the Rutgers Law Children's Justice Clinic.
On March 18th, 2010, Dr. Chuck utilized his grasp of issues of race and inclusion along with his razor sharp acerbic wit to moderate a national forum commemorating President Obama's A More Perfect Union speech, which was delivered at the National Constitution Center on March 18th, 2008. The national forum was held at the National Constitution Center on the very stage where a then presidential candidate Obama delivered his historic speech on race in America. The national forum - A More Perfect Union: Confronting America's Racial Divide was carried on C-SPAN and can be viewed at www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292595-1. . Luminaries such as Martin Luther King III and Gwen Ifil of Washington Week on PBS, were invited panelists.
For the past few months, Dr. Chuck, working with Drexel University's Goodwin College, teamed up with Mind TV to produce a number of short documentaries highligting issues related to violence in America. This special series will air during the month of July 2010, on Mind TV and will then be featured periodically until 2012. A special panel and screening of the documentaries will be held on the campus of Drexel University, during the month of July 2010.
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Dr. Chuck has been able to accomplish such extraordinary things given that he has held on to his faith and one sacred tenet — "the way you start does not have to be the way you finish."
