To start off Catholic Schools Week, Bishop Montgomery invited guest speaker, Dr. Nathan J. Sessoms to address our student body about the importance of Catholic schools, community, and to introduce the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Justice. To watch his address please click on the link below:
Guest Speaker Bio:
Dr. Nathan J. Sessoms is the Principal & CEO of Success Beyond Measure, Incorporated, a diversity & educational equity consulting firm that provides support to community-based and non-profit organizations, for-profit entities, and academic institutions interested in combating systemic racism and creating equitable outcomes for all.
He continues to serve as a Clinical Assistant Professor in LMU’s Department of Sociology.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he has conducted research on race relations at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, contributed to several National Science Foundation-funded reports, and published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Urban Geography, The Professional Geographer, and Kalfou.
Dr. Sessoms possesses a wide range of experiences in urban planning, community development, and non-profit program management. Additionally, he is the former director of the Office of Black Student Services at Loyola Marymount University, where he also worked closely with the University’s Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Jewish, Muslim, while assisting the campus community in navigating the realities of race and racism.