Your Expo offers a multitude of learning and networking opportunities. Among the great benefits of attending these events is seeing world-class speakers present resounding ideas and concepts that can literally change your outlook on life in just a couple of hours. It’s intense. It’s magical. And it’s something you can’t experience unless you’re at Expo!
Your featured speaker at your Las Vegas Expo, March 29 to 31, is Wintley Augustus Phipps!
Wintley Phipps is a world-renowned vocal artist, pastor, motivational speaker, and education activist. He is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Dream Academy, Inc., a nonprofit, national after-school program that provides mentoring and tutoring around the country to children of incarcerated parents and children falling behind in school, www.usdreamacademy.org.
Founded in 1998, the U.S. Dream Academy has grown from one center in Washington, DC, to 11 locations in 7 cities across the nation. The Dream Academy program offers skill-building, character-building, and dream-building activities in a safe, after-school environment utilizing one-to-one mentoring with state-of-the-art technology to deliver online academic enrichment.
For his work at the U.S. Dream Academy, Mr. Phipps has received numerous service awards, such as: The Excellence in Mentoring for Program Leadership Award from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership; the Oprah Winfrey Angel Network Use Your Life Award; the Philanthropist of the Year Award from The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc.; and the Distinguished Service Award from Loma Linda University. In recognition of his positive global impact through speaking, The National Speakers Association awarded Wintley the prestigious Master of Influence Award.
Mr. Phipps has been the featured speaker and performer for many notable occasions around the world.
- In January 2009 and 2013, Mr. Phipps was privileged to serve as the guest soloist for the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service of President Barack Obama at the Washington National Cathedral.
- By special request of Ms. Oprah Winfrey, Mr. Phipps delivered an inspirational address and prayer for the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
- Hosted by Congress, Wintley has sung for Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George W. Bush at the annual National Presidential Prayer Breakfast events and other distinguished celebrations.
- Wintley was selected by Oprah Winfrey to offer musical interpretations for her weeklong coverage of the “9/11” tragedy and was asked to pen a special prayer for her to deliver in tribute to the lives lost.
- Wintley met President Nelson Mandela of South Africa; and he has performed for the 2005 inaugural swearing-in ceremony of President George W. Bush, the 1984 and 1988 National Democratic Conventions, the Boston Pops, USA Funds California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Annual Conference, the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremonies in the White House for Mother Teresa of Calcutta and The Little Rock Nine, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. TV special, 13th and 14th annual European Prayer Breakfast in Brussels hosted by the European Parliament, the Salvation Army, the Billy Graham Crusades, the Urban League, the Vatican where he met Pope John Paul II, the Rosa Parks Birthday Celebration, and Loma Linda University Centennial Celebration.
- Wintley has also conducted lectures in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and North and South America.
- Phipps has performed on Saturday Night Live and been the special guest on the Emmy award–winning series Super Soul Sunday on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
- Phipps was nominated for Grammy Awards in 1988 and 1989.
- Phipps is the author of The Power of a Dream (1996) and Your Best Destiny (2015).
- Phipps has attracted an entire new generation of fans as his performance of Amazing Grace received over 16 million YouTube viewers.
Registration Cutoff Date Is March 7th!
The SGI room rate for Expo varies per night, from $129 to $159. This was the best way to ensure you receive the absolute, lowest price every day. Please, you must register by Tuesday, March 7th, to ensure this best pricing—and to ensure you have a room at the resort. Please, take a few moments to go to your member site (www.yoursgihub.com) now to register. It won’t take long—I promise! Then you’ll have peace of mind knowing you have a room for Expo—and you’ll be enjoying huge savings on it as well!