dr. G dr. G yes your love we’re at this
conference and I’m trying to understand
why nobody looks like me or sound like
me is here well you know Jalloh a lot of
people are either in prison or not
really interested in science technology
engineering mathematics hmm we don’t
have to change that that was the
conversation I had with one of my
mentors as I was overseas in Italy
trying to understand why I was the only
guy from Philadelphia here discussing
scientific innovations which motivated
me to do something extraordinaire you
see when I left Italy after that
conference and then finished my graduate
work two years later I didn’t take the
typical post doctoral as we call it
career which is going to industry or go
to a nice lab no I chose to go back to
my community North Philadelphia South
Philadelphia where I was bred they give
back to my community so I can see more
people that looked like me in science
technology engineering and mathematics
and since I wasn’t really a good
communicator at the time I said well let
me try to communicate the message
through stem still make it easier but
still do it through stem which again is
science technology engineering and
mathematics
so you see this periodic table right all
of us
nerdy chemists we use this periodic
table this is like our Bible so anything
we trying to do but I want you to
visualize meta fat let me take it back
let’s even just look at the history of
the periodic table
the periodic table was formulated and
created by Dmitri Mendeleev and his
inspirations are creating this table was
such he said you know I dreamt of
elements arranged in specific ways that
served a purpose however I’m gonna leave
some spaces because there are some
elements they’re yet to be discovered
that need to serve their purpose what do
I mean by that and how does it relate to
you today well I’m glad you here to
listen you’re in for a treat because
first off I want you to really think
we’re a periodic table of community not
elements but community where we have
elements on that table but there’s still
some empty spaces they have yet to be
discovered what do I mean by that you
are element yes I’m talking about you
you are element how you’re element well
element is only composed of two things a
physical characteristic or physical
property and chemical property a
chemical characteristic what do you mean
by that well physical characteristic can
go as such if I have a beer or if I
shave off my face I am still me however
in terms of chemical characteristics
something that happens on the inside
it’s all depending on how you react to
your surroundings example on the
chemistry side you put sodium and oxygen
it blows up so let me ask you this
question as you think in a body what
happens if you’ve been placed in an
environment whether it’s your
neighborhood whereas that person who’s
really don’t like do you react to them
or you stay cool and move on whatever
your answer is you just helped yourself
acknowledge their strengths and
weaknesses and therefore you just
defined yourself and being what we call
element once you find out who you are
and turn to your strengths and your
weaknesses you then go to the bonding
experience what does that mean well you
already know your strengths but your
needs might help you out on your
weakness so that’s where the bonding
comes into play you know in science we
call this experimentation where we
connect one element with another or let
me get it right for my scientists in the
room ions you know one element cannot
combine with another we call it our
bonding experience but that happens
through multiple interactions they is in
trial and error what we do is people we
call networking right so a networking we
find some people we like and we find
some people we really don’t like so what
do we do we try to connect to those
people that we like but we try to not
connect those people that we don’t like
we call that attraction and repelling in
chemistry but the interesting thing is
once you attract and bind to the people
that’s going to carry you forward
throughout your journey you then go to
this experience which is called the
compound so what is the compound the
compound is nothing more than just two
irons linking together or two elements
coming together and strengthening
strengthening now their bond between the
two now I’m a chemist so I gotta give a
little chemist loaded story let me tell
you how table salt for
I’m personified things also just tuned
in so you had sodium he’s on the left
side he’s trying to figure out who he
could bond with because you know sodium
ion they lack what we call an electron
they they lacking something lacking you
know a dollar hunt dollar whatever you
want thing that’s the ion they lacking
it so they jump around the table try to
figure out who they can bond with they
find magnesium which probably next to it
then a nylon bomb on him he he broke
like me
he broke too doc honey right so he’s
like now I’m not going to do that so he
keep moving across the table see
aluminum Knight broke like me out okay
come on like I said it’s a trial air
period right but soon as he finds
something called chloride who’s wealthy
an electron who have all the money
basically not like the noble gases
though but have all the money connect
with them the strong form a strong bond
called sodium chloride and today’s
language called table salt so what do
I’m saying it turns all this chemistry
stuff right let me switch back to
everyday language I’m basically saying
that if we can make and follow through
with our connections and strengthen the
bond will be able to form a compound
that will serve a purpose
just like sodium chloride with tables so
you see if we serve a purpose on a small
scale we’ll be able to connect with
other compounds on a large scale let me
give you some context you know chemistry
we have multiple compounds coming
together to think about drugs
think about the cereal you eat think
about the food that you eat you look on
the side where it says nutritional facts
and you see all these vitamins and
minerals those are nothing but compounds
coming together to serve a purpose that
benefit your body so think about the
benefit for your community thus going
back to the title the chemistry of
community building if we all come
together what I end up
jewelle purposes we can bridge a
community build a community strengthen
the bonds for each and other compounds
to bond together to actually form these
big compounds to serve a greater purpose
but you know I’m talking to further so
let me bring it back real quick we have
this periodic table and in this periodic
table they’re elements like I said
before my call to action is you are
element
you just got to discover and find
yourself and figure out where you fit on
the table thank you
[Applause]
you
conference and I’m trying to understand
why nobody looks like me or sound like
me is here well you know Jalloh a lot of
people are either in prison or not
really interested in science technology
engineering mathematics hmm we don’t
have to change that that was the
conversation I had with one of my
mentors as I was overseas in Italy
trying to understand why I was the only
guy from Philadelphia here discussing
scientific innovations which motivated
me to do something extraordinaire you
see when I left Italy after that
conference and then finished my graduate
work two years later I didn’t take the
typical post doctoral as we call it
career which is going to industry or go
to a nice lab no I chose to go back to
my community North Philadelphia South
Philadelphia where I was bred they give
back to my community so I can see more
people that looked like me in science
technology engineering and mathematics
and since I wasn’t really a good
communicator at the time I said well let
me try to communicate the message
through stem still make it easier but
still do it through stem which again is
science technology engineering and
mathematics
so you see this periodic table right all
of us
nerdy chemists we use this periodic
table this is like our Bible so anything
we trying to do but I want you to
visualize meta fat let me take it back
let’s even just look at the history of
the periodic table
the periodic table was formulated and
created by Dmitri Mendeleev and his
inspirations are creating this table was
such he said you know I dreamt of
elements arranged in specific ways that
served a purpose however I’m gonna leave
some spaces because there are some
elements they’re yet to be discovered
that need to serve their purpose what do
I mean by that and how does it relate to
you today well I’m glad you here to
listen you’re in for a treat because
first off I want you to really think
we’re a periodic table of community not
elements but community where we have
elements on that table but there’s still
some empty spaces they have yet to be
discovered what do I mean by that you
are element yes I’m talking about you
you are element how you’re element well
element is only composed of two things a
physical characteristic or physical
property and chemical property a
chemical characteristic what do you mean
by that well physical characteristic can
go as such if I have a beer or if I
shave off my face I am still me however
in terms of chemical characteristics
something that happens on the inside
it’s all depending on how you react to
your surroundings example on the
chemistry side you put sodium and oxygen
it blows up so let me ask you this
question as you think in a body what
happens if you’ve been placed in an
environment whether it’s your
neighborhood whereas that person who’s
really don’t like do you react to them
or you stay cool and move on whatever
your answer is you just helped yourself
acknowledge their strengths and
weaknesses and therefore you just
defined yourself and being what we call
element once you find out who you are
and turn to your strengths and your
weaknesses you then go to the bonding
experience what does that mean well you
already know your strengths but your
needs might help you out on your
weakness so that’s where the bonding
comes into play you know in science we
call this experimentation where we
connect one element with another or let
me get it right for my scientists in the
room ions you know one element cannot
combine with another we call it our
bonding experience but that happens
through multiple interactions they is in
trial and error what we do is people we
call networking right so a networking we
find some people we like and we find
some people we really don’t like so what
do we do we try to connect to those
people that we like but we try to not
connect those people that we don’t like
we call that attraction and repelling in
chemistry but the interesting thing is
once you attract and bind to the people
that’s going to carry you forward
throughout your journey you then go to
this experience which is called the
compound so what is the compound the
compound is nothing more than just two
irons linking together or two elements
coming together and strengthening
strengthening now their bond between the
two now I’m a chemist so I gotta give a
little chemist loaded story let me tell
you how table salt for
I’m personified things also just tuned
in so you had sodium he’s on the left
side he’s trying to figure out who he
could bond with because you know sodium
ion they lack what we call an electron
they they lacking something lacking you
know a dollar hunt dollar whatever you
want thing that’s the ion they lacking
it so they jump around the table try to
figure out who they can bond with they
find magnesium which probably next to it
then a nylon bomb on him he he broke
like me
he broke too doc honey right so he’s
like now I’m not going to do that so he
keep moving across the table see
aluminum Knight broke like me out okay
come on like I said it’s a trial air
period right but soon as he finds
something called chloride who’s wealthy
an electron who have all the money
basically not like the noble gases
though but have all the money connect
with them the strong form a strong bond
called sodium chloride and today’s
language called table salt so what do
I’m saying it turns all this chemistry
stuff right let me switch back to
everyday language I’m basically saying
that if we can make and follow through
with our connections and strengthen the
bond will be able to form a compound
that will serve a purpose
just like sodium chloride with tables so
you see if we serve a purpose on a small
scale we’ll be able to connect with
other compounds on a large scale let me
give you some context you know chemistry
we have multiple compounds coming
together to think about drugs
think about the cereal you eat think
about the food that you eat you look on
the side where it says nutritional facts
and you see all these vitamins and
minerals those are nothing but compounds
coming together to serve a purpose that
benefit your body so think about the
benefit for your community thus going
back to the title the chemistry of
community building if we all come
together what I end up
jewelle purposes we can bridge a
community build a community strengthen
the bonds for each and other compounds
to bond together to actually form these
big compounds to serve a greater purpose
but you know I’m talking to further so
let me bring it back real quick we have
this periodic table and in this periodic
table they’re elements like I said
before my call to action is you are
element
you just got to discover and find
yourself and figure out where you fit on
the table thank you
[Applause]
you
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