Gary Conner

Gary Conner is a student affairs professional who has invested more than fifteen years in the research and study of cultural, racial and gender specific communication and education.  He has taught courses on ethnocentricity, un-learning oppression and civility at prisons, civic organizations, houses of worship as well as presented workshops at universities, high schools and business institutions.

Utilizing methods gleaned from research, counseling and stand up comedy, as well as many years of experience teaching, he points a finger at our collective faults and lays blame clearly on the shoulders of those who fail to recognize and admit there is a problem and then act to correct that problem.

In 1992 Mr. Conner co-founded Cultural Racial Understanding and Exchange (CRUX), an interactive method of learning how to communicate across racial and ethnic lines while simultaneously putting the onus on the individual to both teach and learn. By removing the hierarchy of heredity, CRUX allows directed discussions to be facilitated in safe space environments, giving participants the freedom to ask candid questions and to give and receive frank, honest answers without fear of reprisal.