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World changer Fridays
World Changer Friday equips students with the leadership, resilience, and compassion to recognize their influence and use it to make a positive impact in their school and our DFW community.
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THE STORY…
For a long time, I thought changing the world meant going out into it.
I’ve traveled across 15 countries, learning from people and cultures that changed how I saw the world.
But my biggest dream wasn't traveling.
It was becoming a father.
Today, I'm present at home with my wife and our three kids. I get to watch our 16-year-old daughter and her friends navigate school, friendships, pressure, and life, while also raising our 1 and 2-year-olds.
And it made me ask:
What if I could help change the world without always having to travel across the country?
I genuinely believe our students can change the world.
Not someday. Now.
They just need someone to believe in them and give them the space and opportunity to lead.
That's the heart behind World Changer Friday.
My crazy dream is to see the DFW Metroplex revolutionize because of the young leaders growing up here.
One school. One student leader. One idea at a time.
That's World Changer Friday.
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back-to-school
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leadership
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red ribbon week
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Bully prevention
· back-to-school · leadership · red ribbon week · Bully prevention
How It Works
Choose Between:
1 to 2 assemblies
Or, 1 assembly and a Leadership Lab intensive group (view FAQs to learn more)
Choose the Time Slot:
Morning: 8:00 am — 11:00 am
Afternoon: 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Pick Your Friday:
When submitting an inquiry, choose the date your school would like.
the world changer experience
Built around Leadership, Resilience, and Compassion. Helping students grow in who they are
— so they can shape the culture around them.
Leadership
Students see that leadership isn't about a title. It's about how they show up and the influence they already have.
Compassion
Students will understand the importance of how they treat themselves and the people around them.
Resilience
Students will learn how to respond well when life doesn’t go as planned — using science backed tools that give them real strategies to bounce back in a healthy way.
School Culture
The best schools I have walked into have one thing in common. The teachers and the students both believe they are part of something worth showing up for. That is what we are building.
Who is World Changer Friday For?
DFW area PTAs, counselors, and admin who want to bring a meaningful, high impact student centered experience I bring to schools across the country — right here in our own backyard.
Available Fridays, 2026-2027 school year.
Spots are limited.
FAQs
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$600 flat rate.
This rate is specifically for schools booking on Fridays between
September and November.If you'd like to bring Rashad to your school outside of a Friday,
you can submit an inquiry for his regular speaking rates. -
Every school will receive a short School Culture Questionnaire
for the admin to fill out before the visit.This gives Rashad a better understanding of your students, your school culture, and what your team
is currently working toward so he can tailor the stories, message, and activities to your campus. -
Every student receives a post assembly reflection resource
designed to help them slow down, reflect on the message,
and think about how they can apply it to their own life and school.The activities give students space to explore questions around
leadership, resilience, compassion, identity,
and their vision for their school.Teachers can use the resource for classroom reflection,
small group discussion, or continued conversation
after the program. -
Before the visit, teachers and students can complete a short
LRC Culture Snapshot.Just 5 questions.
The Snapshot looks at leadership, resilience, compassion,
belonging, and student advocacy to help identify where
students are thriving and where there may be
opportunities to grow.The results help shape the conversation during the
assembly/small group and can give your team a
clearer picture of your school culture.Schools can also use the Snapshot before and after the
experience to track growth and see
where students are developing over time.
This gives your staff and district meaningful data they can use
when evaluating student growth and future programming. -
A small group experience for 10–15 influential student leaders.
Think of an intimate dinner with rich, meaningful
leadership conversations.Rashad works with students to build practical leadership skills,
think about the culture they want to create at their school,
and identify ways they can use their influence to make an impact.Already have a leadership group or student leadership
initiative? Great. The Leadership Lab can come alongside what
you're already building and enhance it rather than replace it.Your students are full of creative, impactful ideas.
Let them shine. -
The World Changer Project is an optional way for students
to put their leadership into action after the Leadership Lab.Students identify something they care about and create a
simple project to make a difference in their school or community.It could be:
A project led by the Leadership Lab students
A project each classroom or grade level takes on
Or a schoolwide initiative everyone contributes to
The goal isn't to create another program for your staff to manage.
It's to give students the space to take an idea and
do something special with it. -
As a former educator, someone who has been doing this work for years, and a parent myself,
I understand how important it is to include the people who know your students best.Upon request, I’ll provide an optional Parent/Guardian
Newsletter introducing myself, sharing what I discussed with
students, and giving parents simple ways to
continue the conversation at home.I’ll also include 3 simple questions I’ve learned as a parent
that can help open up a real conversation about their
child’s day beyond:“How was school?”
“Good.”My heart is for parents and guardians to feel seen, valued,
and included while reminding them that we all play
a part in helping their students grow.They deserve it.
What If Your Students Became the Changemakers?
My mom planted a seed in me early.
I would ask, “Ma, can I really do whatever I put my mind to?”
Her answer was always simple: “If you work hard and believe, yes, son.”
That belief changed the way I saw myself.
That belief took me 1,300 miles from home to South Carolina State University.
There, I became president of the Call Me MISTER teaching program, started a boys mentoring program, and organized the first 5K Childhood Cancer Awareness Walk.
I wasn't just learning. I was learning that I could create.
After college, I wanted to understand people beyond what I had been taught.
So I raised over $18,000 and backpacked across four continents and 14 countries, listening to people, learning from cultures, and seeing the world differently.
The more I saw, the more I believed:
We really can make an impact.
When I came home, I knew I had to give students that same belief.
So I created the World Changer Project and began giving students space to dream, think bigger, and turn their ideas into action.
And then something happened that I didn't expect.
A school took the idea and made it their own.
With support from their teachers and administration, students created kindness projects throughout their school.
That's the power of giving students a little belief, a little direction, and a chance to lead.
Students don't lack ideas.
Sometimes they just lack space to use what they already know.
We give students so much knowledge.
What if we gave them more opportunities to practice leadership, solve real problems, and make their school and community better?
And if I’m being honest…there’s still a little boy in me who asks, “Can I really change the world?”
Today, I get to look at students and tell them, “Yes. You can.”
What Could Your Students Create?
The story above shows what can happen when students are given the space, support, and belief to lead.
Through the Leadership Lab, 10–15 student leaders go deeper after the assembly to unpack the message, identify a need within their school, and ask, “What can we do about it?”
From there, your students can create a World Changer Project of their own. It could be led by the Leadership Lab, a classroom, or even grow into a schoolwide effort.
The idea doesn't have to be big.
It just has to be theirs.
What could your students create if you gave them the space to lead?
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