SPEAKER & STRATEGIC CONSULTANT

Dr. Bill Merrifield

Equity, integrity, and empowerment

Meet Bill

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Together, let’s help people + communities flourish!

TALKS & SERVICES

  • Finding Your Mission & Vision

  • Core Values Workshop

  • Communication & Branding Workshop

  • Marketing & Fundraising Workshop

  • Continual Improvement Workshop

  • Strategic Goals Workshop

Consulting Services

  • Making Sense of Islam

  • The Art of Critical Thinking

  • Work as a Holy Calling

  • Culturally-Situated Transformation

  • Linguistic & Cultural Disability

  • The SODAP Model

Teaching/Training

  • Fostering Belonging: Ruth 4:1-12

  • Faithful Work: Ephesians 2:10

  • Faith & Disability: Phil 2:6-8

  • Freedom: Galatians 5:1-6

  • Trust in the Lord: Proverbs 3:5-6

  • He Cares for You: 1 Peter 5:6-11

  • Where is your citizenship?: Phil 3:20

  • Are you a fool? 1 Cor. 3:18-19

Sermons

  • Eddies of Transformation

  • Faithful Risk

  • Cultural Difference & the Mind of God

  • The Power of an Ordinary Life

  • Collectivism & Faith

  • I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

Blogs

  • Culture & Critical Thinking

  • Contextualizing principles: Lebanon and social justice perspectives on disabilities.

  • Clearing the fog: Reflective thinking and the Socratic seminar

  • The Transformative Classroom: Philosophical Foundations and Practical Applications, article review

  • Transformational Educators: A Special Education Perspective

  • Towards an Avicennian theodicy

Academic Research

Contact Bill

  • "My son Jeri began spending time at the center because the staff were so kind to him. Since then, he has changed so much. He attends tutoring and the worship and is a new person."

    Jeri’s Mother

  • "I finally learned about myself and how I could change. I now have friends and meaningful work as a tutor. I'm glad to be part of this community because I have changed  and my life is much better."

    Vick, student

  • “We love sharing what we have learned with others. Now we understand healthy boundaries and how traffickers operate. We know how to protect ourselves and our children, and how to help others who are trapped. We’re planning to start a helpline so we can save more lives.”

    Arya (name changed for confidentiality)