Campus Safety, Health & Environmental Management Association
2003 Annual Conference
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Welcome Reception Speaker
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Barry Scott Leadership:
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Barry Scott is a Nashville native and is also a nationally recognized lecturer and motivational speaker who will speak about “motivational leadership” at the CSHEMA Sunday evening Welcome Reception. Barry honors the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and will deliver a powerful re-enactment of the civil rights leader 's most famous speeches. Barry uses examples from his own life and shows how Dr. King used his leadership skills to motivate and inspire the nation to fight for equality and civil rights.
Drawing rave reviews from colleges and universities across the country, Scott's portrayal of Dr. King is so convincing and powerful that Coretta Scott King (the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) once cornered him between acts of a play to compliment him on his realistic and honest depiction of her late husband. His leadership speech is a regular part of the curriculum at the prestigious Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
In 1994, Scott performed excerpts of King's speeches for the Humanitarian Awards Ceremony honoring former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He also performed the "I Have a Dream" and "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speeches on the "March On" album, benefiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Biography
A native of Nashville, Tennessee, he is the founder and artistic director of
The American Negro Playwright Theatre. Scott has made several appearances on
television shows including "I'll Fly Away" and "Rescue 911", and a recurring
role as a minister in the successful series "In the Heat of the Night". He
co-starred with Jim Varney in the Touchstone film, "Ernest Goes to Jail".
His voice can be heard on commercials around the country for companies such
as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Professional Golf Association (PGA) and The
National Arbor Day Foundation.
Scott is a member of the Actor's Equity Guild and the American Film, Radio
and Television Association. He earned his bachelor's degree in speech
communications and theatre from Tennessee State University.
