Calvin Terrell, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, owns and operates Social Centric, a company he designed to provide education and training for all ages to enhance the authenticity of relationships and progress. He is a former Assistant Director of the National Conference for Community Justice/Anytown USA. He has taught for Upward Bound at Arizona State University and the Arizona National Guard’s Freedom Academy. For the past fifteen years, Calvin has lectured, trained, and lead comprehensive workshops for valuing diversity, justice, and unity building in schools, corporations and civic organizations for thousands of adults, children, and youth throughout the United States. Calvin's expertise has even prompted Harpo Inc., the production company of Oprah Winfrey to seek out and contract his services to facilitate trainings for their production staff, Human Resource department, and coaching of Production Development managers.  Some other organizations Calvin has rendered services to are:

- Colorado River Indian Reservation, Fort McDowell, and other Tribal Nation youth gatherings (workshops on Indigenous Solidarity and ongoing prejudice/internalized oppression prevention trainings)
- AZ Adult and Youth Probation Departments (workshops at El Puente Conference on Latino Solidarity and prevention of internalized oppression, statewide conference keynote and workshop on racial/generational prejudice, and ongoing youth violence prevention work)
- Human Rights Campaign in Washington D. C. (ongoing lectures in Historical Black Colleges and universities on Black Solidarity, internalized oppression prevention, and diversity)
- Girl Power Conference at Arizona State University West (keynote on male responsibility to gender equality and equity workshops)
- Avondale/Flagstaff Police Departments (on going generational/racial prejudice prevention and parent trainings)
- City of Phoenix Head Start (keynotes for summer and winter conferences on racial prejudice and investing in the arts, facilitate ongoing workshops on organizational change, communication, and diversity)
- National League of Cities (prejudice prevention training for council members and officers from throughout the US)
- Muhammad Ali Center and Museum in Louisville, KY (assisted in development of a permanent youth interactive display)
- National Conference for Community & Justice (schoolwide speeches, staff trainings, and Unitown retreats for prejudice prevention in the Newport News School Dist. and Metrotown Prejudice Prevention institutes at Hampton University and University of Richmond)
- International Conference of Parks & Recreation (lectures on elements of underground Hip Hop culture uses as tools for constructive societal change and racial prejudice prevention)
- Minority Student Association Network (keynote and panelist at Cleveland Conference on closing the achievement gap in schools, ongoing consultation in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights School Districts related to race based disparities in achievement)

Calvin has received awards and honors from Arizona Affirmative Action, Davis Monthan Air Force Base, various religious institutions, and the year 2000 city of Phoenix Martin Luther King, Jr. “Living the Dream” award for his dedication to human rights issues. A compelling story about Calvin’s work with youth is featured in the book “Chicken Soup for the African American Soul” of the Chicken Soup series. His style involves high energy, experiential activities, group dialogue, and real life stories to address, understand, and navigate individual, institutional, and societal challenges. Calvin’s greatest motivations are his marriage of 15 years, four children, faith and service to humanity as a vigilant spiritual evolutionary.