KEYNOTE SPEAKER · PANELIST · MODERATOR
Entertainment Industry Executive, Producer and Active Citizen · Durham, NC (USA) native
A mistaken-identity arrest became a movement that changed state laws. His talks show audiences how to turn what goes wrong into what comes next.
SPEAKER REEL · 2:58
NAACP National Convention, USC, legislative signings, TV interviews and classrooms from Budapest to Buenos Aires.
Hosted on Charles’s own YouTube channel and embedded here.
Turning a moment of injustice into purpose and change.
The story that started the #AutoErase campaign. Name it. Price it. Narrow it. Pass it on.
Your audience leaves with: a way to turn setbacks into change, and the allies to make it stick.
From a Facebook post to state law, with no connections.
From North Carolina’s first law (2015) to South Carolina’s, which took 11 years and became law in 2026.
Your audience leaves with: how to find sponsors, build support and keep a good idea alive.
Seeing beyond first impressions.
What residing in 13 countries teaches about snap judgments.
Your audience leaves with: habits for seeing people clearly that change how we lead, teach and connect.
“You’re a hero, man.”
Gov. Pat McCrory, at the signing of North Carolina S.B. 233, Aug. 6, 2015
“I’d like to recognize Charles Belk as a #gamechanger.”
Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., 2015
“Charles turns his own wrongful arrest into a lesson about what every one of us can do. Audiences leave with a plan, not just a story.”
Robin Harrison, VP, NAACP Hollywood Bureau
“Charles has a gift for making students believe they can do more than one thing. He’s living proof of it.”
Louise Yates, Senior Associate Dean (ret.), USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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