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Ronald L. Jones delivers the keynote address during the Dream to Achieve Leadership Summit’s “Banquet of Achievement” on Friday, July 24, 2015, at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington.

Bishop Nash/The Herald-DispatchRonald L. Jones delivers the keynote address during the Dream to Achieve Leadership Summit’s “Banquet of Achievement” on Friday, July 24, 2015, at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington.

Bishop Nash/The Herald-DispatchRonald L. Jones delivers the keynote address during the Dream to Achieve Leadership Summit’s “Banquet of Achievement” on Friday, July 24, 2015, at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington.

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HUNTINGTON - Ronald L. Jones, a consultant, motivational speaker, youth mentor and catalyst for change, was the keynote speaker at the Dream to Achieve Leadership Summit's Banquet of Achievement, sponsored by the American Dream Movement, Friday at the Pullman Plaza Hotel.

Jones is a graduate of Marshall University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and International Affairs.

He is also a native of Charles Town, West Virginia, and a graduate of Jefferson High School. He received his Master of Arts in Psychology for leadership and organizational development from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

The American Dream Movement is made up of a group of African American male students in the community, in the 8th grade through the 12th grade.

Charles Meyers, coordinator of the event and director of the American Dream Movement, is a 2013 Marshall graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. He developed the American Dream Movement for African American male students who, he said, "just need a sense of hope and direction to become successful individuals."

The summit, which started Thursday and continues through Saturday, is being conducted by the American Dream Movement of the Huntington Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. It is being supported by the Nu Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Huntington Chapter of the NAACP, Office of Intercultural Affairs at Marshall University, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Huntington and First Baptist Church of Huntington.

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