About the author
John Parker is a high-energy, results-oriented, executive public relations consultant and political operative. Parker’s experience includes time as editor of a two ...
About the author
John Parker is a high-energy, results-oriented, executive public relations consultant and political operative. Parker’s experience includes time as editor of a two online newspaper, as well as eleven years as principal of a St. Louis-based, Evolution Communication Group, a certified public relations firm that has the honor of having client relationships dating back to the firm’s first year. Drawing on his first-hand knowledge, and how society works in conjunction with the various institutions of the professional world, Parker is an expert on how to project a positive image. Parker has implemented numerous successful campaigns, ranging from grassroots community relations programs to national publicity efforts.
Clients John Parker has served operate in both the public and private sectors, and are involved in variety of different industry sectors, including economic development, transit, construction, government organizations, professional sports teams, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, real estate and more. He is adept at crafting messages that resonate and communicate complex information to diverse audiences.
He is a renowned national motivational speaker, and a social activist. He is also a radio/television talk show host, and is a twenty-four-year veteran of college and professional football. He has a reputation as one of the most inspirational speakers in the country.
Parker is a native of the area of Ferguson, Missouri. He is uniquely aware that, in the eyes of many White Americans, racism and discrimination are no longer a serious and widespread problem in American society, but African Americans face the evils of racism regularly. It is to a considerable degree precisely that awareness led him to write From Sheets to Suits. His position is that, to be an African American is to live with racism every day.