Khalil Shakeel | SpeakerHub

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Bio

A Professional Speaker, Educator, Mentor, owner of Ambition Boxing Academy & Ambition Athletics, and the Author of: A Better M.A.L.E. (Men Are Learned Early): A book that empowers males to unlearn the principles and behaviors learned early in life that were WRONG, that were passed down through generations that needed to be disrupted. "A Better Male." disrupts that cycle by instructing the changes needed.

Coach Khalil is an Army veteran, an author, a professional licensed School Social Worker who has worked in pubic education for more than 20 years, also serving as a Dropout Prevention Specialist. Coach Khalil's work is rooted in discipline, accountability, and self development. With more than 10 years speaking at conferences, community events, and school professional development, Coach Khalil challenges males to face truth, break cycles and rise to their fullest potential, he has developed a strong reputation for effectively engaging adolescent males facing academic and behavioral challenges in school.

Current position (5)

Professional Licensed School Social Worker

Cumberland County Schools

Book Author

A Better M.A.L.E. (Men Are Learned Early)

Developer/Director

A Better M.A.L.E. Movement

Dropout Prevention/Intervention Specialist

Cumberland County Schools

Assistant Restorative Justice Teacher

Cumberland County School

Degrees (2)

Social Work

UNCP

1999 to 2002

Masters of Psychology: Child and Adolescent Development

Capella University

2010 to 2013

Presentations

Presentations (5)

C.O.O.L. VS C.O.I.L.

Teaching young males to choose Character over outward appearance, a mental shift to focusing on their inner layers over their outer layers

A Better M.A.L.E. (Men Are Learned Early)

A transformational message of relearning the incorrect lessons that many males learn growing up, and relearning the proper steps to be social and emotional successful

I dropped out year ago, you just ignored it

Addressing emotional, academic and social disengagement from school, long before it becomes problematic and someone took notice.

High F.I.V.E. (Fathers Involved Value Excellence)

A call for fathers and/or mentors to not only show up by being present, be productive while being present.

I was NOT At-Risk, I was RISK

Often we here of adolescent males being described as at-risk; although there is not clear definition of what at-risk is, what is being defined as at-risk does not prove that it is true. In this presentation I discuss how labeling a student at-risk does not make a student that label. There is no way of proving that an at-risk student cannot be successful. I talk about how I was past the labeling of at-risk, my situation was so bad that I was just RISK. I show how adolescent males can be moved off the at-risk list, to the another success list.

Workshops (3)

A Better M.A.L.E. Physical Health

90 minutes

During this workshop, the topic of discussion was on ways for males to take better care of their physical health: Topic discussions included: The # 1 Killer of Men, the Silent Killer of Men, Navigating Nutrition, Movement as Medicine

Saving adolescent males from suspension by using life skill strategies

1 hour

The discussion centered around strategies that can be used in order to stop adolescent males from suffering so many out of school suspensions, suggestions included, reporting to the school social worker or dropout prevention specialist each morning, using restorative justice over out of school suspension, create or use a character academy

C.O.O.L. vs C.O.I.L. adolescent males battle from within

1 hour

We discuss the battle adolescent males have with themselves in trying to impress their outside world, while losing the inner battle of who they should try to become.

Past talks (2)

Dads, what is your Physical Health?

North Carolina Fatherhood conference

Raleigh North Carolina

June 7, 2025

High F.I.V.E. (Fathers Involved Value Excellence)

South Carolina State Head Start Association Fatherhood Conference

Myrtle Beach South Carolina

May 12, 2025