Description: Official Website of Dr. Eddie Connor
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DR. EDDIE CONNOR is a best-selling author, international speaker, college professor, radio/TV correspondent, and visionary of the Access Identity Conference . As the founder of the Eagles Academy , he empowers members to soar into success and purpose. Dr. Eddie is a survivor of stage 4 cancer and empowers people to overcome obstacles. He is the former President of the National Entrepreneurs Association of Michigan.
As an author of 16 best-selling books, Dr. Eddie has been featured on ABC, BET, CBS, Ebony, FOX News, Jet, Lifetime TV, NBC, PBS, TCT, The Steve Harvey TV Show, The Tom Joyner Show, The Word Network, The Huffington Post, Mentoring Kings, and USA Today. Dr. Eddie was an empowerment speaker at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ MegaFest . He was featured in the acclaimed BET documentary, It Takes a Village to Raise Detroit and stars in the movie Lady Luck 2 .
Dr. Eddie is the founder of the mentoring programs, Boys 2 Books and Gifted for Greatness which empowers young males via literacy, leadership, and life skills enrichment. As an aide to former U.S. Congressman Hansen Clarke, Dr. Eddie assisted in crafting a bipartisan resolution to address the urgent crisis of illiteracy in America. The resolution became the impetus for President Barack Obama’s, My Brother's Keeper initiative.