Meet Our Trainers

Flint Community Schools, industrious parents, Flint’s Fifth Ward, and a fair share of luck have contributed to the Social Scientist that is Calvin Orr II. Calvin’s parents, both entrepreneurs, modeled the importance of cultivating relationships, while his stepmother exemplified brilliant teaching. Calvin leveraged his personal experiences to earned a BS in communications, interdisciplinary leadership, and nonprofit administration from Eastern Michigan University and a MSW specializing in community partnerships from Georgia State University. As Principal Consultant at Stoëx LLC, Calvin has trained hundreds of progressive individuals representing dozens of progressive organizations over the previous five years. His clients have won issue campaigns, nationally. Calvin is an expert at walking clients through a process of cultivating emotional intelligence and leveraging deep authentic relationships to meet campaign fundraising goals.