Student Strand
#SucessfulStudentSwag: Secrets to Student Success
Presenter: Jahmad Canely President, LAUNCH Student Success
Workshop Description: Ever wonder why some students’ academic success seems like “light work”? Many students see disparities in performance as an indicator that they are not “college material”. The fact is, being a good college student is not a natural talent but a learned skill set. LAUNCH Student Success is here to teach you the rules of this “education game” so that you too can create your own success by understanding how to build an academic game plan at the beginning of each term! Come learn how to how to never cram for an exam again!
ROOM LOCATION: Core I
Be Your Own Boss
Presenter: Debra Wallace, A2WEND, Vice President of Finance, CSULA
Co-Presenter(s): Charnnel Ellis, Faculty Los Angeles City College
Workshop Description: This session will provide guidance and academic research surrounding entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, attitudes and intentions focused around the Black male with the aim to increase the entrepreneurial mindset.
ROOM LOCATION: Laguana Beach
Superhero Masterclass
Presenter: Lincoln Johnson, Education Specialist Los Angeles Southwest College
Workshop Description: This presentation is a masterclass for African-American Male students to take the adversity and challenges faced to become successful, global citizens. Through meaningful interaction, student engagement, strategies and indicators of global consciousness and self-awareness, this presentation uses indicators of adversity to strengthen student self-concept, efficacy and achievement.
ROOM LOCATION: Huntington Beach
A Road Map to the Profession
Presenter: Karlos Carter, Recruitment Director California Firefighters Joint Apprenticeship Program
Workshop Description: So, it’s time to graduate … looking for a professional career that isn’t a typical office job? Cal-JAC has a ‘roadmap’ to a profession where your current community college skills can be applied to the California fire service. It’s not just a job — it’s a calling, and a profession that gives you a chance to grow and advance as you make a difference for your family and community. Workshop Theme: “Do you have what it takes to be a Pro?” Presenters: Karlos Carter, Recruitment Director & La Sauna Pakeman, Recruitment Coordinator of Cal-JAC, California Firefighters Joint Apprenticeship Program Prerequisites: Open minds and a spirit of community.
ROOM LOCATION: Venice Beach
Female Student Strand Presented by Nandi
#UnapologeticallyBlackWoman
Presenters: Nesha Savage, Ed.D., Professor, Counselor, San Diego City College Ebony Tyree, M.A., Assistant Professor, English, Umoja Program Leadership Advisor, San Diego City College Janue Johnson-Seaton, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, Professional Learning Coordinator, San Diego Mesa College Erin Charlens, Ed.D., Professor, Counselor, Umoja Coordinator
Workshop Description: This session will critique the negative stereotypes experienced by Black women and discuss how the reframing of these stereotypes can be used as a powerful force to liberate and enact change. The workshop will be a sacred space to uplift, celebrate and embrace the unapologetically Black woman.
ROOM LOCATION: City View I/II
Instructional Strand
Reimagining Connections to Interconnect the Black Male Student to Optimize Guided Pathways for Success
Presenter: Elizabeth Walker, Ph.D. Associate Professor, College of the Desert
Co-Presenter(s): Dr. K. L. Newhouse, J.D., LLM, MBA, Chief Crisis, Culture & Conflict Strategist KNEWImage Communications: Media & Management
Workshop Description: It is of dire importance to create a Guided Pathways Program within the curriculum that would strengthen career opportunities and connections for young Black male students enrolled in community college campuses. We will discuss how to create a network of Black professionals with your college communities that would strengthen the Guided Pathways Grant Program for your students.
Room Location: Core II
A Thousand Words: Deconstructing Black Male Representation in the Age of Social Media
Presenter: Robert L. Stewart, Jr. Area C Representative
Co-Presenter(s): Avery Caldwell, Golden West College Karla Kirk, ASCCC North Representative Tahirah Simpson, San Bernardino Valley College
Workshop Description: This session will help attendees uncover and understand stereotypes that hide behind social media images of Black males and how those images not only perpetuate negative and deceptive narratives of Black males, but in the larger context of institutional racism, the role that they play in social, economic, and political stratum. Each participant will leave with skills to be a positive Black male social media presence in their own personal network as they impact others.
ROOM LOCATION: Santa Monica Beach
Racelighting Men of Color: Towards a Better Racial Climate for Students, Faculty, and Staff
Presenters: J. Luke Wood, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Education, San Diego State University Frank Harris III, Ed.D., Professor of Postsecondary Education, San Diego State University
Workshop description: Racelighting is the process whereby people of color question their own thoughts and actions due to systematically delivered racialized messages that make them second-guess their own lived experiences and realities with racism. Racelighting includes messages that reinforce stereotypes that people of color are academically inferior, have lower capabilities, are morally destitute, and are of lesser worth; however, unlike gaslighting, where the messages are intentional, racelighting messages can be intentional and unintentional, depending on the perpetrator(s). This session will examine how racelighting impacts men of color students, as well as the faculty and staff who serve them.
ROOM LOCATION: Jetway
Administrative & Student Support Strand
The Trinity Brotherhood Initiative
Presenter: Trevor Beauford, Assistant Dean of Community Standards, Restorative Justice, and Greek Life, Trinity College
Workshop Description: The Trinity Brotherhood Initiative workshop will explore the value of “informal” programs that focus on creating authentic communities for African-American and Hispanic students on predominantly white campuses. The model, which is currently used on the campus of Trinity College for young men of color, provides informal opportunities for both motivational and educational connections between students and faculty/staff of color that facilitate social supports and academic successes.
ROOM LOCATION: Core III
From the Margins to Center Stage: Transforming College Commitment Through Justice Equity Efforts for Male Students of Color
Presenter: Audrey Yamagata-Noji, Ph.D. Vice President of Student Services Mt. San Antonio College
Co-presenter(s): Clarence Banks, MPA- Director, Aspire Program, Mt. San Antonio College, Derrick Young, MA- Counselor, Minority Male Initiative Joe Louis Hernandez, MA- Coordinator, Minority Male Initiative and Rising Scholars Trayvon Williams- Coordinator, Minority Male Initiative Raul Cabral-Coordinator, Minority Male Initiative
Workshop description: As community colleges seek to improve access and student success, statistics continue to haunt us, especially during the pandemic. Colleges have been challenged to provide successful and supportive learning environments for first generation, low income, uniquely impacted male students of color.
ROOM LOCATION: Manhattan Beach
Case Study + Intervention: Career Development of Black Male Revenue Generating Student-Athletes within an Environment of Anti-Black Racism
Presenter: Howard Croom, Doctoral Candidate/Academic Counselor (Athletics) University of Southern California
Workshop description: Academic support services for student-athletes often rely on anecdotal information rather than research and evidence to inform practice. The current program was designed to address obstacles to career development for Black male revenue generating student-athletes.
ROOM LOCATION: City View III/IV
Setting the Bar: How to start an A2MEND Student Organization at your College:
Presenters: Antonio Banks, Charter Program and Chris Williams, Counselor, Riverside City College, Trevor Brackett, Counselor, Pasadena City College
Workshop Description: This workshop will discuss the benefits and impact of the charters as well as provide insights to participants who may have interest in starting a charter at their colleges.
ROOM LOCATION: Penthouse