Honored to be a presenter at the Summer Bright Prospect Summer Academy at the Harvey Mudd College. Have always been impressed with this program in Pomona which has been successful in increasing the number of low-income, first-generation students who enroll, persist, and graduate from higher education colleges and universities. They have achieved this through year-round academic support, life-skills training, social-emotional learning, and individualized mentorship. Adelante.

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College for All Coalition at Solidarity Center in Pomona including representatives from Latino and Latina Roundtable, NAACP, and COFEM – with Nikki Dominguez carrying out an all-day workshop – as part of workshops being held by 72 organizations in various parts of the state – preparing participants for going to Sacramento to speak with legislators on key educational bills that can ensure full access, full investment, and full equity in public and higher education for our students – so that they can achieve their greatest potential.

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Celebrating Pitzer Commencement with students Luna Romero and Isabel Pan (who took my class in their first year and participated in the next four years in organizing with farmworkers, day laborers, immigrant rights marches, and park restoration projects); with renowned political activist and Professor Angela Davis (whom I had met back in the early civil rights movement); Continue reading →

So good to be with Ann Stromberg and many of my former students at Pitzer Alumni of Color. Continue reading →