Miramar College will celebrate Black Student Success Week from April 24 through April 28, 2023. This year’s theme is Vision to Action: Building Systems and Structures for Black Student Success. The week-long event will focus on those approaches that help ensure Black and African American students thrive at California community colleges. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Among the highlights:
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
SDCCD Black Student Success Summit
The Black Student Success Summit provides an opportunity for students to engage in building community and in dialogue to move toward solutions that dismantle barriers and enable each Black student to achieve their academic goals. Each student who attends will receive a gift. This virtual event is open to students and all district employees. The event will include a welcome by SDCCD Acting Chancellor Gregory Smith and Vice Chancellor of Educational Services Susan Topham. The summit also will feature keynote speaker San Diego Mesa College President, Ashanti Hands, Black student leaders, spoken word artist Gregory McKnight, Jr., and discussion sessions for students, classified professionals, faculty, and administrators. Register here. A Zoom link for the summit will be emailed prior to the event.
MONDAY, APRIL 24
11:30 a.m.
Drum performance and lecture
Join the Black Student Union and Yiriba Bernard Thomas, Co-Director & Founder of Teye Sa Thiosanne, who will be featured in a drum performance and mini-lecture.
San Diego Miramar College, LRC Outside Atrium, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Black Student Union: The Holistic Black Student Experience “We Are Not a Monolith” (Watch Party)
Part of a series of daily sessions, the focus will be on exploration of the various intersectional identities of Black students in California Community Colleges.
San Diego Miramar College, L-309, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
TUESDAY, APRIL 25
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Black Student Union: Supporting Black Student Success Through Racially Equitable State Policy (Watch Party)
Part of a series of daily sessions, the focus will be on opportunities to support Black student success through state policy, explore policies passed in recent years and their impact on closing racial equity gaps, and bring in the practitioners, students, and community partners directly impacted by such policies.
San Diego Miramar College, L-309, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
Noon to 2 p.m.
Health Services: Naloxone Discussion and Distribution
The Miramar Health Services medical team will host an on-campus Naloxone discussion and distribution to students during a meet-and-greet campus event.
San Diego Miramar College, Compass Point, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Black Student Union: Transition to Workforce and Livable Wages (Watch Party)
Part of a series of daily sessions, the focus will be on strategies to help Black students successfully transition into the workforce with livable wages.
San Diego Miramar College, L-309, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126.
Noon to 4 p.m.
Career Services: Child Development Fair
An opportunity to connect hiring companies for one-on-one meetings and to collect resumes from SDCCD students in the Child Development Program. Free food will be provided to participants.
San Diego Miramar College, K1-Lobby/K1-107, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
12:30 to 2 p.m.
NextUp Program: Foster Youth Awareness Month Launch Party!
Join the Miramar NextUp team as they kick-off Foster Youth Awareness month. Learn about the progress of the NextUp program and promote awareness of the needs of students.
San Diego Miramar College, Compass Point, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
THURSDAY, APRIL 27
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Black Student Union: Programming for Black Student Success (Watch Party)
Part of a series of daily sessions, this panel event brings together practitioners from across the state who have been successful in promoting Black student success to discuss their best practices and lessons learned. They will also share a practitioner’s toolkit with attendees.
San Diego Miramar College, L-309, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Student Affairs: Student Leadership Series “How to Be an Effective Leader”
From the importance of camaraderie to managing stress under pressure, students will learn how to be an effective and successful leader.
San Diego Miramar College, K1-211, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
2 to 5 p.m.
Career Services: Diesel Fair
An opportunity to connect hiring companies for one-on-one meetings and to collect resumes from SDCCD students enrolled in Miramar Colleges well-known Diesel program. Free food will be provided to participants.
San Diego Miramar College, C-1 Building/Diesel Yard, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126
Black Student Success Week at San Diego City, Mesa, Miramar, and Continuing Education colleges is sponsored by the SDCCD’s Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Office and Campus Diversity Advisory Council.
Black Student Success Week is organized in partnership with the following organizations: A2MEND, Umoja Community Education Foundation, The Campaign for College Opportunity, The Education Trust-West, the Equity Avengers, The RP Group, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, the Community College League of California, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, the Foundation for California Community Colleges, and the Student Senate for California Community Colleges.
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