UCLA CENTER FOR COMMUN!TY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS

CCCP SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2021-2022

Can you feel the Power? The Power is with!n you!

Friday, August 6, 2021

Power to the

FORMERLY INCARCERATED/ SYSTEM IMPACTED

Transfer Student Exper!ence Web!nar

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Power to the FORMERLY INCARCERATED/SYSTEM IMPACTED (FISI)

Transfer Student Experience Webinar

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Meet our keynote speaker!

ASANI SHAKUR

Asani Shakur is a proud product of Richmond, CA. A motivational speaker, published writer, poet, educator, and inspiring author. Despite being a product of the school-to-prison pipeline; where he served five years after being indicted by the F.B.I. in 2007. Asani attended Sacramento City College and is a CCCP Scholar Alum. ⁠

Asani earned a full academic scholarship to UCLA in 2014, where he graduated at the top of his class summa cum laude; majoring in African American studies (class of 2016) and served as the UCLA STOMP (Student Transfer Outreach Mentoring Program) organizing co-chair. ⁠

Asani earned his M.B.A from CSU-East Bay. Asani is a SAYS (Sacramento Area Youth Speaks) warrior scholar and lives by the organization's philosophy that “school is his hustle”. Asani is a father of two boys aged four and eleven and defines his priorities as being a “real” model and not a “role model”. Asani is a realtor in the greater Sacramento area and is a self-described Tupac and Malcolm X scholar and uses his mentorship and artivism to serve and empower his community. ⁠

Community College Efforts and Resources: Rising Scholars Network

Javier Rodriguez

Javier Rodriguez is a double Bruin, earning his Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology in 2017 and Masters in Social Welfare in 2019. Javier’s professional experiences include serving as a mental health service coordinator and program coordinator at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Currently, Javier is the regional coordinator for the California Community College Rising Scholars Network serving the Central Coast, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and the Inland Empire. Rising Scholars actively works to incorporate the unique needs of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students into the California Community College System and its equity initiatives.