Mon 8.17.20
The Men of Color Experience Webinar
LINKS FOR THE MOC WEBINAR
- Would you be interested in additional activities that focus on transfer, social justice and men of color. Please fill out this short survey: After MOC Webinar Survey LINK
- CCCP highly encourages all students planning to transfer to create a University of California, Transfer Admission Planner account.
FURTHER READINGS
Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth" Tara J. Yosso, Published online: 23 Aug 2006.
Young Black & Houseless, AUTHORS: EARL J. EDWARDS, MA, TYRONE HOWARD, PHD, AND THE BLACK MALE INSTITUTE LAB
Power to the Men of Color Webinar
RECORDING 8/17https://youtu.be/JOTYejx4Eu8AGENDA
MORNING SESSION: What Men (of Color) Really Want?
10:00 AM Registration: The CCCP Staff
10:30 AM Welcome & Introduction: The CCCP Staff
10:40 Community Agreements: Alejandro Juarez-Ugalde
10:45 Man of Action with a Plan of Action: Feixiong Wang & Alejandro Juarez-Ugalde
11:00 The Man Box: Amare El Jamii & Justin Mendez
Break & Optional Activities
12-1 PM: MOC Web Concert
1-2 PM: Networking Hour
AFTERNOON SESSION: What Men (of Color) Really Need?
2:00 PM Men of Color in Higher Education: Dr. Tyrone Howard
2:40 Transfer Men of Color Panel: Carl Illustrisimo, Donald Salcedo, Xavier Postell, Ramon Hernandez
3:20 Closing &Religion: Santiago Bernal
PRESENTERS
Tyrone C. Howard is professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies’ at UCLA. Dr. Howard is an endowed chair and the inaugural director of the new UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, which is a campus wide consortium examining academic, mental health, and social emotional experiences and challenges for the California’s most vulnerable youth populations. He is also the former Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. Professor Howard’s research examines culture, race, teaching and learning in urban schools. Professor Howard has published over 75 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports. He has published several bestselling books, among them, Why Race & Culture Matters in Schools and Black Male(d): Peril and promise in the education of African American males. His most recent book, Expanding College Access for Urban Youth (Teachers College Press, 2016) documents ways schools and colleges can create higher education opportunities for youth of color. Dr. Howard is also the Director and Founder of the Black Male Institute at UCLA, which is an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars, practitioners, community members, and policy makers dedicated to examining the nexus of race, class, and gender of school age youth
Professor, Department of African American Studies and Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; Endowed Chair and the Inaugural Director, UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families
Follow the link for more on his work: Dr. Howard's webpage
Amare El Jamii
After working for over a decade in the manufacturing and distribution industries, Amare El Jamii enrolled in community college with the intent on pursuing a more fulfilling career. He obtained his Associate degrees in both Mathematics and Computer Information Systems as well as his Bachelor degrees in Statistics and Applied Mathematics from Norco College and UCLA respectfully. Since graduation he has continued his work in education, specifically with students from under-represented and under-resourced communities. His work experience includes working with non-profit organizations, secondary educational institutions, California Community Colleges, the Cal States and the University of California.
Amare’s last position as a Director of a non-profit allowed him to oversee a dozen educational based projects from a college prep course to a robotics course teaching students how to build and fly drones. He has taught multiple subjects in the STEM fields, from mathematics and computer programming to unmanned aerial systems. Amare is currently co-founder of both Cultivating Hope, LLC, an educational consulting firm and the J.T. Mitchell Pre-Apprencticeship Academy, an organization that prepares students to take the written and oral exams and enter into union construction and trade careers.
Justin Mendez
Justin matriculated through public schooling in K-12, and became the first in his family to attend college by enrolling at Santa Monica College. Being involved in student organizations and working with community non-profits, he developed his passion for social justice and supporting underrepresented and minoritized populations. Justin transferred to UCLA and received his B.A. in Chicana and Chicano Studies with a double-minor in African-American Studies and Education. He also achieved his M.A. in Education from UCLA, with a specialization in Race and Ethnic Studies. At Norco College, he led efforts in creating empowerment programs for Men of Color, Foster Youth, and first-year students. Justin is currently serving his community as the Basic Needs Program Manager at Long Beach City College.
Donald Salcedo
Donald Salcedo, an enrolled member of the Quechan Nation of Ft.Yuma California and a Los Angeles Urban community member. Donald is an student at UCLA where he is working towards his undergraduate degree in American Indian Studies with a minor in Public Affairs. Donald transferred from Fullerton College in 2017. Donald currently sits on the Board of Directors of The California Indian Basket-weavers Association. Donald's passion is empowering his community though wellness and a deep connection of culture.
Carl Illustrisimo
Carl Illustrisimo is a rising 4th year transfer at the University of California, Los Angeles majoring in Sociology with a Concentration in Computing. He is a member of the organizing committee for the Student Labor Advocacy Project, where they organize students in solidarity with workers through labor advocacy teach-ins and agitations, and Anakbayan, an international Anti-Imperialist youth organization fighting for genuine democracy locally and in the Philippines. Carl also organized alongside COLA4ALL as a member of the UCLA 4 COLA organizing body and is involved in tenants rights as a member of the Los Angeles Tenants Union. Most recently, Carl co-authored a resolution passed through USAC to denounce the Anti Terror Law in the Philippines and to call upon the UC to take action and do the same.
Xavier Postell
Born in Camp Pendleton, raised in Florida, I've moved around a lot in my life and had the opportunities to build upon myself in so many unique ways. I look forward to challenging myself even if I want to shy away, and I love to challenge others. I think in life, we will always be students so it's best to question and probe and never just take things at face value, because at the end of the day we're all still learning.
Ramon Hernandez
Ramón F. Hernández (he/him/his) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California (Tongva-Gabrielino land). Ramón transferred to UCLA from Pasadena City College in 2016. As an undergrad, he studied Ethnomusicology with a focus on World Music in the Herb Alpert School of Music. He is currently a Master’s Student in UCLA’s International Institute in Latin American Studies where he continues to explore language and culture and the historical continuity of ritual practice, while also looking at the construction of identity and the dynamic between historically marginalized communities and majoritarian society and modernity. Ramón enjoys reading, drawing, hiking, listening to and/or playing music in his spare time.