Black, Brown, & College Bound Summit
MCC-Blue River 2020 Student Representative

In 2006, Hillsborough Community College held the first annual Black, Brown & College Bound Summit in Tampa, Florida to address the national problem of a lack of student success in the areas of persistence, retention, and graduation for all students and in particular African American and Latino males.

Bukuru Dieudone, MCC-Blue River
2020 Student Participant

Bukuru (second from left) with MCC-Penn Valley Student Success Manager, Chris Shobe (far right) and Ndaba Mandela (center), grandson of Nelson Mandela.

Bukuru (fourth from left) and other MCC student participants, along with Dr. Lee, President of MCC-Penn Valley and MCC-Maple Woods (far right).

Bukuru with guest speaker Ed "Too Tall" Jones.

Bukuru speaking with Jose Antonio Vargas (a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and theatrical producer).