CHC Students/Administrators Attend A2Mend Conference
Publish Date: March 1, 2023
Photo: L to R: Devon Carter, Changwe Musonda, Dan Word, Lamont Montgomery, Willie Blackmon.
海角直播 provided the funding for students Devon Carter, Changwe Musonda, and Lamont Montgomery to attend the annual African American Male Education Network & Development (A虏MEND) conference in Los Angeles on the first three days in March. CHC Interim Dean of Student Services Willie Blackmon and CHC Dean of Career Education and Human Development Dan Word, also attended.
A虏MEND is a nonprofit organization representing African American male educators who volunteer to operate a statewide mentoring program for Black male college students. The conference included various sessions that provided appeals for action, with such titles as 鈥淲e Have to Do More鈥� and 鈥淥perationalizing Black Student Success.鈥�
This summit focused on ways Black male college students and educators can tap into innovative ideas that increase Black male student success in California鈥檚 community colleges. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淭he Ausar Project: Resurrecting Black Male Success,鈥� to highlight the importance of re-establishing Black male success in the community college.
Student attendee Changwe Musonda commented on how amazing it was to see people that looked like him at the conference and said A虏MEND was 鈥渁n experience I only realized I needed once I got there.鈥� Changwe would love to attend another A2Mend Conference in the future. For more information on A虏MEND visit: www.a2mend.org/.
