Nena Torrez (education) was interviewed for a segment on the Project Impact initiative to increase the number of K-12 male teachers of color, and Annika Anderson (sociology) discussed the work of Project Rebound, which assists the formerly incarcerated enroll at CSUSB and obtain their college degrees.
The CSU’s Super Sunday, set for Feb. 26, is an initiative that focuses on the importance of higher education. African American congregations across California will receive presentations from California State University officials.
Rigaud Joseph works to be an advocate for the marginalized through teaching and research, noting that social work places a strong emphasis on using theories in classroom as well as in clinical settings.
The free event will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days at the center in San Bernardino and is the first of a series leading up to the Cal State San Bernardino Anthropology Museum’s September 2023 exhibition, Afróntalo.
As chief of equity and access at San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Cherina Betters represents 33 school districts and more than 400,000 students.
Project Impact is the vision of James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education Dean Chinaka DomNwachukwu to locate, recruit, train, mentor and then deploy minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland area and the state.
The Pioneer Breakfast celebrates those individuals who exemplify the best of CSUSB, exhibiting professionalism, helping students and showing a positive attitude toward colleagues and the university community.
St. Louis-based writer, journalist, and poet Jacqui Germain will read from and discuss her debut collection of poetry, “Bittering the Wound,” a first-person retelling of the uprising in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer.
The history of the Civil Rights movement in San Bernardino will be the focus of a presentation at the city’s Feldheym Central Library, 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11.