The 10th annual Pioneer Breakfast celebrated those individuals who exemplify the best of CSUSB, and honored students who were recipients of scholarships from the Black Faculty, Staff and Students Association.
The two-day event at the Garcia Center for the Arts in San Bernardino was first of a series leading up to the Cal State San Bernardino Anthropology Museum’s September 2023 exhibition, Afróntalo.
As CSUSB’s chief academic officer, A. Rafik Mohamed works to help the university’s entire teaching corps excel, with the overall goal of helping students define their own future.
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.