This dynamic event will bring together thought and action leaders dedicated to advancing diversity and inclusion efforts at HBCUs for a two-day summit held at Alcorn State University. Through powerful panels and presentations as well as networking opportunities, the summit will promote best practices in the field and establish a strong network of change agents. Stay tuned for more information!
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For sophomore Danyell Mitchell, college was not always an option. As a youth growing up in foster care in Cleveland, Ohio, she had little or no guidance about how to get into college, let alone pay for it. Even the application process proved daunting. “College was not an option in my head because I knew I couldn’t afford it,” said Mitchell. But in the back of her mind was a nagging desire to become the first in her family to attend.
Alcorn is leading a new effort of inclusion and diversity among four-year historically black colleges and universities, a novel concept within a culture created to advance education and opportunity in response to Jim Crow and segregated higher education in the south.
November 15, 2012 in News
On Thursday, October 27th, HRC held the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) LGBT Student Leadership and Career Summit. The program is a four day Summit for student leaders to develop our personal leadership and career skills. I arrived from Norfolk State University, not knowing what to expect. I met 28 other students I had never known from 13 different HBCU’s across the country. Attending the Summit has transformed and connected my heart and my mind. I learned so many things from so many different people. We spent four days: thinking, speaking, analyzing, feeling, breathing, hearing, observing, laughing, dancing, smiling, sleeping, eating, identifying, piecing, growing, loving, and being… together. We found the power of love and how it liberates, not binds one’s spirit. We grew to love one another’s hearts, minds, and souls wholly; separating the judgments of each other from the judgments of ourselves.
November 15, 2012 in News
Paul Quinn College, in Texas, recently announced that its number of Latino applicants has increased by over 300 percent. Alcorn State University, in Mississippi, recently hired a white coach for its football team. A few years ago, Morehouse College, in Atlanta, had a white valedictorian. St. Philip’s College, in Texas, is the only college in the nation that is designated by the federal government as both an HBCU and a Hispanic Serving Institution. Is the landscape changing at many of the nation’s HBCU’s?
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