Umoja Community ASTEP at Bakersfield College

We back and back safely! What an awesome Umoja Student Leadership Summit! And what awesome Umoja students I took!

Tour of UCSD. Beautiful campus with many opportunities and support such Black Resource Center, sororities and fraternities, housing, and the Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Library.

Last day at Student Leadership Summit.

Doc Elliott, we thank you for the session on healing ourselves so we can heal our families, our communities, and our world. The words of wisdom, the music, the sounds, the singing, and the stillness were just what we needed!

Umoja student leaders learning about research and brainstorming a potential project. I’m so impressed with their ideas!

Student Leadership Summit touring Scripts Oceanic Studies. Excellent presentation by Dr. Childs from Black Diaspora and African American Studies.

On our way to the Umoja Student Leadership Summit!

Our second Umoja Day brought together incoming Umoja students, Umoja student leaders, and faculty eager to pour into and support our students. We anticipate an awesome year! The next Umoja Day is Tuesday, July 30. Our Umoja classes still have seats. E-mail Dr. Parks at [email protected] for more info.

Juneteenth- a day to commemorate Federal troops arriving in Galveston, Texas, to let the enslaved in the area know that they had been freed 2 1/2 years earlier when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. We celebrate the joy and hope our ancestors felt that June 19, 1865. It is also a day for everyone to recommit themselves to closing the gap between our country’s ideals and the reality in which we live.

The white ceremony - a celebration marking our movement from one stage to the next. We are renewed, fortified, Umojafied. “A people connected to their culture will survive.” The BC team, the KCCD team, and the 🩷💚 team.

Congrats Todeshia! She earned a degree in early childhood education! 😊 We are so proud of you! 👏🏽

Congrats to Cherrell, graduating with a degree in early childhood development. 👏🏽 She will be transferring to University of Nevada. We’re so proud of you! 🩷

Register at https://forms.gle/XkXDxqs3WmFbWVJc7

Calling all African-American scholars coming to BC in the fall! Umoja Community ASTEP at Bakersfield College wants to welcome you!

Congrats to Jordyn, graduating with a degree in administration of justice. She will attend CSUB then on to law school! We’re so proud of you!

Congratulations to graduate Breana, who majored in journalism. She is headed to CSUB in the fall. 👏🏽

Our team with BC President Jerry Fliger. Umoja appreciates his support!

I’m looking for a transportation company that can transport about 25 -30 students and chaperones to events around California. This is for students in the Umoja Community ASTEP at Bakersfield College program. The company would need to have every type of insurance imaginable to be a BC approved vendor.

Our awesome incoming Umoja Club officers with Dr. Parks, Club advisor; Trevor, president; Logan, vice president; and Jerica, treasurer (from left). 👏🏽 Looking forward to a great 2024-2025 school year. 😊

Congrats to our Umoja scholarship awardees, Bertin and Logan! We applaud you and know that you will keep doing great things!

So proud of all our African-American graduates! The planning team led by Marisa Marquez put together a beautiful program. And keynote Daron Mackey was excellent - inspiring with great tips! Student speaker and Umoja Community ASTEP at Bakersfield College student Jordyn Davis was awesome! The soloist Keely Mackey has a beautiful voice! Thank you Vikki Coffee for keeping the program flowing as MC. Professor Keith Wolaridge and I were honored to read the names of graduates. Appropriate end to the school year.

Umoja: come out Thursday and celebrate the end of the semester and our awesome graduates!

Meet with Umoja Coordinator Dr Parks about being part of Umoja and about enrolling in courses with an African-American theme! Set yourself up for success! Students in Umoja are four (yes, 4) times more likely to graduate/transfer!

Join us in Village all week 12-1 to participate!

Join the conversation and get the inspiration you’ve been looking for. Attend The Student Hour throughout next week to learn about the resources available to help current and prospective community college students succeed. Register now. (https://linktr.ee/blackstudentsuccessweek)

Join the conversation and get the inspiration you’ve been looking for. Attend The Student Hour throughout the week to learn about the resources available to help current and prospective community college students succeed. Register now at the link in our bio. (https://linktr.ee/blackstudentsuccessweek)

“Unbought” produced by Core Ensemble was so awesome! The actress Tiffany Terrell played Shirley Chisholm, Sally Hemings, and Ida B. Wells. Each was portrayed with such feeling! The audience was engaged from start to finish! The musicians Michael Parola (founder of Core), JY, and Mikael were excellent in setting the tone and in shifting the mood between characters. Thanks to the performers for being gracious in taking questions after the show!

Everyone is invited to this engaging event celebrating three noteworthy African-American women! Live music adds depth and context to the stories of Ida B. Wells, Sally Hemings, and Shirley Chisholm! Free event sponsored by ! The Indoor Theater is on the Mt. Vernon side of the campus.

This will be an awesome performance with live music! Plus the actress and musicians will be available after the performance for a short Q & A!
FREE community event! Please share!

“Unbought” features the stories of three notable Black women: Ida B. Wells, Sally Hemings, and Shirley Chisholm with live music. Free and open to the public. Don’t miss this one!

Join us as we celebrate the stories of these three awesome Black women - with musical accompaniment! FREE and open to the public!