SBCUSD

Class Of 2022 Earned More Than $11 Million In Scholarships

SBCUSD and Partners Assisting Class of 2023 in Obtaining Scholarships

earnings demonstrate what a community can do for students and the future when they work together.

Indian Springs High School graduated 342 students in the Class of 2022 who can boast about their combined total of $3,125,000 in scholarships and grants, including more than $360,000 in military scholarships and enlistment bonuses.

Cajon High School’s 583 graduates, which included International Baccalaureate (IB) students, earned $1,950,999 in scholarships and grants, with $440,000 coming from military scholarships and enlistment bonuses. Another SBCUSD IB school, Arroyo Valley High School, proudly graduated 555 students, with 70.6 percent of them earning scholarships and grants totalling $1,459,690.

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Every year, San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) high schools assist seniors in preparing portfolios that will help them apply for and obtain college scholarships. For most seniors, that task is complete and soon they will begin participating in mock interviews so they are able to put their best foot forward during the actual scholarship interviews that happen later in the school year. Additionally, the two nonprofit organizations that coordinate and fund scholarships specifically for SBCUSD students—San Bernardino Community Scholarship

Association and Making Hope Happen Foundation—have begun coordinating with high school scholarship counselors for the next scholarship application window.

Based on the fact SBCUSD students in the Class of 2022 earned more than $11 million in scholarships and grants, including adult students from Inland Career Education Center (ICEC) and students from the District’s alternative high schools, these efforts appear successful.

Although past performance is no guarantee of future success, the Class of 2022 scholarship

IBW Taps Global Human Rights Activist to Organize for Black World Conference

DaQuan Lawrence to Coordinate Student and Young Leader Outreach

With 327 graduates in the Class of 2022, San Gorgonio High School secured $2,046,734 in scholarships, including $619,200 in military scholarships and enlistment bonuses.

A full 100 percent of Middle College High School’s 59 graduates earned scholarships totalling $900,000.

Of Pacific High School’s 239 graduates in the Class of 2022, 162 earned $800,278 in scholarships, including military scholarships and enlistment bonuses. And 78 of 232 San Bernardino High School graduates earned $694,412.

SBCUSD’s continuation high schools also boasted scholarship recipients, with 20 San Andreas High School and 19 Sierra High School graduates in the Class of 2022 earning $13,050 and $26,618, respectively.

Seven of ICEC’s 109 adult

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high school diploma and GED graduates earned a combined $14,819 in scholarships.

“I’m proud to say that the vast majority of the non-military scholarship dollars are the direct result of efforts by our District and our local community,” said Ginger Ontiveros. “Local businesses, charities, and individuals have donated time and money to the Making Hope Happen Foundation and the San Bernardino Community Scholarship Association—two nonprofits geared specifically to support SBCUSD students—just to make sure our students have a chance at success.”

Community Scholarship Association members were responsible for 313 graduates in SBCUSD’s Class of 2022 receiving a total of 364 scholarships totaling $283,447.

“The Scholarship Association awards scholarships only to SBCUSD graduates. Charter school and private school students are not eligible for these scholarships,” said longtime Association member and former SBCUSD high school counselor Blythe Anderson. “Many of our Board members are former District employees or scholarship recipients, so it’s important to us that we support students in our schools.”

For more information or to donate to the Making Hope Happen Foundation, visit https:// makinghope.org/. To create your own scholarship or donate to one of the many existing Associationmanaged scholarships, contact Susan Zavala, Communications/ Community Relations Department Secretary I, at susan. zavala@sbcusd.k12.ca.us.

IBW Taps Global Human Rights Activist to Organize for Black World Conference...continued of the great gatherings of Black people in this century.”

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DaQuan Lawrence

New York, NY, Feb 3, 2023

— Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) announced today that DaQuan Lawrence, a Graduate student in African Studies at Howard University, will be in charge of outreach to university/college students and community based young leaders to participate in State of the Black World Conference V. Organized around the theme Global Africans Rising, Empowerment, Reparations and Healing, Mr. Lawrence’s major task is to connect with student government associations, Black Studies Programs and cultural centers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other institutions of higher education to encourage students to organize contingents to participate in the Conference. He will also connect with community based organizations around the country to send contingents of young leaders. Dr. Daniels has also asked Mr. Lawrence to identify young leaders who can serve as resource persons for the eight major issue areas for deliberation at the Conference and facilitate the Student and Young Leaders Caucus.

In addition to working on completing his doctoral degree in African Studies at Howard

University, Mr. Lawrence works as a research analyst at a D.C.based public policy research organization and is also graduate assistant in the Center for African Studies at Howard. He has experience working on human rights research and international public policy in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia, Liberia and South Africa. He coleads Strong Men Overcoming Obstacles Through Hard-work, (SMOOTH) Inc., which is a mentoring, social skills and professional development and community service nonprofit for young Black men, founded at Morgan State University, with sections at Temple University and Coppin State University.

DaQuan is an alumnus of Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and serves as the Local Coordinator for the Banneker City (D.C) chapter of the Pan African Federalist Movement. Lawrence also contributes to The Hilltop at Howard University and The Afro American Newspapers, the oldest Black collegiate, and oldest Black family-owned newspapers in America, respectively.

In accepting the offer to work on State of the Black World Conference V, DaQaun said: “I am honored to work with IBW and Dr. Ron Daniels in working to fulfill the goals of State of the Black World Conference V. I have followed Dr. Daniels’ work for a long time and am eager to assist IBW to make the Conference one

Dr. Ron Daniels concluded, “We expect Black people from across Black America and the Pan African world to participate in this global conference. We in IBW are thrilled to have someone with the vision, skill and commitment that Brother DaQuan brings to the table to lead our efforts to engage student and young leaders. His efforts will help to ensure that State of the Black World Conference will be cross-generational in character.”

The State of the Black World Conference will convene, April 19-23 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The Hilton Inner Harbor is the headquarters hotel. Persons seeking further information can visit the website www.ibw21.org or call 1-888.774.2921

31, 2023--- Unity is key when it comes to anything community based. On Saturday, February 11, 2023, at 10 a.m. the Adrian Dell & Carmen Roberts Foundation (ADCR) will be hosting the 43rd Annual Riverside Black History Parade. The theme this year is “Inland Empire, moving forward in unity.”

Per usual, the day will start off with the parade kicking off at 10 a.m. which starts at Riverside City College making its way downtown ending at 13th and Main Street in Downtown Riverside by the courthouse. Immediately following the parade, is the expo which will go on from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature live performances, award winning food, unique vendors, and so much more! The grand marshal for this year will be Riverside Unified School District Superintendent, Renee Hill. Prior to the weekend of the parade, the Kickoff Reception will be held on Saturday, February 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Central Middle School in Riverside, California. For more information on the parade and other ADCR events, visit www.adcrfoundation.org.

Recognizing 2023 Black History Month

Robert L. Santos, Director

The news surrounding the tragic death of Tyre Nichols on the heels of mass murders in California cast a veil of solemnity on the advent of Black History Month. These events touch everyone in our nation and illustrate that our work to advance human dignity and realize the equality for which we all strive is still a glimmer on the horizon. But it is and always has been achievable.

I’ve always professed that I am a work in progress. So are you. And so is our country. In recognition of Black History Month, let’s commit to doing our part to help our nation come together as the great nation we aspire to be. That includes actions we can take in our workplaces, as well as in our everyday lives. I will never tire of saying that when we help others, when we offer them an opportunity to have their voices heard, then we very much help ourselves. We build community. And that makes us stronger and better, whether it is at work, in our neighborhoods, or as citizens of our aspiring nation. Helping others is a tangible way for us to come together and to build a more perfect nation, community, and workplace.

Black History Month remains a powerful symbolic celebration and a time for acknowledgement, reflection, and inspiration. The national 2023 Black History Month theme, “Black

Resistance,” explores how African Americans have addressed historic and ongoing disadvantage and oppression, as evidenced by recent events. But disadvantage and oppression transcend overt instances of violence. They interpenetrate our everyday practices, our beliefs, social relations, and incidents that reveal hierarchies and social structures that preserve inequities. Please understand that we can help mitigate that through our own intentional, positive actions. Despite an inequitable social system, African Americans have found viable ways to survive, advance, and thrive.

Black Americans have nurtured and protected their physical and intellectual autonomy through innovation, lobbying, litigation, and legislation—and, yes, by helping each other as a community. These efforts have fueled perseverance and hope.

Black resistance strategies have served as a model for every other social movement in our country.

We all have learned from their leadership in this area. And our nation has benefitted from those efforts by progressing towards a more equitable society, even though we still have a way to go.

Collectively celebrating Black History Month is one way the Census Bureau achieves our mission and vision. Consider the mission of our Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion (EEODI): “To engage and support the Census Bureau workforce through proactive education, upholding statutory requirements to prevent unlawful discrimination, and fostering a sense of belonging. Through our vision, we strive to be an inclusive and equitable work environment, empowering employees to be their best selves and make innovative contributions to the agency. We will serve as catalysts for change and build a model EEO program where all employees count.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.

I encourage all of you to become involved and do all that you can to foster an environment where we all are recognized for our abilities and valued for our contributions.

Wanted: Climate Champions to Serve in California Climate Action Corps

California Volunteers, Office of the Governor seeks applicants passionate about fighting climate change for paid service positions in local communities across the state

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Californians to take meaningful action to protect their homes, health and communities against the harshest impacts of climate change. The program is led by California Volunteers, Office of the Governor.

“We want to channel the energy of those passionate about fighting climate change into paid service to help communities address this existential threat,” said California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday. “Our California Climate Action Corps Fellows are doing critical work, engaging community members and inspiring us to do more.”

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Action Corps Fellows will serve from Sept. 18, 2023, to Aug. 15, 2024, in communities throughout the state. Summer fellows will serve 300 hours from June 5 to Aug. 4, 2023.

From 2021 through 2022, the California Climate Action Corp Fellowship achieved the following:

147,072 trees planted, maintained, or given away.

1.6 million pounds of food or organic waste diverted from landfills.

1 million pounds of recovered food distributed to people in need.

(SACRAMENTO, CA, 2/6/2023) – The California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), along with Senator Cortese (SD-15), today announced the introduction of SB309: Religious Accommodations in Local and State Correctional and Detention Facilities.

California Climate Action Corps Fellows and volunteers celebrate during Community Climate Action Day - San Jose in September 2022 where they participated in tree plantings, composting, canvassing neighborhoods and brush clearing. Spanish: Miembros de California Climate Action Corps y voluntarios celebran durante un Día de Acción Climática – San José en septiembre de 2022, donde participaron plantando árboles, en proyectos de compostaje, distribución de información a la comunidad y limpia de maleza.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –

California Volunteers, Office of the Governor wants champions of climate action to apply for the California Climate Action Corps paid service program which began recruitment today.

“Tackling the climate crisis takes partners at all levels, and the California Climate Action Corps is mobilizing energized Californians all across our state to drive climate action in ways never seen before,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “California’s climate action is just getting started, and it starts with you. Together, we’ll achieve the climate-friendly future all Californians deserve.”

California Climate Action Corps Fellows mobilize their communities through climate volunteer engagement, climate action and education service projects focused on urban greening, wildfire resiliency, and organic waste and edible food recovery.

“There is incredible power in service and our California Climate Action Corps gives fellows the opportunity to harness that power to directly address the impacts of climate change,” said First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom. “The Governor and I are exceedingly grateful to those who answer the call to serve their communities, and we are excited to see them take meaningful action on behalf of our state and our planet.”

Governor Newsom launched California Climate Action Corps as the nation’s first state-level climate service corps with the mission of empowering

As AmeriCorps California members, fellows earn $30,000 for serving 1,700 hours over 11 months, plus qualify for $10,000 in education awards to pay down student debt or use towards college.

A summer fellowship is also recruiting for two-month positions which pay $5,294, plus a $1,374 education award.

2023-24 California Climate