Eight representatives of COD took turns speaking, including Dr. Martha Garcia, superintendent and president of the college. She used her time to thank the panelists and viewers for attending and encouraged the community to provide input.
While there was discussion of what the college hoped to build on the site, and mention that hundreds of millions of taxpayer-approved bonds would be used to fund the campus, a transfer approved by city leaders had only one formal condition.
When Ryan Buchanan took the stage as valedictorian, he is believed to be the first Black student to receive the honor, according to leaders of the African American Parent Advisory Council.
It’s one thing to learn about history from a textbook, but they expressed awe remembering when they stood in the place where Martin Luther King Jr. stood when he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
We Are One United, formed during the early stages of the pandemic to address the needs of youth suffering from the effects of isolation, recently received a $30,000 grant from the Regional Access Project (RAP) Foundation.
Organizers of a fully-funded trip for 24 Palm Springs Unified School District students to visit HBCUs and important African-American landmarks and museums say some funds are still needed to help the students buy snacks and souvenirs.
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