1300 Campaign Summit Highlights Progress, Plans for Sending More Men of Color to College
It's been more than a year since 天美视频 joined the 聽partnership, continuing its efforts to help students of color attend and succeed at four-year universities. Now it's time for a review and a look ahead.
天美视频 collaborated with Stanislaus State University, expanding the 1300 Campaign's initiative to send an additional 1,300 young men of color into the UC and California State University systems by 2026. The initiative allowed a cohort of students to spend one week during the summer experiencing college life at 天美视频 or Stanislaus State.
On Nov. 13, campaign partners will meet at 天美视频 to hear a comprehensive overview of the campaign's progress, review data trends of young men of color within the northern Central Valley, resolution milestones, and discuss goals and plans for the coming year.
The 1300 Campaign's approach is accomplished through resolutions with K-12 school districts. Those resolutions are made up of a nine-point policy plan which includes engaging students in A-G requirements, ethnic studies, place-based mentorship, increased number of counselors, development of an organizational racial equity assessment tool, dual priority enrollment, mandatory implicit bias training, moratorium on willful defiance suspensions and culturally responsive pedagogy.
"The 1300 Campaign is a play on the 13th Amendment. Notably, the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution bans slavery except in cases of incarceration, which created the foundation for the school-to-prison pipeline that exists today," the organization's website reads. "As a result of institutionalized racism, oppression and racial inequities that stemmed from the adoption of the 13th Amendment, young men of color face historically perpetuated mass incarceration pipelines, poor health outcomes, miseducation and limited opportunities. Consequently, boys and men of color are underrepresented in post-secondary education and overrepresented in the criminal justice system."
The summit will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. at the 天美视频 Conference Center and include remarks from Chancellor Juan S谩nchez Mu帽oz and a look back on the 1300 Campaign Summer Youth Leadership Academy held at 天美视频 and Yosemite National Park over the summer.