CHC Students/Administrators Attend A2Mend Conference
Publish Date: March 1, 2023
Photo: L to R: Devon Carter, Changwe Musonda, Dan Word, Lamont Montgomery, Willie Blackmon.
Crafton Hills College provided the funding for students Devon Carter, Changwe Musonda, and Lamont Montgomery to attend the annual African American Male Education Network & Development (A²MEND) conference in Los Angeles on the first three days in March. CHC Interim Dean of Student Services Willie Blackmon and CHC Dean of Career Education and Human Development Dan Word, also attended.
A²MEND is a nonprofit organization representing African American male educators who volunteer to operate a statewide mentoring program for Black male college students. The conference included various sessions that provided appeals for action, with such titles as “We Have to Do More” and “Operationalizing Black Student Success.”
This summit focused on ways Black male college students and educators can tap into innovative ideas that increase Black male student success in California’s community colleges. This year’s theme was “The Ausar Project: Resurrecting Black Male Success,” to highlight the importance of re-establishing Black male success in the community college.
Student attendee Changwe Musonda commented on how amazing it was to see people that looked like him at the conference and said A²MEND was “an experience I only realized I needed once I got there.” Changwe would love to attend another A2Mend Conference in the future. For more information on A²MEND visit: www.a2mend.org/.
