Challenges Create Champions: Student Success Workshop

Black History Month: Khalid White, Educator/Filmmaker/Entrepreneur

Monday, February 24th 12-1:30 in the Equity Hub (SS 11B)

Workshop for all students! After participating in this this workshop, students should be able to 1.) utilize mindfulness techniques as tool for supporting success, 2.) understand what imposter syndrome/Imposter feelings are, 3.) create ways to recognize, overcome, and move beyond imposter feelings and its symptoms, 4.) understand today’s African American college student population.

Dr. Khalid White (He/Him/His) is an award-winner in the fields of Education, Film and

Literature. A career educator, Khalid began educating California’s youth and young adults in

2004. Presently, he is an African American Studies Professor at San Jose City College, located in

the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. As an entrepreneur, Khalid owns the multi-media company Blkmpwr (Black Empower), LLC. The company focuses on education, empowerment, and equity. A proud HBCU alum and CA Community College advocate, Khalid is a co-founder of the Pipelines to Possibilities (P2P) program, connecting the two systems of higher education to increase faculty diversity. Khalid continues to serve in the intersections of education, public health, and community; advancing equity, inclusion, and social justice.

An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German

Author:  Mary Romney

Thursday Feb 6^th

 11-12:00  Virtual Event                                                 

Registration Link: https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/QjL_PxNtRHyC_DKNGgVNBA 

Books will be available for students.

An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German is the true story of Lionel Romney’s wartime experiences as told by his daughter, Mary L. Romney-Schaab. He was one of relatively few Black people to be imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp system and even fewer who survived to tell about it. Lionel Romney was an Afro-Caribbean (West Indian) merchant sailor who by chance was trapped in the politics, chaos, and deadly violence of World War II. As a non-combatant, he spent the four years from 1940 to 1944 in Italy, and the final year of the war, 1944-45, in the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. There, he was subjected to inhumane treatment and near-starvation. He routinely witnessed atrocities that traumatized him so deeply that he was virtually silent about the experience for over four decades. After over 20 years of trying, Mary was finally able to get him to talk about it during a series of oral history interviews. These form the centerpiece of the book, which also chronicles her experience of visiting Mauthausen and Italy after her father passed away. Framed within the context of Lionel Romney’s Caribbean origins, World War II and the Nazi camp system, as well as Mary’s own thoughts, this volume is part oral history, part memoir, and part history. As such, it is a story of an ordinary man caught in extraordinary circumstances; a father’s survival and a daughter’s journey.

Join us, Tuesday, February 4th, for the Opening Day of Black History Month.

FOOD, DJ, AND GAME TABLES 11:00 am - 1:00 pm˙IN THE QUAD.

Check the website as we have more events coming up! https://www.moorparkcollege.edu/black-history-month