Release date:  February 25, 2008

Contact:  Audrey Bailey,  (919) 807-6963

 

Community college conference to focus on minority males

Mentoring, community involvement, and best practices highlighted

 

Raleigh - The North Carolina Community System hosts its fourth conference focusing on Minority Male Mentoring on April 7-9, 2008, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham, North Carolina.  The conference, “Changing the Image of Education: A Call to Action!” will offer best practices and initiatives to improve the success of minority males in education, family and community life.  The overall focus of the conference is to engage public and private sectors to develop a system of support for minority men, on state and community levels, that will improve college graduation and retention rates, enhance preparedness for the workforce, and strengthen family and community involvement.

 

Minority men are urged to attend.  The conference is also designed for secondary and postsecondary administrators and instructors, public school teachers, counselors, representatives of non-profit, community, and faith-based organizations, fathers, mothers, state agencies, and others interested in and/or responsible for developing programs to enhance the advancement of minority males in our communities. 

 

The conference will feature keynote presentations, workshops, issue forums, health screenings, exhibitors, and a 3M Awards Banquet recognizing outstanding achievement in the areas of education, mentoring, and community leadership.  Concurrent session topics include mentoring, fatherhood, community involvement, professional development, student leadership and student success.  The workshops will be interactive and participants will leave with a strategic plan of action to implement in their communities, organizations and schools.

 

Several national and local experts on the issue of minority male engagement are scheduled to speak, including Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, founder and director of Student African-American Brotherhood (SAAB), and Dr. Simon Whittaker, co-founder of the Whittaker Institute for Success and Enrichment.  

 

The deadline for registering is March 10.  Detailed information about the conference and registration and hotel accommodations and can be found on the conference Website: www.3mconference.com.

 

For additional information, contact Monty Hickman at the North Carolina Community College System at (919) 807-7195 or hickmanm@nccommunitycolleges.edu.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT:

 

The North Carolina Community College System presents its fourth Minority Male Mentoring conference, “Changing the Image of Education: A Call to Action!” on April 7-9 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham.  The conference will feature keynote presentations, workshops, issue forums, health screenings and exhibitors.  For more information go to the conference Website  www.3mconference.com or call Monty Hickman at the NC Community College System  919-807-7195.  Early registration ends March 10.

 

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