Spring Break Hours

Remote Services Only. Click here for more details!

Cadena Conversations: Women Who Inspire Us

In Celebration of International Women's Day. Click here for more details!

Two Spirit Presentation

Join us to learn more about this important cultural and spiritual identity! Click here for more details!

Open House

Stop by our space on Wednesday from 11:30am-1:30pm to learn about our programs and services!

We are Open!

Our office is open Monday-Thursday for in-person services. Fridays are remote.

14th Annual Beat Café!

Showcase your talent! Join us from 12-2pm in the Cruz Reynoso Courtyard! Click here for more details! 

Good Luck on Finals!

Finish Strong Hornets! Stop by 512-02 for supplies or a break from studying! 

APIDA Student Forum

Connect with FC APIDA Student Peers, Staff, and Faculty to Build Community! Click Here for more details!

Dia de Los Muertos

Join us for a free evening of music, food, activities, ofrendas, and performances as we celebrate our ancestors! Click Here for more details!

Two Spirit Identity

Join us to explore and unpack the meaning of "Two Spirit" in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Click Here for more details!

Closed for Winter Break

Our services will be closed for the winter break December 22nd, 2023 through January 5th, 2024. We will return on Monday, January 8th!

Coco Screening

Join us at the Student Center (Room 214) to Watch Coco and enjoy Movie Theater Snacks! Click Here for more details!

Indigenous People's Day

Introductory presentation on how to support Native and Indigenous students in California Community Colleges. Click Here for more details!

LGBTQIA2S+ History Month Celebration + Events

Join us throughout the month for LGBTQIA2S+ History Month Celebration & Events! Click Here for more details!

Fall Break

Our Center will be closed! Enjoy the fall break Hornets!

This calendar showcases campus events that address either culture and/or diversity topics.

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California Community Colleges: Black Mental Wellness - A Systemic Approach to Resilient Campuses for Black Students

 

May 4, 2021 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Description: Mental Wellness is a multi-faceted construct that is only fully appreciated through a multi-disciplinary lens. As such, the requirements to curate communities where all people thrive, include an understanding of the unique historical contexts that inform contemporary experiences. The many and varied experiences of Black people in America demonstrate the need for a systemic approach to engagement, program development, curricular assessment, and equity-based access. 

 

Black Mental Wellness: A Systemic Approach to Resilient Campuses for Black Students is grounded in a strength-based philosophy that unpacks the deliberate ways in which systemic racism has created containers of harm for Black people. To effectively address critical risk and protective factors, participants will explore concepts like historical trauma, unconscious bias, stereotype threat, imposter syndrome and intergenerational disadvantage. Empirical data from each of the aforementioned concepts create the narrative that informed the development of the Resilient Campuses for Black Students Toolkit.

 

Understanding important concepts represents only half of the battle associated with creating campuses where all students prosper. The last portion of this experience will challenge campus leaders to address practices and policies that restrict resilience. Participants will be tasked with evaluating their role in developing campus-wide anti-racist philosophies to mitigate ecological behavioral health risk factors. These concepts include asset assessment, post-traumatic growth, positive psychology, ally/accomplice models of engagement and curricular decolonization. 

 

Facilitated by: Dr. Donald E Grant Jr. is a trusted thought partner to teams and organizations across the globe. He holds a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, a Bachelors degree in Biology, and a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion certificate for practitioners. He is an international workshop facilitator, film/TV consultant, and published author Dr. Grant can be seen across national media outlets as a mental health expert, master facilitator and analyst of socio-cultural events.

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