Save the Date: 2025 Black Student Success Week

The 2025 Black Student Success Week is scheduled for April 21-25, 2025. This year’s theme is Lift Up, Level Up: The Rise of Black Serving Institutions. The 2025 Black Student Success Week will emphasize how we are serving Black and African American students to support and ensure their success in community colleges and beyond. The week’s activities will be held virtually and include the following:

• Daily webinars hosted from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., called The Black Hour
• Daily small group discussion forums from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., called The After Party
• A virtual advocacy day on Thursday, April 24, 2025, called The BlackOut
• Daily student-centered webinars hosted from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., called The Student Hour

The Black Hour - Registration is Now Open
Webinars will be held via Zoom and live-streamed on YouTube. Webinar Registration is Now Open. To view webinar descriptions and register, click on a webinar title below or visit blkstudentsuccess.com.

• Monday, April 21, 2025  - The Rise of Black Serving Institution (BSI)
• Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -  Black Servingness: Maintaining Our Voice and Action
• Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - Power Moves: Equipping Black Talent for Tomorrow’s Workforce
• Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Putting the AFRICAN in African American Student Success
• Friday, April 25, 2025 - Live from the Front Lines of Black Student Success: Accounts from Practitioners and Executive Leadership

Please encourage faculty, staff, and students to register for the Black Hour Webinars. Follow Black Student Success Week on Twitter and Instagram for updates.
 
The BlackOut Advocacy Day – Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Advocacy Day is intended to bring stakeholders from across the California Community Colleges system into spaces with their local elected officials and key higher education policymakers to share our priorities for Black Student Success. This year, we invite students, faculty, trustees, staff, CEOs, and system partners from across California to advocate for policies that intentionally support Black and African American students in reaching their educational goals.
 
Black Student Success Week Merchandise
Black Student Success Week Merchandise is available for purchase, including new products and designs featuring the 2025 Black Student Success Week theme – Lift Up, Level Up: The Rise of Black Serving Institutions. Visit blkstudentsuccess.com to purchase merchandise through the following link: https://3kingslife.bigcartel.com/category/the-black-hour. For bulk orders of merchandise, please contact Dr. Eric Handy at @email. Profits from the merchandise sales will be used for Black Student Success Week Student Scholarships.

Events

Resources from Prior Events (below)