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Umoja IV: Indaba

Uniting for success of California's African American Community College students

Reginald James

Issue date: 12/8/08 Section: Features

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Photo by Clyde Phillips

October 12-14, 2008 UMOJA IV "Indaba: Coming Together for a Common Purpose" was held in San Diego. Sponsored by the Umoja Community, the conference is part of a grassroots movement to improve the success of African American students.

Keynote speakers included Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Noma LeMoine, and Dr. Joseph E. Marshall, Jr.
Workshops focused on academic instruction, Basic Skills, Student Services, to a student panel featuring members of the Black Caucus Executive Board.

Indaba is a Zulu word for "important meeting" that seeks to "gather the right people together at the right time to discuss the right issues.

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